Penn State, ranked No. 19 in the AVCA, upset VolleyballMag.com Super 16 No. 2 Wisconsin on Saturday in a stunning result in the Big Ten.
TCU won again at AVCA No. 20 Baylor, this time in a reverse sweep in the Big 12.
VBM No. 6 Oregon barely got out of Cal with a five-set victory in the Pac-12.
Pepperdine claimed the first NCAA Tournament automatic bid when it beat San Diego and won the West Coast Conference.
More conference regular-season titles were clinched.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Sunday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
There are four ACC matches, including No. 5 Louisville home for North Carolina. Florida State, tied with Louisville and idle Pittsburgh for first, is home for Miami. NC State plays at Virginia Tech and Notre Dame is at Virginia.
Most of the six-match Big Ten action involves the bottom two-thirds of the standings. Top-ranked and unbeaten Nebraska is home for Illinois and AVCA No. 16 Purdue is home for Michigan State. Minnesota is at Indiana, Ohio State is at Maryland, Northwestern is at Iowa and Michigan is at Rutgers.
The stakes are high in the two Pac-12 matches at No. 9 Washington State (RPI 16) tries to…
