NCAA volleyball round of 16 set as Stanford survives, seven others also advance

The NCAA Division I women’s volleyball tournament round of 16 is set, but not before there was some late-Saturday night excitement.

Second-seeded Stanford took a 2-0 lead over Houston, but the visiting Cougars battled back to force a fifth set before the Cardinal regained its form and dominated.

Fourth-seeded Pittsburgh lost the first set to USC but then won in four.

Also advancing were Tennessee, Creighton, Nebraska, Arkansas, Arizona State and Washington State.

It sets up eight Thursday matches that include three conference battles — Kentucky-Arkansas, Wisconsin-Penn State and Arizona State-Stanford — and five others that are sure to continue this NCAA season of unpredictability.

Thursday’s round of 16

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No. 1 Nebraska (30-1) vs….