When Pittsburgh performs Louisville, you’ll be able to virtually wager on it going 5.
And so it did Friday because the No. 1 Panthers got here away with a 25-21, 26-28, 25-17, 22-25, 15-12 victory, the third time in a row that Pitt has crushed Louisville in 5. The one solace for the visiting No. 4 Cardinals? A minimum of this time it wasn’t a reverse sweep.
There was one minor upset when No. 23 Baylor beat No. 16 TCU within the Massive 12.
Strains of the night time: There have been a number of big-time numbers. Actually large time.
Mychael Vernon had a program-record 37 kills for Missouri in its four-set win at Arkansas. She hit .385 and had 17 digs and two blocks.
Kennedy Martin and Florida beat Tennessee in 4 within the SEC as Martin tied this system report and broke the mark within the faculty’s rally-scoring period with 31 kills. She hit .542 and had eight digs and two blocks, one solo.
Baylor’s Elise McGhee had 30 kills within the Bears’ win over TCU, hitting .328 with six aces, seven digs and three blocks.
In N.C. A&T’s five-set CAA win over visiting Charleston, Tyne Ross had 27 kills, an help and 5 digs.
In an Ohio Valley sweep by Southeast Missouri over visiting Japanese Illinois, Lucy Arndt had 21 kills in three units, 11 digs and a block. Additionally within the OVC, Little Rock gained in 4 at Tennessee Tech, however Tech’s Madolyn Isringhausen had 26 kills, two aces, 15 digs and two blocks. LSU’s Jurnee Robinson had 26 kills in a four-set SEC win at Auburn, hitting .346 with an help, an ace, seven digs and three blocks.
And Campbell gained once more at Hampton, dropping the Pirates to 0-24. Duke’s Kerry Keefe additionally had 26 kills in a five-set ACC loss to Miami. She had two assists, 10 digs and three blocks.
Reverse sweeps? There was one when Morehead State did it at SIUE within the Ohio Valley Convention.
We even have Friday’s Athletes Limitless report on this version of Volleyball In the present day:
NCAA volleyball Saturday
The 5 Massive Ten matches embrace No. 8 Wisconsin (14-4, 8-1) at No. 10 Purdue (16-4, 7-2) and No. 3 Penn State (19-1, 10-0) at AVCA No. 16 USC (14-5, 6-3). Nebraska (19-1, 9-0), tied with Penn State atop the B1G, is residence for Michigan (16-4, 6-3). Michigan State (8-12, 1-8) is at UCLA (9-9, 3-6) two days after its reverse-sweep at USC and Maryland is at Washington (15-4, 5-4).
Utah (16-3, 6-2), ranked No. 21, goes to No. 9 Kansas (17-1, 8-0) in one in every of two Massive 12 matches. Texas Tech (10-10, 2-6) goes to West Virginia (8-11, 2-6).
The ACC and SEC are off for soccer Saturday.
Fifth-ranked and Massive East-leading Creighton is at Seton Corridor, whereas Marquette steps out of convention to play on the Ivy League’s Princeton.
No. 20 Dayton and Lexie Almodovar are again at Fordham after sweeping there Friday within the Atlantic 10. Almodovar had 15 kills, three aces, 15 digs and 4 blocks.
South Dakota State, the final unbeaten group, tries to make it 20-0 when it performs host to Denver in The Summit League. Omaha, a recreation again within the loss column, is at North Dakota State.
One thing needed to give when Western Kentucky gained in 4 at UTEP on Friday in a match between the Convention USA leaders. The Toppers, now with a one-game lead, are again there once more Saturday.
Hofstra, atop the CAA, goes for its tenth win in a row when the Satisfaction performs host to Delaware for back-to-back matches.
Within the Patriot League, the place Colgate holds a one-game lead within the loss column over Bucknell and a full recreation over American, the Pink Raiders go to American and Bucknell is at Lafayette.
UT Arlington, 19-2 and 10-0 within the WAC, goes to second-place Utah Valley, which is three video games again.
NCAA volleyball Friday
ACC: Pitt (18-1, 8-1), Louisville (16-3, 8-1) and No. 25 North Carolina, which rallied for a five-set win over visiting No. 19 Florida State (15-5, 5-4) are all tied for first.
