The Massive Ten started convention play with a bang Wednesday, as Minnesota, the No. 16 crew within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, upset No. 7 Wisconsin in 5 units, and fifth-ranked Penn State spanked No. 10 Purdue
In a virtually empty health club as a result of the campus had already closed in anticipation of the approaching hurricane, AVCA No. 18 Florida State rallied for a five-set win over — who else? — the Hurricanes of AVCA No. 25 Miami.
Baylor beat beforehand unbeaten Arizona within the Massive 12.
Western Carolina gained its SoCon opener in a fully wild 5 — shedding the fourth set 43-41 — in a match at The Citadel that put up some exceptional numbers together with seven gamers with 20 or extra digs.
Nina Cajic had 31 kills in Tennessee’s sweep of Alabama to go along with 4 aces, a block and 11 digs. Georgia misplaced in 5 to Arkansas, however Erykah Lovett — who used to play at Tennessee — had 33 kills — a rally-scoring period report for that program — 21 digs and 4 blocks.
The recaps and prime performances comply with.
NCAA volleyball Thursday
Simply two groups ranked in both the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot or the AVCA prime 25 play Thursday.
VBM No. 16 Florida makes its first SEC journey to Oklahoma.
AVCA No. 17 BYU, residence for Colorado, and Utah, off to a 10-1 begin, at Texas Tech are the 2 Massive 12 matches.
There are two Massive Ten matches, Iowa at Rutgers and Northwestern at Maryland.
The Mountain West has 4 matches together with UNLV at New Mexico and Wyoming at Nevada.
Southland Convention play continues with 4 matches together with two groups that received via the pre-conference season at 8-4 when Lamar goes to Southeastern Louisiana.
The Summit League opens with 4 matches together with South Dakota at Denver, a rivalry that nearly all the time offers thrilling matches.
Value noting on the four-match WAC slate is UT Arlington at Grand Canyon.
And the WCC has 5 matches, San Diego at Gonzaga, Pacific at Loyola Marymount, Washington State at Santa Clara, Saint Mary’s at Portland and Pepperdine at Oregon State.
North Florida was to play host to Jacksonville, however due to the approaching hurricane that match has been postponed to Sunday. UNF can also be residence Saturday for Central Arkansas.
Minnesota will get massive win over Wisconsin
Minnesota (8-3) dealt visiting Wisconsin (6-4) a 19-25, 25-15, 25-27, 25-15, 18-16 Massive Ten-opening defeat. The Gophers led 12-7 within the fifth earlier than finally profiting from 4 match factors. Lydia Grote led with 17 kills, three assists, three aces, 4 blocks and 16 digs as Minnesota gained its seventh in a row. Julia Hanson had 15 kills, an ace, seven digs and three blocks, one solo. Calissa Minatee, in for the injured Mckenna Wucherer, had 11 kills with two errors in 24 assaults, three blocks and two digs. Melani Shaffmaster had six kills, 47 assists, a block and 10 digs. Her crew hit .250 and had seven aces and 7 serving errors. Zeynep Palabiyik had 24 digs, six assists and two aces.
Wisconsin, which hit .188 and had 11 aces and 13 errors, received 21 kills from Sarah Franklin, who had 4 errors in 57 swings and hit .298. She had two aces, a block and 14 digs. Anna Smrek had 13 kills, a dig and 6 blocks, and Julia Orzoll had 13 kills however hit .109. She had 4 aces, three assists, three blocks and 16 digs. Gulce Guctekin had 17 digs, six assists and an ace and setter Charlie Feurbringer had 4 kills in 5 errorless tries, 43 assists, an ace and eight digs.
