NCAA Women
November 25, 2024
Two ranked teams lost Sunday, when Miami pulled off a reverse sweep to knock off visiting AVCA No. 15 Georgia Tech and No. 25 Missouri was beaten by Mississippi State.
But that was just the tip of the NCAA Division I volleyball unpredictability iceberg on a day when mid-major conferences produced some unlikely winners.
Not the least of which was Loyola Chicago not only beating top-seeded Dayton, but sweeping the No. 15 Flyers right off their home court, guaranteeing the Atlantic 10 will get two teams into the NCAA Tournament and making it unlikely that Dayton will get a top-16 seed.
The top seeds were knocked off in the MEAC, SoCon and Southland finals and lower seeds will represent their conferences in the American Athletic, Horizon, MAC and Sun Belt.
The SoCon winner, second-seeded Wofford, pulled off a reverse sweep over top-seeded Mercer.
And a couple of others, top-seeded Colgate in the Patriot League and top-seeded High Point in the Big South, won their respective title matches in five sets.
That’s why we call November our version of March Madness.
Notes of the day:
This one thanks to a very happy Texas A&M-Corpus Christi coach Steve Greene, whose…
