NCAA | USC wins, Cal loses, second day of Tournament begins

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• Santa Clara vs. Hawai’i | November 30 | 5PM | Hec Ed Pavilion
• Arkansas St @ #5 Washington | November 30 | 7PM | Hec Ed Pavilion
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There were ten first-round matches Thursday, five involving seeded teams. Three won handily: (3) Texas, (4) Nebraska and (6) USC. In one set, Texas beat Colgate 25-4; in another, USC beat Fairfield 25-8.

(6) Louisville—whom many think are overrated—struggled to beat tiny Belmont, 3-1. (15) Iowa State of the Big 12 had to go five to beat Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPW).

Another Big-12 team wasn’t as fortunate, as Kansas State was crushed by Northern Iowa.

The Cal Bears ended a truly disappointing season by losing to North Carolina, 1-3. Cal lost each of the first two sets in heartbreak fashion, and couldn’t recover.

St Mary's celebrates a 5-set win against San Diego St
-courtesy Saint Mary's/Jon Kondrath

Michigan won the first two sets against Tennessee, but had to hold on to beat the Volunteers in five.

The most exciting match of the night, however, found St. Mary’s of the West Coast Conference trailing San Diego State 0-2. The Gaels powered back, however, winning the final three 25-23, 25-22 and 15-12. As a reward, they now face USC.

On tap today: 22 more first-round matches—including four in Seattle—and 5 second-round matches—including Northern Iowa @ Nebraska, to determine the team that will face the winner of the Seattle quadrant next week in Omaha.

AUSTIN REGIONAL			BERKELEY REGIONAL
Austin			Louisville
5PM	Texas A&M @ (3) Texas		4:30PM	Michigan @ (10) Louisville
Los Angeles			Ames
7PM	St. Mary’s @ (6) USC		4:30PM	N Carolina @ (15) Iowa St
Gainesville			Palo Alto
2PM	Miami vs. Col. Charleston		5:30PM	Western Ky. vs. Loyola Marymnt
4:30PM	Tulsa @ (14) Florida		8PM	Jackson St @ (2) Stanford
Lawrence			Los Angeles
2PM	Wichita St vs. Arkansas		5:30PM	Michigan St vs. San Diego
4:30PM	Cleveland St @ (11) Kansas		8PM	LIU Brooklyn @ (7) UCLA
OMAHA REGIONAL			WEST LAFAYETTE REGIONAL
Lincoln			Tallahassee
5PM	N Iowa @ (4) Nebraska		1:30PM	Colorado St vs. Purdue
			3:30PM	Hofstra @ (9) Florida St
Provo			Lexington
4PM	Oklahoma vs. Arizona St		2PM	Ohio St vs. Notre Dame
6PM	New Mexico St @ (12) BYU		4:30PM	E Tenn. St @ (16) Kentucky
Seattle			Minneapolis
5PM	Santa Clara vs. Hawai’i		2:30PM	Creighton vs. Marquette
7PM	C Arkansas @ (13) Washington		4:30PM	Liberty @ (8) Minnesota
Eugene			University Park
5:30PM	Pepperdine vs. Dayton		2PM	Yale vs. Bowling Green
8PM	N Colorado @ (5) Oregon		4:30PM	Binghamton @ (1) Penn St

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