Utah State has wrapped up the Mountain West regular-season title, the AVCA put out a new poll and announced its player of the week, and we can look ahead to a 10-match Wednesday NCAA schedule that includes top-ranked Nebraska, No. 4 Texas, and key battles in the SEC and Summit.
Start with Wednesday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule as No. 1 Nebraska is home for Northwestern in the Big Ten. Nebraska is 23-0, 14-0 in the B1G, while Northwestern (11-13, 5-9) is tied with Maryland for 10th place. Also in the B1G, surprise of the league Michigan State (16-9, 8-6) is at Ohio State (9-4, 6-8).
Texas (18-3, 13-0), which holds a four-game lead in the Big 12, is at Kansas State (13-10, 7-7). K-State got everyone’s attention with back-to-back upset sweeps of BYU two weeks ago, but last weekend dropped two matches at No. 14 Kansas.
SEC-leading Kentucky (13-7, 11-1), No. 11 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, is at Auburn 18-5, 8-4) , which is No. 24 in the AVCA top 25. Kentucky leads idle Arkansas by a game in the loss column. South Carolina has an SEC match at Mississippi State.
Omaha (12-12, 11-3) plays at Denver (11-11, 10-4), the team it leads by a game in The Summit…
