High-ranked Pittsburgh clobbered visiting No. 5 Stanford on Sunday, whereas No. 4 Louisville swept NC State, establishing Friday’s battle for ACC supremacy.
Third-ranked Penn State crushed No. 14 Minnesota within the Huge Ten, the place No. 10 Wisconsin misplaced the primary set however then blocked Michigan out of the fitness center.
Tennessee beat No. 25 Auburn in 4 within the SEC, the place No. 7 Texas misplaced the primary set to Georgia after which ran away from the visiting Bulldogs.
There have been no reverse sweeps, price noting on this season of reverse sweeps.
Traces of the day: Jackson State’s Jayden James had 28 kills in a four-set SWAC win over Grambling, hitting .389, to go along with 24 digs and two blocks. Stony Brook’s Kali Moore had 24 kills, hit .377, and had an help, 5 aces and 14 digs in a five-set CAA win over Elon. Marist’s Sara Dasic had 24 kills in a five-set MAAC win over Merrimack to go along with an help, an ace, 11 digs and a solo block.
The NCAA additionally introduced its present high 16 groups as we method the mid-point of the season. That record follows.
Volleyball Monday
There are 5 matches on the Monday NCAA Division I schedule, together with a uncommon non-conference affair within the Phoenix space when Grand Canyon of the WAC (13-6) travels 17 miles to No. 13 Arizona State College (18-2) of the Huge 12.
Additionally within the WAC, Southern Utah goes to Utah Tech. Evansville goes to Indiana State within the Missouri Valley Convention, and there are two SWAC matches when Grambling performs Mississippi Valley and Arkansas-Pine Bluff faces Jackson State.
The third weekend of Athletes Limitless completed with two matches, at 7 p.m. Japanese and 9:30 p.m., and each may be seen on ESPNU. Extra on AU’s Sunday motion follows.
NCAA volleyball Sunday
ACC: Pittsburgh (17-1, 7-1) rolled to a 25-17, 25-16, 25-20 victory over visiting Stanford (14-3, 6-2), which dropped the Cardinal right into a three-way tie with Florida State and SMU for third place. Louisville (16-2, 8-0) is alone in first and Pitt is tied with North Carolina (15-2, 7-1) after the Tar Heels gained in 5 at Virginia.
Pitt’s Olivia Babcock had 17 kills, hit .361, and added an ace, six digs and 6 blocks, one solo. Torrey Stafford had 12 kills, 5 digs and three blocks, one solo. Bre Kelley had 4 kills in 9 errorless makes an attempt and 7 blocks. Rachel Fairbanks had two kills in as many tries, 35 assists, an ace, two blocks and 9 digs.
Stanford hit .090, the ninth time this season a Pitt opponent has hit lower than .100 …
Louisville blasted NC State (10-6, 5-3) as Anna DeBeer had 10 kills with one error in 11 assaults within the 25-15, 25-17, 25-19 victory. DeBeer added an ace, 11 digs and a block. NC State hit .087 … North Carolina gained 25-16, 16-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-11 at Virginia (15-4, 5-3) as Safi Hampton had 15 kill, hit .324, and had two aces, six digs and two blocks … No. 9 SMU (14-5, 6-2) defeated visiting Cal (10-10, 2-6) in 4 as Maya Tabron had 18 kills, Jamison Wheeler 14 and Naya Shime 13 … No. 19 Florida State swept at Syracuse (12-8, 0-8) as Khori Louis had 14 kills with one error in 23 swings to hit .565 go to with two digs and 4 blocks … Miami (13-6, 4-4) swept at Boston School (8-12, 1-7) with probably the most uncommon scores of 26-24, 25-7, 27-25 … Wake Forest swept at Notre Dame, which hit .018 … Duke (8-11, 4-4) swept at Virginia Tech (7-11, 1-7).
BIG TEN: Penn State (18-1, 8-0) celebrated its Dig Pink match with a 25-16, 25-20, 25-14 sweep of visiting Minnesota (12-6, 5-3). Jess Mruzik led with 18 kills, hitting .325, and had 16 digs and a solo block. The brilliant spot for Minnesota, which hit .112, was Julia Hanson, who had 11 kills with one error in 29 assaults to hit .345. She added an help, 4 digs and a block …
Wisconsin (13-4, 7-1) saved tempo with Penn State and idle Nebraska (18-1, 8-0) by profitable 21-25, 25-10, 25-20, 25-18 at Michigan (15-4, 5-3). Wisconsin, which held a 21-7 blocking benefit, hit .336 and held Michigan to a .089 hitting share. Sarah Franklin had 19 kills, hit .474 after having one error in 38 assaults, and had 13 digs and three blocks. Anna Smrek had 17 kills, hit .556, and had 5 digs and eight blocks. Carter Sales space had six kills, two digs and 12 blocks. Michigan’s Allison Jacobs had 15 kills, 5 digs and three blocks …
No 12 Oregon (14-3, 6-2) gained in 4 at Iowa (11th of September, 3-5) as Mimi Colyer had 16 kills, an help, two aces, seven digs and two blocks, and Michelle Ohwobete had 13 kills, an help, two aces, 5 digs and three blocks … AVCA No. 16 USC (14-4, 6-2) hit .365 and swept at Rutgers (5-14, 0-8) … Washington (14-4, 4-4) had an 18-9 blocking benefit and gained in 4 at Michigan State (7-12, 0-8) as Kierstyn Barton had 17 kills, hit .424 and had an help, 13 digs and 5 blocks. MSU’s Akasha Anderson had 18 kills … UCLA (9-8, 3-5) swept at Northwestern (4-12, 2-6) … Illinois (13-5, 5-3) swept visiting Maryland (10-9, 1-7) as Raina Terry had 15 kills, hit .464, and had 5 digs and 4 blocks.
