Top-ranked Pittsburgh stayed unbeaten with a sweep of visiting SMU, No. 14 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, No. 11 Oregon swept No. 16 USC, No. 12 Arizona State defeated Arizona in four, and UCLA knocked off AVCA No. 24 Washington on Wednesday in NCAA Division I volleyball.
We’ve got the key results and top performances, a look at Thursday’s schedule, and an update on top USA players playing professionally in this edition of Volleyball Today.
NCAA volleyball Thursday
There are three Big 12 matches involving four ranked teams. Eighth-ranked Kansas, the only team without a league loss at 12-1, 3-0, goes to West Virginia (6-9, 0-4). No. 17 TCU (11-3, 3-1) is at Utah, which is not ranked but stands 13-2 and is also 3-1. No. 18 Baylor (10-4, 2-1) goes to No. 23 BYU (9-6, 2-2) and Kansas State (4-9, 2-2) plays at Cincinnati (11-3, 2-1).
The lone Big Ten match has Ohio State (7-7, 0-4) at Northwestern (3-9, 1-3).
The ACC and SEC are idle.
South Dakota State (14-0, 3-0 Summit League), the only other team besides Pitt without a loss, is home for Omaha (5-9, 3-0) in a battle of conference leaders. Third-place North Dakota State (6-6, 2-1) is at Kansas City (3-11, 1-2).
First-place Pepperdine is idle, but…
