Welcome to ACC Wednesday, one of many best pre-conference days in current NCAA Division I volleyball reminiscence.
The league has three of the highest 4 AVCA-ranked groups within the nation they usually all play, nearly on the similar time, in opposition to different top-ranked groups.
At 7 p.m. Japanese (greetings from the Iron Metropolis), No. 1 Pittsburgh (6-0) performs No. 3 Penn State (8-0) of the Massive Ten. It may be seen on the ACC Community.
Additionally at 7 p.m., No. 4 Louisville (7-1) goes to No. 11 Kentucky (6-3) of the ACC. That one is on ESPN.
And at 8 p.m., second-ranked Stanford (7-0) goes to No. 5 Nebraska (8-1) and it’s being proven on the Massive Ten Community.
Three different ranked groups are in motion as a part of the 16 matches on the schedule as No. 8 Texas (3-3) of the SEC goes to former Massive 12 rival No. 20 Baylor (7-2) and No. 19 BYU (4-3) of the Massive 12 is residence for Utah State (2-6) of the Mountain West.
Additionally on this Volleyball At present are recaps and high performances from a Tuesday during which No. 16 Florida needed to rally to beat No. 18 Florida State in 5 and a few big-time performances, together with some big-time performances, like Sarah Franklin getting a program-record 33 kills when No. 7 Wisconsin beat Marquette in 4 units. That’s 8.25 kills per set.
East Carolina and UT Arlington took their first defeats of the season.
Across the nation
Florida of the SEC hit. 700 within the fifth set because the Gators got here again to beat visiting Florida State of the ACC 25-23, 22-25, 21-25, 25-16, 15-6 in an final result that left each faculties 7-2.
Gabrielle Essix led Florida with 16 kills and had one error in 21 assaults to hit .714 to go together with a block and a dig. Isabel Martin had 15 kills, hit .367, and had an ace, a block and 5 digs. Kennedy Martin, again from damage, had 15 kills, a block and 7 digs, and Alec Rothe had 10 kills with one error in 15 swings and three blocks and a dig. Taylor Parks had two kills, 56 assists, 4 aces and 10 digs. Her crew hit .348 with seven aces and 16 serving errors.
Florida State hit .245 and had 4 aces and 13 errors. FSU’s Khory Louis did nothing to harm her hitting proportion of .455 coming in. She had 18 kills with just one error in 27 assaults to hit .630 with six blocks. Audrey Koenig had 13 kills, two aces, two blocks and 9 digs and Taylor Head had 10 kills, an help, an ace, 4 blocks and 10 digs …
Sarah Franklin, the 2023 Massive Ten participant of the 12 months, acquired her 33 kills for Wisconsin (4-3) in 60 assaults in a 22-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-22 victory earlier than 15,084 over Marquette (3-4) in Madison’s Kohl Middle. She had simply two errors and hit .517 to go wth two blocks and eight digs. The earlier Wisconsin document for kills was by Dana Rettke, who had 30 in 2018 in opposition to Minnesota. Anna Smrek had 15 kills, hit .414 and had three digs and 6 blocks. Julia Orzol had 10 kills, an help, an ace and 16 digs. Lola Schumacher had 22 digs and 4 assists. Carly Anderson, making her first begin at setter, had 51 assists, an ace and 11 digs. Wisconsin hit .355 and had 5 aces and 7 errors, whereas Marquette hit .233 with seven aces and 6 errors.
Marquette’s Carsen Murray had 12 kills with no errors in 19 assaults and 4 blocks, one solo. Aubrey Hamilton had 10 kills, two assists, an ace, a block and 12 digs …
UT Arlington (9-1) was off this system’s finest begin, however hit .083 and acquired swept at No. 23 TCU (6-2), which hit .469. Jaylyn Gibson led with 15 kills, hitting .462, to go together with three assists, six digs and two blocks. Melanie Parra had 12 kills with one error in 28 assaults, three assists, two aces, two digs and two blocks …
East Carolina was 7-0, however misplaced in three at South Carolina (8-2), which acquired 18 kills from Riley Whitesides, who hit .615 and had two assists, three aces, six digs and a block … Washington improved to 8-0 with a four-set win over Oregon State (1-7) in a battle of former Pac-12 groups. 4 Huskies had 10 or extra killls, 12 every by Madi Endsley and Julia Hunt, who had one error in 19 assaults, an help, an ace and 4 blocks … Virginia is off to a 9-1 begin after beating visiting Center Tennessee in 4. Abby Tadder led with 16 kills, an ace and eight blocks … Bryant is 10-2 after beating Merrimack in 4. Aubrey Lapour had 18 kills, hit .302 and had seven digs and two blocks … Utah Valley is 8-2 after beating Weber State in 4 behind 22 kills by Sami Blackett, who had an help, two aces, six digs and two blocks …
Hawai’i beat UNLV in 5, leaving each groups 6-2, as Caylen Alexander had 23 kills, three aces and 10 digs and Miliana Sylvester had 15 kills with one error in 22 swings to hit .636 to go together with an help, a dig and a block. UNLV’s Gabreille Arretche-Ramos had 12 kills with one error in 33 assaults, a dig and 4 blocks… McNeese pulled off a reverse sweep over visiting Tarleton 26-28, 22-25, 27-25, 25-18, 16-14 as McKenzie Moore had 28 kills and Tarleton’s Allison Bryant had 27 … Michigan State beat Purdue Fort Wayne in 4 as Evie Doezema, Taylah Holdem (all-name crew) and Taylor Preston had 14 kills apiece. Nalani Iosia had 22 digs, an ace and 12 assists … Cincinnati improved to 7-2 with a five-set win over Akron as Carly Glendinning had 22 kills and hit . 388 with two assists, two aces, six digs and three blocks …
Seton Corridor received in 4 at LIU as Reagan Merk had 19 kills, three assists, two aces, a block and 21 digs … Duquesne is 8-2 after sweeping Mercyhurst as Avery Hobson had 10 kills with no errors in 18 assaults and Elizabeth Drelling had 10 kills with one error in 18 swings. They each had two aces … Norfolk State swept Hampton and Gabrielle Gilbert had 20 kills with two errors in 39 assaults and two assists, two aces, 4 digs and three blocks, one solo … Lamar beat Prairie View in 4 and Maja Malinowska had 20 kills, hit .485, and had 21 digs and a block … Southeastern Louisiana swept Louisiana-Lafayette as former Volleyball Baton Rouge libero Lexi Gonzalez had 11 digs, 4 assists and 4 aces.
