Five Pac-12 teams were in play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament across the country on Friday. Check back with this blog for updates throughout the day to see how each team fared.

[Related: 2017 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament bracket (NCAA.com)]



Stanford 3, Wisconsin 1 (Stanford, California)

The reigning champs came out to play, and hold their own they did. Stanford topped Wisconsin, 3-1, with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-19. Next up? A rematch of last year's National Championship match against Texas.

After dropping the first set, the Card never looked back. Sophomore stud Kathryn Plummer rattled off seven kills in the second set, helping Stanford outhit the Badgers, .471-.270.

All tied up going to the third set, Stanford was cool, calm and collected with phenomenal digs like this one from Morgan Hentz to foil the Wisconsin attack:

Morgan Hentz refuses to let the ball touch the ground! #NCAAVB on @ESPNU pic.twitter.com/HByNvi6fsi — NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 9, 2017

The Cardinal wrapped up the competition in the fourth, but not before senior standout Merete Lutz hit a milestone:

There it is! That block gives Lutz 500 in her career, making her just the 8th player in program history to reach the milestone. #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/xfLwJTCZUH — Stanford Women's Volleyball (@StanfordWVB) December 9, 2017

With the win, Stanford will face Texas on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. PT.

USC 3, Minnesota 1 (Gainesville, Florida)

The Trojans advanced to the Elite Eight after a dominant performance over No. 7 Minnesota on Friday afternoon. The Trojans held off the Golden Gophers in first set 25-23 behind a strong performance from Brooke Botkin, who had five kills, one block, and hit .455.

The next set was a nail-biter, with 17 different ties before Khalia Lanier 14th kille closed it out and gave USC the 28-26 victory.

Trojans take a 2-0 lead into set three here in Gainesville! #FightOn #NCAAVB pic.twitter.com/222HG5PsnD — USC Women's Volleyball (@uscwomensvolley) December 9, 2017

By then, the Trojans seemed to soak up all the momentum, and cruised to a 25-16 win to advance to the Elite Eight. Lanier finished the match with a team-leading 20 kills, while Reni Meyer-Whalley had 27 assists.

USC will square off against Florida at 3 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. MT on ESPNU.

Florida 3, UCLA 1 (Gainesville, Florida)

UCLA was eliminated on Friday afternoon, falling to No. 2 Florida 3-1. The Bruins took the first set 25-23 behind Reily Buechler's six kills, four digs, and one ace. Sarah Sponcil added ten assists and three digs of her own.

But the Gators showed why they're No. 2 in the nation, roaring back and winning three straight sets by a score of 25-17.

The Bruins finish their season 21-11 and extend their Sweet 16 appearance streak to four.

The Bruins fall in four to Florida, 25-23, 17-25, 17-25, 17-25. It was a great season for UCLA, making a fourth straight trip to the Round of 16. #GoBruins pic.twitter.com/O18B5XbXPo — UCLA Women's VB (@UCLAWomensVB) December 8, 2017

Nebraska 3, Colorado 0 (Lexington, Kentucky)

The Buffs fought hard, but also lost to No. 5 Nebraska in three sets, finishing the season with a 24-10 overall record. Colorado kept it close in the first and third set, falling 19-25 and 21-25, but set two got away from them. The Buffs couldn't overcome a negative hitting percentage (-.024) and dropped the second set 11-25.

Thanks to all of our fans for a great 2017 season! We look forward to seeing you in 2018! #GoBuffs pic.twitter.com/0dROkZUfw9 — Colorado Volleyball (@CUBuffsVB) December 8, 2017

Texas 3, Utah 2 (Stanford, California)

It was a hard-fought, 5-set match but the Utah Utes fell to Texas, 19-25, 25-16, 26-24, 21-25, 14-16 in Palo Alto. Adora Anae led the Utes with 25 kills and Bri Doehrmann tallied 30 digs.

S5 | UU 2-3 UT

Texas wins the final two points and take the set 16-14. Utah's season ends with a 24-10 record. Anae with 25 kills, Doehrmann finished with 30 digs. TEXAS 16

UTAH 14#GoUtes #UteStrong pic.twitter.com/t2bH0ZvOis — Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) December 9, 2017

The Utes stormed back after dropping the first set. Anae knocked down six kills in the second set to top the Longhorns by nine points and didn't look back after the break.

As the Utes tied up the third frame six-all, Anae notched her name to the top of the Utah postseason record book:

S3 | UU 1-1 UT

With her last kill, Anae now has 12 kills in the set, and she becomes Utah's all-time leader for career kills in NCAA Tournament matches! She now has 109, surpassing Kim Turner's total of 108 kill. TEXAS 6

UTAH 6#GoUtes #UteStrong — Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) December 9, 2017

The Utes and the Longhorns would tie at 2-2, and need a fifth-set to break the stalemate. Texas would climb to a quick 5-2 lead, but Utah would claw back to 10-10 in the first-to-15 set. The two squads would trade kills, until UT's Yaazie Bedart-Ghani knocked three-straight kills to win the set, 16-14 and ultimately the match.

Utah concluded its season with a 24-10 record.