There are still non-conference matches on Tuesday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule, but there is conference-opening play in the ASUN, Big West, Mountain West and Southland.
There are a total of 12 matches, including unbeaten San Jose State (8-0) vs. Fresno State in the Mountain West and UC Irvine vs. Cal State Fullerton in the Big West.
Things get hopping Wednesday with 20 matches, including Big Ten openers featuring VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll No. 3 Penn State at No. 10 Purdue and No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 16 Minnesota.
The SEC’s got AVCA No. 20 Tennessee home for Alabama and Georgia at Arkansas; the ACC has Miami at Florida State and No. 1 Pittsburgh (9-0) facing 1-9 UMBC; and the Big 12 has five matches including VBM No. 14 Arizona State at TCU (the last team out of our top 16), No. 9 Kansas home for UCF, and unbeaten Arizona (11-0) at AVCA No. 19 Baylor.
684,000 watched volleyball on ABC
From our guy Larry Hamel:
The landmark first regular-season NCAA women’s volleyball match televised by over-the-air ABC on Sunday afternoon had a total-average viewership of 684,000, according to the Nielsen ratings. The number likely would have tracked a bit higher if the match between Nebraska and Louisville had…
