Yet another get-your-attention Friday in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball.
Pittsburgh made a statement with sweep at Georgia Tech.
UCLA greatly improved its NCAA Tournament chances with a hard-fought, five-set win at Washington State.
Kansas was upset by Iowa State. Baylor was upset by TCU. And USC kept on rolling with a sweep at Washington.
A few teams clinched regular-season titles, including The Citadel in the SoCon, Wright State in the Horizon and Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley.
Lines of the day: Korrin Burns had 34 kills, the most for Saint Francis (PA) since 2001 as the Red Flash beat Fairleigh Dickinson in four. Burns, who had 10 kills in the fourth set, hit .547 and had an assist, a block and nine digs. Evansville beat Belmont in four and NCAA kills leader Giula Cardona had 31 kills with four errors in 62 swings to hit .435 to go with two assists, two aces, eight digs and three blocks. And Iowa State’s Nayeli Gonzales had 31 kills in the upset of Kansas, hitting .344 to go with an assist, three aces, 12 digs and two solo blocks.
Friday’s recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Saturday’s schedule.
The lone Big Ten match pits second-ranked Wisconsin at AVCA No. 19 Penn State.
There are three Big 12 matches,…
