Oregon, the No. 8 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, repaid the favor at No. 6 Washington State, No. 5 Texas came on strong against Baylor, No. 9 BYU lost against to Kansas State and UC Santa Barbara, which had won 11 in a row and entered the AVCA Poll last week at No. 25, got knocked off by UC Irvine in the Big West.
The Citadel improved to 23-0 after crushing Mercer in the SoCon. The Citadel plays at Western Carolina on Saturday.
Line of the day: Bowling Green lost its MAC match in five at Central Michigan, but Lauryn Hovey had 32 kills, hit .369 and had an assist, three aces and nine digs.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Saturday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
In the Big Ten, No. 1 Nebraska plays host to Rutgers, Penn State is back at it when the Nittany Lions move over to Michigan State, AVCA No. 16 Purdue is at Illinois and Maryland is at Iowa.
The lone Big 12 match has Oklahoma at Iowa State.
The ACC, Pac-12 and SEC are off.
Marquette puts its one-game Big East lead over St. John’s and AVCA No. 17 Creighton on the line against visiting Connecticut. St. John’s is home for Butler and…
