We were due for a Freaky Friday in NCAA volleyball.
October 4 delivered:
— Top-ranked Pittsburgh finally lost a set after winning its first 36 of 2024, but improved to 13-0 with a four-set win at Boston College behind a program-record 12 aces by Olivia Babock;
— There were upsets, including Virginia sweeping AVCA No. 16 Florida State for its first win over a ranked team since 2010;
— There were an incredible 10 reverse sweeps, including No. 20 USC — down 11-5 in the fifth — against visiting Michigan, Hawai’i at UC San Diego, College of Charleston at Stony Brook, Little Rock at Morehead State, Cornell at Dartmouth, Southern Miss (down 23-17 in the third before winning 31-29) against Arkansas State, Northern Iowa at Valparaiso, North Florida against Stetson, Ohio over visiting Toledo, and Bowling Green, which beat Western Michigan for its second straight comeback after losing the first two sets;
— No. 5 Stanford lost the third set to visiting NC State and then closed it out in the fourth 25-8;
— No. 3 Penn State went to Oregon and crushed the Ducks and ended their 11-match winning streak;
— No. 25 Washington remained one of the three unbeatens with a sweep of Iowa;
— Navy broke through with a four-set win…
