NCAA Ladies
November 23, 2024
That is going to be a enjoyable volleyball Saturday.
Not solely does No. 6 Wisconsin go to No. 2 Nebraska within the Huge Ten, automated NCAA Match bids will likely be claimed by winners in six conferences.
The one upset Friday was by No. 23 Florida State, which defeated visiting AVCA No. 15 Georgia Tech within the ACC. Ninth-ranked SMU needed to go 5 to get previous NC State within the ACC and No. 25 Missouri needed to go 5 to beat Ole Miss within the SEC.
Strains of the day:
UT Arlington’s Brianna Ford had 29 kills in her staff’s five-set WAC semifinal victory over California Baptist, hitting .293 with three assists, two aces, 14 digs and 4 blocks, one solo.
Samford misplaced to The Citadel in 5 within the SoCon tourney in a match with some staggering numbers. The Citadel had 145 digs and Samford a school-record 161 and the person leaders are listed under. However Samford’s Kaleigh Merritt had career-best 27 kills in 89 swings, an help, an ace, a solo block and a career-high 35 digs.
26 was the opposite quantity.
Florida Atlantic’s Valeria Rosado had 26 kills in her staff’s American Athletic upset of East Carolina. She hit .312 and had an help, 16 digs and two blocks.
Adriana Rhoda’s Center Tennessee misplaced in 4 to Kennesaw State in Convention USA, however she had 26 kills, hit .309, and had two aces, two digs and three blocks.
Buffalo’s season ended with a four-set MAC tourney loss to Western Michigan, however Katrin Trevichavska had 26 kills, two assists, an ace, a block and 13 digs.
Mercer swept UNC Greensboro within the SoCon and Skyler Ekes had 21 kills in these three units, hitting .528.
We’ll break it down, convention by convention, on this all-NCAA version of Volleyball Right this moment, which additionally contains one other teaching casualty.
ACC
Florida State rallied to beat Georgia Tech 25-13, 15-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-10. The Seminoles, who had misplaced to GT eight instances in a row, bought 18 kills from Audrey Koenig, who hit .313 and had two assists, an ace, 13 digs and three blocks. Khori Louis had 15 kills with one error in 26 assaults and 4 blocks, two solo, and Taylor Head had 13 kills, 23 digs and a block. Georgia Tech, which didn’t assist its hopes for a top-16 NCAA tourney seed, had 5 gamers with 10 or extra kills. Sofia Velez had 23 digs and 11 assists …High-ranked Pittsburgh swept at Wake Forest as Torrey Stafford had 16 kills, hit .483, and had three assists, an ace, 10 digs and three blocks … No. 3 Louisville gained at Virginia in 4 as Anna DeBeer and Charitie Luper had 13 kills every and UVA hit .078 … No. 7 Stanford swept at Duke as Ipar Kurt had 19 kills with one error in 33 assaults to hit .545 … No. 9 SMU gained in 5 at NC State because the Mustangs hit .193 … North Carolina beat visiting Cal in 4 as UNC’s Mabrey Shaffmaster had 19 kills, hit .500, and had two aces, 10 digs and a block and Cal’s Maggie Li had 20 kills, hitting .395, to go along with seven digs … Miami swept visiting Clemson.
The ACC is off Saturday.
Huge 12
In the one match Friday, TCU swept visiting Texas Tech Saturday, Arizona State is at Colorado, Baylor is residence for Houston, BYU is residence for West Virginia and Iowa State goes to Arizona. UCF performs a non-conference match on the SEC’s Florida.
Huge Ten
There are seven matches Saturday, together with Wisconsin at Nebraska. The 8 p.m. Jap first serve is on the Huge Ten Community. After they met in Madison on November 1, Nebraska swept 25-21, 25-22, 25-19 because the Huskers hit .202 and Wisconsin a season-low .094.
No. 10 Purdue is residence for No. 21 USC, No. 14 Oregon goes to Michigan, AVCA No. 16 Minnesota is residence for Iowa, Maryland is at Michigan State, UCLA is at Illinois and Rutgers is at Northwestern.
Friday, Ohio State got here away with a shocking sweep of visiting Washington … Indiana did the identical to visiting UCLA as Candela Alonso-Corcelles had 20 kills, hit .459, and had two aces and 5 digs … Illinois swept visiting Rutgers as Raina Terry had 15 kills with one error in 25 swings to hit .560 to go along with two aces, 5 digs and three blocks. Rutgers hit minus .033 because it dropped to 5-23, 0-17, with solely three extra probabilities to keep away from going winless.