SEC: Texas (12-3, 7-0) beat visiting Georgia (8-9, 2-5) 23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-18. Jenna Wenaas had 11 kills, hit .346, and had an help, an ace and 10 digs … No.16 Kentucky (11-7, 5-2) swept at Alabama (10-8, 2-5) as Brooklyn DeLeye had 21 kills, 4 digs and a solo block … Tennessee (10-7, 3-4) beat visiting Auburn (14-4, 4-3) in 4. Nina Cajic had 13 kills, three assists, three aces, six digs and three blocks … No. 23 Florida (13-5, 4-3) hit .367 and swept at LSU (11-7, 3-4). Kennedy Martin had 12 kills with two errors in 24 assaults, three digs and a block … South Carolina (11-6 .2-4) beat visiting Oklahoma (8-7, 2-5) in 4 behind 19 kills from Riley Whitesides, who had two aces, 9 digs and a block … Missouri (13-5, 4-2) beat visiting Mississippi State (7-8, 1-5) in 4 as Jordan Iliff had 23 kills, hit .315, and had 4 aces, 12 digs and a block.
AROUND THE NATION: Huge East-leading Creighton (17-2, 8-0), ranked No. 6 within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, hit .446 and swept visiting DePaul (13-7, 5-3). Ava Martin had 10 kills, hit .400, and added three aces, 4 digs and two blocks … Marquette (11-6, 7-1) saved tempo within the Huge East with a sweep of Xavier (6-12, 4-4) as Aubrey Hamilton and Natalie Ring had 13 kills every …
South Florida (11-8, 7-1 American Athletic) remains to be in first place by a recreation, however the Bulls misplaced in 4 at Florida Atlantic (12-8. 4-4). FAU’s Valeria Rosado had 15 kills, hit .333, and had two aces, 9 digs and two blocks, one solo … Additionally within the AAC, in UAB’s five-set win over Tulane, Jorda Criminal had 20 kills, an ace, 9 digs and 5 blocks … FGCU (16-4, 8-1) constructed half-game lead within the ASUN with four-set win over Central Arkansas (10-9, 7-1) as Shelby Kent and Skylar English had 14 kills every … Additionally within the ASUN, North Alabama gained in 4 at Stetson and Jasmine Brooks had 23 kills …
Hofstra (13-6, 9-1) gained its ninth in a row, profitable in 4 at UNC Wilmington … Additionally within the CAA, Hampton dropped to 0-22 when it obtained swept at Towson … Fairfield gained in 4 over visiting Rider to take care of its two-game MAAC lead over Quinnipiac, which swept at Siena … Additionally within the MAAC, Iona beat Niagara in 4 as Jen Soto and Mackenzie Wiggins had 19 kills every … Florida A&M swept at Texas Southern to take care of its two-game SWAC lead over Bethune-Cookman, which swept at Prairie View.
NCAA’s in-season high 16
The NCAA, which launched the record in the course of the Stanford-at-Pittsburgh match on ESPN, mentioned matches by way of Saturday had been thought of. The NCAA mentioned in its information launch that “The reveal relies on the factors used to pick out and seed the 64 groups for the volleyball championship. It contains energy of schedule, Ranking Share Index, head-to-head competitors, outcomes versus frequent opponents, vital wins and losses and places of contests. Enter can be supplied by the regional advisory committees for consideration by the Division I ladies’s volleyball committee.”
- Nebraska
- Pitt
- Penn State
- Louisville
- Stanford
- Creighton
- SMU
- Texas
- Wisconsin
- Oregon
- Kansas
- Purdue
- Utah
- TCU
- USC
- Minnesota
Groups De La Cruz-Mejía, Abercrombie win AU matches
The third weekend finishes with Workforce (Dani) Drews taking part in Workforce (Leketor) Member-Meneh at 7 p.m. Japanese in Mesa, Arizona, adopted by Workforce (Bethania) De La Cruz-Mejia vs. Workforce (Brittany) Abercrombie.
Abercrombie (2,649 factors) and De La Cruz-Mejia (2,493) are runaway factors leaders within the five-week competitors that in the end is gained by a person.
Within the first match Sunday, Workforce De La Cruz-Mejía beat Workforce Drews 66-64 after profitable the primary two units 25-18, 25-21, earlier than Drews gained the third 25-16. Khat Bell had 15 kills, hit .351, and had eight digs and two solo blocks to steer Workforce De La Cruz-Mejia.
Click on right here for the first-match recap.
Within the nightcap, Abercrombie gained 73-71 after dropping the primary set 25-23 however coming again to win the final two by the identical scores. Abercrombie led her group with 10 kills, an ace, seven digs and a block. Madi Kingdon Rishel had 17 kills for Member-Meneh, hitting .424 to go along with 9 digs.
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