What a great couple of days for volleyball and NCAA women’s volleyball in particular.
A day after Nebraska beat Stanford and got tremendous ratings on ESPN, two matches Wednesday had record crowds.
Top-ranked Wisconsin won a tough, four-set battle over Marquette in Milwaukee’s Fiserve Forum and did it before an NCAA indoor volleyball record crowd of 17,037.
At the same time, No. 2 Louisville was sweeping No. 21 Kentucky in downtown Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center, site of the 2024 NCAA Championship. That match drew the largest crowd in Louisville home history, 12,670.
Three other ranked teams won on Wednesday as No. 11 Washington State beat No. 18 Baylor, No. 12 BYU — also with a record home crowd — beat Utah and No. 22 Houston beat Texas A&M. And Manhattan and Siena got their first victories of the season.
The results and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule that includes more regional matches and a handful of ranked teams.
The big match of the day is in Pittsburgh when the No. 8 Panthers play host to No. 7 Oregon.
Sixth-ranked Texas is home for No. 19 Ohio State, No. 9 Minnesota plays High…
