There were more than 200 NCAA women’s matches Friday as the season began in earnest with another full slate on tap Saturday.
Matches of note, in no particular order, include:
Kansas vs. Duke
Pittsburgh vs. Long Beach State
San Diego vs. SMU
Arizona State vs. Lipscomb
TCU vs. Nebraska
High Point vs. BYU
Ohio State vs. Dayton
USC vs. Pepperdine
Western Kentucky vs. Kentucky
Missouri vs. Creighton
Florida vs. Northern Colorado
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Friday’s NCAA volleyball
It’s impossible to keep up with such a massive slate, but here is a look at some key results and top performances.
There were not any major upsets, but certainly some results that got our attention, starting with the ACC.
Fourth-seeded Pittsburgh came out strong and won 25-12, 27-25, 25-23 at No. 10 Oregon of the Big Ten … UCLA of the Big Ten — add that will sound weird until probably mid-season or so — which had votes in the preseason AVCA poll, opened with a five-set victory at No. 14 Georgia Tech. Kiki Horne, a 6-2 freshman from Raleigh, North Carolina, had 12 kills in the 25-20, 11-25,…
