Provo • Longtime rivals BYU and Utah could be headed toward a second-round collision in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament this Saturday, but first must get past first-round matches on Friday against Stony Brook and Denver, respectively.
The No. 1-ranked Cougars feared that Tuesday’s surprising loss to Loyola Marymount, their first defeat of the season, would cost them a top seed in the NCAA tournament.
But those fears turned out to be unfounded Sunday as BYU (27-1) earned a No. 1 seed from the NCAA Selection Committee.
The No. 1 seed means the Cougars, the overall fourth seed, will host the third and fourth rounds of the tournament if they survive the first weekend at Smith Fieldhouse.