There’s something about Fridays in the fall.
We had our first one of this NCAA Division I women’s volleyball season this week, when everything seems to go topsy-turvy.
To wit:
— No. 11 Washington State knocked off No. 6 Texas on its home court;
— Unranked Georgia won at previously unbeaten No. 10 Georgia Tech;
— Unranked USC won in four at No. 17 Purdue;
— No. 7 Oregon statistically crushed James Madison but won in five;
— Previously unbeaten Eastern Illinois lost to Missouri, which it beat the day before;
— Colorado, which lost to Colorado State the day before when the visiting Rams pulled off a reverse sweep, went to Colorado State and won with its own reverse sweep;
— Melanie Parra had 34 kills — a day after having a career-high 27 — in TCU’s win over Florida State;
— Oklahoma broke UCLA’s seven-match winning streak;
— Pepperdine snapped Washington’s eight-match winning streak;
— UCF beat Illinois in a reverse sweep;
— Rice had to rally from a 6-2 set-5 deficit to beat 1-12 LIU.
And there’s more to come Saturday.
In the ACC, No. 8 Pittsburgh plays JMU and surging Duke, which is 8-2 after starting 0-2, plays Santa Clara….
