Seventh-ranked Washington State swept visiting Washington on Thursday and Arizona State is 13-0 after sweeping Arizona in their Pac-12 openers, but Wyoming took its first loss when the 11-1 Cowgirls were beaten in five at Utah State to open Mountain West play.
No.12 Minnesota had to go five before winning at Iowa, UCF improved to 10-2 by winning its Big 12 opener Cincinnati, Western Michigan is 11-2 after winning its MAC opener at Miami.
The recaps and top performances follow, including an update on Florida setter Alexis Stucky, but first a look at Friday’s chock-full NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
Top-ranked Wisconsin opens Big Ten play at Northwestern and No. 2 Nebraska is home for Ohio State. No. 19 Purdue is at Maryland and Michigan plays host to Michigan State.
The ACC’s No. 5 Louisville is home for Syracuse, No. 8 Pittsburgh is at Duke. No. 13 Georia Tech is off, but Florida State is at Virginia Tech, Virginia is at North Carolina, Boston College is at Notre Dame, NC State is at Clemson and Miami is at Wake Forest. Every team in the ACC came through the pre-conference season with a winning record except for FSU and Syracuse.
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