Fifth-ranked Stanford finished its Texas trip with a sweep at Rice. In another Texas match on Tuesday, Abilene Christian knocked off Texas Tech; Portland State was without three starters but rallied to beat visiting Utah; and Virginia, Duke and Illinois won.
There are 18 matches on Wednesday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule, including quite a few Power 5 teams and in-state battles.
In Nebraska, the fourth-ranked Huskers play their annual match with No. 16 Creighton; in Texas, No. 14 Baylor plays SMU and SFA plays North Texas; Louisiana-Lafayette plays a morning match at LSU; Iowa State plays Iowa; Akron plays Cleveland State; Syracuse plays New York neighbor Cornell and Columbia faces Stony Brook; in Tennessee, Austin Peay plays Chattanooga; in Philadelphia, Villanova plays Penn; and two California unbeatens go at it when Saint Mary’s (6-0) plays Cal (5-0).
Second-ranked Louisville plays at Dayton and No. 13 Washington State plays UC Irvine.
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Stanford (4-1) of the Pac-12, coming off its big sweep at Texas two days earlier, overpowered Rice (2-3) of the American Athletic 25-17, 26-24, 25-21. The Cardinal had…
