Volleyball Today: Texas, Stanford win; Olympians shine in Chicago; USA crushes France

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Madi Skinner of Texas attacks against Wisconsin in Milwaukee/Zach Schuster photo

In this Volleyball Today:

— Wisconsin is in a place that the program hasn’t seen in 31 years as Texas and Stanford got victories in the State Farm Volleyball Showcase here in Milwaukee; 

— There was another busy slate Sunday in NCAA volleyball;  

— Olympians won the respective women’s and men’s titles at the AVP Chicago Open;

— And the USA sitting team figuratively served France off the court in the Paris Paralympics.

There’s more NCAA volleyball Monday with six matches after an incredibly busy opening weekend.

At Fiserve Forum an hour from the Wisconsin campus, Stanford plays the Badgers at 4 p.m. Central on Fox and Texas plays Minnesota at 6:30 on FS1.

There are four other NCAA women’s matches Monday, McNeese vs. Southern in a battle of Louisiana schools, Coastal Carolina vs. Georgia Tech, Texas A&M vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and UC Davis continues its trip to Indiana by playing at Indiana.

Texas overpowers Wisconsin

When last we saw Texas, it won the national championship, but gone from that team are superstar middle Asjia O’Neal and steady standout right side Molly Phillips.

Don’t, however, cry for the Longhorns.

Consider that in their 30-28, 23-25, 25-15, 25-11 beatdown of…

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