HUTCHINSON, Kan.-Day two is in the books for the 2023 edition of the NJCAA D1 Women's volleyball tournament at the Hutchinson Sports Arena, but unlike day 1, this day had five lower seeds pulling upsets over the higher seeds including the Kansas entry, the #16 seed Colby Trojans advancing in the consolation round with a 3 games to 2 win over #8 seed Odessa in the late afternoon contest.
Odessa took the first two sets of the match 25-17, 26-24 but the Trojans roared back with a 25-23 third set to stay alive and avoid being eliminated by Odessa.
Colby (22-10) then evened the match with a 25-20 win in the fourth set before sending the Wranglers packing with a 15-9 win in the fifth and final set.
Colby will now advance in the consolation bracket and play #13 seed Indian Hills (28-11) at 1pm today.
It is going to be a Florida vs Texas flavor in the Friday semi-final's with #1 seed Florida SouthWestern State and #3 seed Miami Dade advancing as well as #7 seed Navarro and #5 seed Trinity Valley earning victories.
The consolation bracket continues today with the matches beginning at 1pm and 4pm. Both semi-final matches will get under way at 7pm at the Sports Arena.
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THURSDAY RESULTS:
#14 Casper (WY) defeated #11 Blinn College (TX) 25-19, 25-18, 18-25, 25-19
#10 New Mexico (NM) defeated #15 Mineral Area (MO) 25-14, 25-10, 23-25, 25-21
#16 Colby (KS) defeated #8 Odessa (TX) 17-25, 24-26, 25-23, 25-20, 15-9
#13 Indian Hills (IA) defeated #12 Daytona State (FL) 22-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-22
#3 Miami Dade (FL) defeated #6 Weatherford (TX) 26-24, 25-18, 25-17
#7 Navarro (TX) defeated #2 Northeastern (CO) 25-22, 25-22, 25-23
#1 Florida SouthWestern State (FL) defeated #9 College of Southern Idaho (ID) 25-15, 25-19, 25-17
#5 Trinity Valley (TX) defeated #4 Salt Lake (UT) 20-25, 25-17, 28-26, 23-25, 16-14