Giant slaying defined a thrilling opening weekend of college volleyball, as Long Beach State stunned top-ranked Texas and four top-10 teams suffered early setbacks. Let’s turn to NCAA Digital’s Michella Chester for her take on the chaos unfolding atop women’s college volleyball.
What a crazy opening week of volleyball! 🏐@BadgerVB takes the No. 1 spot in @michellachester‘s Power 10 after the first week of volleyball 🙌#NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/cwJooZQlRI
— NCAA Women’s Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) August 28, 2023
1. Wisconsin
The Badgers jumped all over their opportunity to claim the top spot after Texas’ seaside slip up, breezing through the Big 10-Big 12 Challenge with 3-1 and 3-0 victories over Baylor and TCU respectively.
Sarah Franklin made a spectacular return from a career-threatening bout with blood clots in UW’s season-opener against the Bears. The junior outside hitter led the Badgers with seven kills in the opening frame as the Badgers blitzed Baylor with a .424 kill percentage in the first set en route to a comfortable victory. Wisconsin would do one better the following day with a clean-sweep over the Horned…