Pitt’s Olivia Babcock had 22 kills, hit .325, and had seven digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Torrey Stafford had 15 kills, an help, an ace, 13 digs and 5 blocks, and Bre Kelley had 12 kills with no errors in 24 assaults to hit .500 and had a dig and 10 blocks, two solo. Anna DeBeer led Louisville with 22 kills, 14 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Charitie Luper had 19 kills, 17 digs and two blocks. Pitt pulled off reverse sweeps in its final two conferences with Louisville, within the common season after which within the NCAA Event regional closing …
North Carolina gained 19-25, 25-22, 22-25, 34-32,15-9 over FSU in a fourth set that was tied 20 occasions with 11 lead modifications. Safi Hampton had 18 kills, hitting .317, and had 9 digs and UNC teammate Chelsea Thorpe had 18 kills, a dig and two blocks. Mabrey Shaffmaster had 17 kills, an help, three aces, 17 digs and two blocks. FSU’s Audrey Koenig had 22 kills, two aces, 10 digs and three blocks …
No. 6 Stanford (16-3, 8-2) hit .355 and swept at Cal (10-12, 2-8). Elia Rubin had 13 kills with one error in 26 assaults to hit .462 and had an help, two aces, 12 digs and three blocks, one solo … No. 11 SMU (15-5, 7-2) swept visiting Notre Dame (9-9, 2-7) … No. 17 Georgia Tech (14-4, 6-3) swept visiting NC State (10-7, 5-4) as Bianca Bertolino had 13 kills, three assists, an ace, 11 digs and two blocks and Tamara Otene had 13 kills, an ace and 12 digs … Wake Forest (12-8, 4-5) gained in 4 at Clemson (8-12, 0-9) as Paige Crawford had 17 kills, three aces and 9 digs … Miami (14-6, 5-4) on in 5 at Duke (8-12, 4-5) … Boston School (9-12, 2-7) swept visiting Virginia Tech (7-12, 1-8) because the nation’s blocks chief, Julia Hagerty, acquired six extra, three solo.
BIG TEN: There have been no surprises as No. 2 Nebraska (19-1, 9-0) swept visiting Illinois (13-6, 5-4) as Andi Jackson had 11 kills with one error in 15 assaults and 6 blocks; Oregon (15-3, 7-2) did the identical to visiting Maryland (10-10, 1-8) behind 20 kills from Mimi Colyer, who hit .500; Washington (15-4, 5-4) beat visiting Rutgers (5-15, 0-9) in 4 as Madi Endsley had 19 kills, hit .353, and had two digs and a solo block; and Michigan (16-5, 6-3) swept at Iowa (9-12 3-6).
BIG 12: Baylor (13-6, 5-3) got here away with a 25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 18-25, 15-8 victory over visiting TCU (14-5, 6-3) as Elise McGhee had her career-high 30 kills. TCU’s Melanie Parra had 24 kills, hitting .350, with an help, two aces, 12 digs and a block … No. 21 BYU (13-6, 6-3) gained in 4 at Colorado (10-11, 3-6) as Brielle Kemavor had 14 kills, hit .524 and had 12 blocks … Houston (9-10, 4-5) gained in 4 at UCF (8-9, 1-7) as Angela Grieve had 21 kills, hit .333, and had 13 digs and two blocks, one solo.
SEC: No. 24 Florida (14-5, 5-3) beat visiting Tennessee (10-8, 3-5) in 4 as Kennedi Martin went off for her 31 kills. Isabel Martin added 14 kills, hit .480, and had three assists, two aces, six digs and two blocks … LSU (12-7, 4-4) acquired an enormous four-set win at Auburn (14-5, 4-4) behind Jurnee Robinson’s 26 kills. Angelina Lee had 11 kills with one error in 19 assaults and 6 blocks … Missouri (14-5, 5-2) gained in 4 at Arkansas (14-5, 4-3) behind Mychael Vernon’s 37 kills. Maya Sands had 30 digs, 4 assists and an ace.
