There were 15 NCAA Division I women’s volleyball matches Wednesday, nine ended in sweeps and five went five sets. That included victories by Wisconsin, the No. 1 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, No. 10 Tennessee, red-hot No. 13 Arkansas, Purdue, Western Kentucky (the hard way), Marquette and surging UCF
That lone four-setter? Manhattan beat Stonehill in four in the NEC.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s schedule.
The big match is at Texas, where the Longhorns, No. 8 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, play host to Kansas, which is No. 17 in the AVCA top 25 and received votes in the VBM Poll. Texas is 9-3, 4-0 in the Big 12, and Kansas is 12-2, 2-1. Texas has won four in a row, all in the conference, since its loss to No. 4 Washington State. Kansas is coming a big weekend in which the Jayhawks beat Houston twice. Also in the Big 12, AVCA No. 18 Baylor is home for Kansas State.
The lone SoCon match features 16-0 The Citadel, along with No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Nebraska as the last unbeatens, at 1-14 UNC Greensboro.
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