Fourth-ranked Stanford opened the final season of the Pac-12 with a sweep Tuesday over previously unbeaten Cal, No. 18 Baylor swept Stephen F. Austin, there were five Horizon League winners as that conference got underway, and UNLV pulled off a reverse sweep to win its Mountain West opener.
The recaps and best performances follow, but first a look at Wednesday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule:
One of the nation’s fiercest and oldest rivalries plays the first of its final two matche in the Pac-12 — both teams move to the Big Ten next year — when USC goes to UCLA. It will be the 121st meeting between them and can be seen on the Pac-12 Network at 7 p.m. Pacific.
The Big 12 season gets after it with its first match, No. 20 Houston at No. 10 BYU as the two schools meet for the first time since 2010. It can be seen on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. Mountain. Side note: BYU gets no breaks in its Big 12 debut. After playing Houston, it entertains Baylor and then goes to No. 9 Texas for back-to-back matches.
Two of the three ranked ACC teams are in action as No. 13 Georgia Tech goes to Clemson and No. 8 Pittsburgh entertains UMBC of America East.
The Big Ten has two matches including one ranked team, No. 15 Penn State, which plays host to Rutgers….
