Thanks to TCU, Penn St., GT, and more, another freaky Friday in NCAA volleyball

Throughout this NCAA Division I women’s volleybal season, Fridays were usually something to behold. In these roundups we called them freaky Fridays.

The NCAA Tournament opened Thursday with 16 matches that included a minor upset and no matches that even went five sets.

Hello, Friday!

To wit:

TCU upset ACC co-champion Florida State. 

Penn State beat 14th-seeded Kansas on its home court in a wild five.

Georgia Tech won a tremendous battle in five at 16th-seeded Florida.

Dayton won an up-and-down five-setter over Pepperdine.

And, in the biggest surprise, the NEC’s LIU — the 64th seed and only team in the field with a losing record — ultimately got swept at top-seeded Nebraska but not before actually leading as late as 19-18 in the third. That caused ESPN 5th Set…