Third-ranked Stanford won an intense battle at No. 4 Washington State to take over sole possession of first place in the Pac-12, which now has four teams a game back tied for second.
Georgia Tech escaped at Virginia in an exciting day in the ACC, the SEC’s Arkansas rolled on, and Rice continued its strong American Athletic Conference start.
The recaps and top performances follow.
There are eight matches on Monday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule, six in the SWAC (click here for the SWAC schedule) plus Indiana at Evansville in the Missouri Valley and Seattle U at Utah Valley in the WAC.
There are seven matches Tuesday, including North Carolina at Wake Forest in the ACC and Utah State at Boise State — tied for the league lead at 5-1 — in the Mountain West.
Wednesday’s 15 matches show Purdue at Indiana and Minnesota at Michigan in the Big Ten, Virginia Tech at Wake Forest in the ACC and three Big 12 matches with TCU at Oklahoma, West Virginia at UCF and Iowa State at Kansas State.
Look for the new VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll that posts here at 11 a.m. Eastern.