AROUND THE NATION: Creighton hit .388 and improved to 18-2, 9-0 within the Massive East with its 25-21, 25-13, 25-9 rout at Georgetown. Norah Sis had 16 kills, hit .481, and had two assists and 5 digs … Marquette needed to win in 5 at Seton Corridor. Hattie Bray had 15 kills, hit .414, and had three blocks, two solo … Additionally within the Massive East, in Xavier’s five-set win over UConn, Emma Grace had 30 digs and two aces …
Western Kentucky (1-6, 11-0) broke the tie atop Convention USA with a four-set win at UTEP (20-3, 10-1). WKU’s Kaylee Cox had 16 kills, an help, an ace, 13 digs and two blocks, one solo, and Izzy Van De Wiele had 15 kills, hit .429, and had two blocks and a dig …
Bowling Inexperienced is on their own atop the MAC after sweeping Kent State. Central Michigan is alone in second, a recreation again within the win column after beating Buffalo in 4 as Grace Thomas had 16 kills, hit .400, and had two aces, 4 digs and three blocks. Buffalo dropped right into a third-place tie with Toledo, which beat Miami in 4. Taylor Alt led the Rockets with 22 kills, hitting .321 to go along with 13 digs and a block … In Western Michigan’s five-set win over Akron, Andelyn Simkins had 34 digs and Anna Calcagno had 21 kills, hit .386, and had six blocks … Mercer maintained its one-game lead within the SoCon with a sweep of The Citadel through which Skyler Bumpers (all-name group) had 16 kills with one error in 24 assaults to hit .625 and had 4 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Second-place Wofford stored tempo with a four-set win at Samford, which acquired 21 kills from Gracie Lynn Butler, who hit .326 and had an ace, 11 digs and three blocks …
Northern Colorado constructed its lead within the Massive Sky to a full recreation with a sweep at Japanese Washington through which Gabi Placide had 18 kills, hit .406, and had an help, 4 aces, 5 digs and two solo blocks … Wright State maintained its one-game lead in Horizon League with an up-and-down 25-17, 38-36, 25-19 sweep of visiting Inexperienced Bay. Milwaukee stored tempo by sweeping Youngstown State … Missouri Valley-leading Northern Iowa (15-7, 10-0) crushed visiting Evansville 25-9, 25-7, 25-18 and held NCAA kills chief Giulia Cardona to 6 kills. She had 12 errors … Additionally within the Valley, Drake’s Macy Daufeldt had 19 kills in a sweep of visiting Indiana State, hitting .350 to go along with 14 digs and a block … Kaitlin Whitlock had 22 kills for Arkansas State in a five-set Solar Belt win over Troy. She had an ace, 18 digs and two blocks …
South Florida needed to go 5 to win at North Texas and maintain its one-game lead within the American Athletic Convention. Maria Clara Andrade led with 25 kills, an help, an ace, 12 digs and 5 blocks, three solo. Second-place Rice beat visiting Tulane in 5 as Lola Foord had 15 kills with one error in 28 assaults to hit .500 … Additionally within the AAC, Wichita State beat visiting Memphis in 5 as Morgan Stout had 18 kills, hit .325, and had three aces, two digs and 10 blocks, one solo … Amanda Ifeanyichukwu had 13 kills with one error in 17 swings to hit .706 in Howard’s MEAC sweep of South Carolina State … Additionally within the MEAC, UMES swept Morgan State and Anjola Omolewa had 18 kills with no errors in 24 assaults to hit .750 and added 4 digs and three blocks.
Extra AU wins for DLC-M, Abercrombie
Bethania De La Cruz and Brittany Abercrombie simply hold successful in Athletes Limitless and have fully run away from the sector.
On this five-week league in Mesa, Arizona, the place particular person factors are the final word purpose, Abercrombie leads with 3,085 and De La Cruz has 3,007. The subsequent closest is Leketor Member-Meneh at 2,260. Madi Kingdon Rishel has vaulted into fourth at 2,200.
Friday, Workforce De La Cruz defeated Workforce (Morgan) Hentz 85-81 to open the fourth week of play. Hentz gained the primary set 28-26, DLC the second 25-17, and Hentz the third 36-34. Rishel led Hentz with 20 kills, two assists, an ace, 10 digs and 4 solo blocks. Click on right here for the recap.
Abercrombie gained the nightcap 67-66 regardless of shedding the primary two units, 25-20, 25-22, salvaging issues with a 25-16 victory within the third set. Abercrombie led her group with 12 kills, seven digs and a block.
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