Volleyball Today: Big NCAA slate; AVP Chicago; big TV ratings; Pilar Victoria dies

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Eva Hudson and Purdue held the No. 12 spot this week

The season got underway on Tuesday with Nebraska topping Kentucky and Louisville outlasting Wisconsin.

Now, the rest of the NCAA women’s volleyball season begins Friday with more than 200 matches, including quite a few teams playing twice either Friday or Saturday.

ESPN reported outstanding viewership for Tuesday’s season opener when Nebraska played Kentucky

The AVP Chicago Open begins Friday morning on Oak Street Beach on Lake Michigan, the USA women have a sitting match at the Paralympics in Paris, and a Chicago high school needs a volleyball coach.

There is also sad news. Former Arkansas star Pilar Victoria, who also played at Texas, was found dead in her apartment in Türkiye. 

And leave with a most bizarre situation at a Chicago high school.

Matches to watch in NCAA volleyball

As we’ve noted, there are a mere 218 matches on Friday’s NCAA Division I women’s schedule. If you go to our TV and Streaming Listings page, you can get links on where many of the matches will be shown.

These are some of the matches of note Friday and note that there are too many to note them all:

NC State vs. Creighton
Pittsburgh vs. Oregon
Penn State vs. Tennessee
UCLA vs. Georgia Tech
USC vs. Pepperdine
Northern Iowa vs. Dayton
UC Santa Barbara vs….

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