Across the nation
Visiting Penn State hit .369 and improved to 11-1 with its 25-14, 25-21, 25-20 victory at Purdue, which dropped to 9-3 because it misplaced for the third time in 4 matches. Camryn Hannah led with 14 kills, hitting .393, and Jess Mruzik had 13 kills, two assists, three solo blocks and 9 digs. Izzy Starck had 4 kills in seven errorless tries, 38 assists, an ace and 13 digs. Purdue, which hit .176, received 10 kills every from Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine …
Tennessee swept Alabama behind these 31 kills from Nina Cajic, who hit .338 and had 4 aces, a block and 11 digs. She had half her crew’s kills. Caroline Kerr had 5 kills with no errors in 9 tries, 48 assists, an ace, 16 digs and three blocks, one solo. Alabama’s Sophie Agee had 18 kills, an ace, a block and 11 digs …
Arkansas beat Georgia in 5 and improved to 11-2 total because it additionally gained its SEC opener. Freshman exterior Aniya Madkin had 27 kills, probably the most for that program in three years. Madkin had 9 errors in an Arkansas-record 86 assaults. She additionally had 4 digs and 5 blocks. Romani Thurman added 20 kills, eight digs and 4 blocks and Zoi Evans had seven kills, three digs and a career-high 10 blocks. Erykah Lovett, who had 65 kills in her earlier 10 Georgia matches, had 33 kills, hit .305, and had three assists, 21 digs and 4 blocks. Sophie Fisher had 21 kills, an ace, 10 digs and 9 blocks, two solo …
No. 14 Arizona State improved to 12-1 because it swept at No. 22 TCU in its first Massive 12 match as Geli Cyr had a career-high 18 kills, hitting .429 to go along with three assists, an ace and 9 digs. Argentina Ung had 5 kills with one error in eight tries, 29 assists, two aces, two blocks and 5 digs. TCU’s Melanie Parra had 14 kills, 4 assists, 11 digs and three blocks, two solo …
Florida State got here away with a 22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 25-18, 15-10 victory over visiting Miami within the ACC. FSU’s Audrey Koenig had 23 kills, hit .339 and had two assists, two aces, three blocks and 14 digs. Khori Louis had 20 kills with two errors in 30 assaults to hit .600 and had an ace, 5 blocks and a dig. Taylor Head had eight kills, two assists, 4 blocks and 21 digs. It’s the second time Miami responded to getting ranked by shedding. The final time, the Hurricanes dropped their subsequent two after upsetting Texas. This week they received again in at No. 25. Flormarie Colon led Miami with 19 kills, an help and 16 digs …
Western Carolina opened SoCon play with a 25-20, 17-25, 25-21, 41-43, 15-13 victory at The Citadel as Ali Morris had a career-high 25 kills. She had 5 errors in 70 swings, an help, 25 digs and two blocks, one solo. Contemplate a few of the crew stats: The Citadel had 120 digs; WCU 112. The Citadel had 76 kills with 28 errors in 231 swings to hit .208, whereas WCU had 77 kills and 30 errors in 244 assaults. The Citadel had a 14-7 blocks benefit. However a few of the particular person traces have been astounding: WCU’s Bailey Hartsough had 18 kills, 5 assists, two aces and 26 digs. Setter Sarah Janourova had two kills, 33 assists and 21 digs. Eda Yalcinkaya had 20 digs and three assists. The Citadel’s Ali Ruffin had 23 kills, three assists, an ace, three blocks and a career-high 33 digs. Sophie Childs had 21 kills, two assists, an ace, 4 blocks and 5 digs. Mackenzie Martin had 15 kills, an help and 20 digs. Jaelynn Elgert had 34 digs and 5 assists and Belle Hogan had 5 kills in 11 errorless makes an attempt, 62 assists, two blocks and 14 digs …
No. 1 Pittsburgh hit .487 and improved to 10-0, 30-0 in units, with a sweep of visiting UMBC. Eight Panthers had 4 or extra kills .. No. 9 Kansas swept visiting UCF because the Jayhawks hit .394 within the Massive 12 opener. London Davis had 14 kills with no errors in 23 assaults within the 25-16, 31-29, 25-22 victory and Caroline Bien had 11 kills with one error in 25 swings. UCF misplaced regardless of hitting .331 … AVCA No. 19 Baylor (9-3) defeated beforehand unbeaten Arizona (11-1) in 4 as 5 gamers had eight or extra kills, 14 by Alicia Andrew. She had one error in 22 assaults, an help, two blocks and two digs. Jaelyn Hodge had 22 kills for Arizona, hitting .354 to go along with an ace, a block and 10 digs …
In DePaul’s four-set Massive East win over Xavier, Jill Pressly had 17 kills, hit .412 and had an ace, 12 digs and a block … Wichita beat Memphis in 4 as Emerson Wilford had 16 kills, 9 digs and two blocks … Cincinnati improved to 10-2 with a sweep of West Virginia as Carly Glendinning had 15 kills with one error in 34 assaults to hit .412 to go along with 5 digs and two blocks …
Among the many outcomes from Tuesday, San Jose State improved to 9-0 because it opened Mountain West play with a four-set victory at Fresno State. Blaire Fleming had 16 kills, hit .361, and had two aces, six digs and three solo blocks …
In FGCU’s sweep of Stetson, Shelby Kent had 17 kills, hit .412 and had an help, an ace and 9 digs … Texas A&M-Commerce opened Southland Convention play with a sweep of Northwestern State as Kitana Tuufuli had 18 kills, hit .485, and had three digs and a block … UC Irvine opened Massive West play with a four-set win at Cal State Fullerton as 5 gamers had six or extra kills. Ella Gardiner had eight kills, hit .375 and had eight blocks. The 6-foot graduate-student switch from New Zealand through Fairfield averaged .75 blocks per set final season for UCI and is averaging 1.09/set this 12 months …
And Binghamton beat Le Moyne in 4 as Tsvetelina Ilieva had 24 kills with two errors in 43 assaults to hit .512 to go along with an ace, 5 digs and two blocks. Ilieva, a fifth-year exterior from Bulgaria, is averaging 4.25 kills per set this season and already has 22 aces. She was a VolleyballMag honorable-mention All-American final season.
