Volleyball Today: Georgia Tech, Pitt, Texas, Stanford get NCAA victories

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Pitt’s Torrey Stafford hits past the USC block of Favor Anyanwu and Mia Tuaniga/Andy J. Gordon photo

Georgia Tech took it to visiting No. 13 Florida on Wednesday night as the No. 15 Yellow Jackets played in its big arena and came up with a big sweep. 

Top-ranked Pittsburgh won the first set 31-29 and then overpowered No. 23 USC, No. 2 Stanford won in four at Pepperdine, No. 6 Texas swept visiting Houston and Western Michigan knocked off Michigan State.

Recaps and top perfomances follow in this all-NCAA Division I edition of Volleyball Today.

Thursday’s NCAA volleyball slate

Two ranked Big Team are in action when No. 19 Minnesota plays LIU and USC is back at against Utah State. UCLA is making a Texas trip and playing three opponents for the first time, facing the SWAC’s Prairie View and the Southland’s Texas A&M-Commerce on Thursday before playing host TCU on Friday. Northwestern goes for its first win when it plays Notre Dame, Rutgers faces Binghamton, and 6-0 Michigan is home for Sacramento State.

Three ranked SEC teams play Thursday, including Florida taking on Alabama State. No. 22 Arkansas, off to a 7-0 start, plays 6-1 Tulsa, LSU goes to No. 18 Baylor and Oklahoma plays Stephen F. Austin.

There are five ACC teams in action, including Georgia Tech back it — but in…

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