SEC
No. 13 Texas was having none of it when it went to Oklahoma, which upset the Longhorns in Austin on November 3. Friday, Texas gained 25-14, 25-15, 25-19 as Madi Skinner had 21 kills with one error in 29 assaults to hit .690 and he or she had an ace, a block and two digs … Missouri needed to rally for a 25-19, 21-25, 16-25, 25-16, 15-11 victory at Ole Miss … Tennessee swept visiting Arkansas, South Carolina did the identical at Alabama and Texas A&M beat visiting Georgia in 4.
The one match Saturday is when No. 20 Florida is residence for UCF of the Huge 12.
Huge East
Fourth-ranked Creighton, which already clinched the regular-season title, gained in 4 at DePaul for its nineteenth victory in a row. The Bluejays (26-2, 17-0) bought 20 kills from Ava Martin, who h it .400 and had an ace and 6 digs. DePaul hit .095 … Whereas Creighton stands at No. 5 within the RPI Marquette is at No. 19 after the Golden Eagles swept at Xavier behind 15 kills from Hattie Bray, who had one error in 20 assaults to hit .700. She had an help, an ace, a dig and 5 blocks, one solo … Georgetown swept Butler, Villanova swept visiting Windfall and UConn swept at St. John’s.
America East
Fourth-seeded UAlbany performs second-seeded New Hampshire in Saturday’s 4 p.m. Jap championship match.
Albany knocked off No. 1-seeded Binghamton in 4 earlier than UNH ousted third-seeded UMBC in 4. UAlbany’s Shynelle Woroniuk had 18 kills, hit .300, and had three aces, a block and 13 digs. Binghamton’s Ilieva Tsvetelina completed her magnificent season — she was ninth in complete kills within the NCAA coming into Friday — with 20 kills, hitting .327, with an help, two blocks and 15 digs. UNH bought 15 kills from Meredith Hohnbaum, who hit .522 and had a dig and 4 blocks.
American Athletic
Saturday’s semifinals pit sixth-seeded Florida Atlantic vs. No. 2 Rice and top-seeded South Florida in opposition to fourth-seeded Wichita State. FAU went an extended 5 (25-22, 25-27, 21-25, 25-12, 16-14) to upset third-seeded East Carolina, Rice beat North Texas in 4, USF needed to go 4 to beat UAB and Wichita State swept Tulsa.
ASUN
High-seeded FGCU, which has gained 13 in a row, performs No. 2 Lipscomb in Saturday’s 7 p.m. Jap ultimate. FGCU beat Jap Kentucky in 4 after Lippy swept Central Arkansas.
Atlantic 10
High-seeded Dayton, ranked No. 15 within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot and driving a 21-match successful streak, performs No. 4 Davidson and second-seeded VCU performs No. 3 Loyola Chicago. Davidson defeated George Washington in 4 and Loyola swept Saint Louis.
Huge Sky
In the one match Friday, Montana State swept visiting Montana. The common season concludes Saturday with solely seeding for the match at stake. Northern Colorado gained the regular-season title.
Huge South
Saturday’s semifinals pit top-seeded Excessive Level vs. No. 4 Radford and No. 2 Winthrop vs. sixth-seeded Presbyterian. Radford swept UNC Asheville and Presbyterian upset No. 3 USC Upstate in 5.
Huge West
Three groups are tied for the lead at 13-4, Cal Poly, Hawai’i and UC Davis, heading into Saturday’s finish of the common season. And one thing’s gotta give as Cal Poly goes to UC Davis. Hawai’i is at UC Irvine.
Friday, Hawai’i swept at Cal State Fullerton, CSUN swept at UC San Diego and Lengthy Seashore did the identical to visiting Cal State Bakersfield.
CAA
High-seeded Charleston performs second-seeded Delaware for the title at 4 p.m. Jap Saturday after Charleston beat fourth-seeded Hofstra in 4 and Delaware did the identical to third-seeded Towson, coming again to win 12-25, 25-23, 25-23, 29-27.
Convention USA
High-seeded Western Kentucky has gained 22 in a row, however the Toppers bought all they might deal with earlier than beating eighth-seeded FIU 23-25, 25-14, 25-18, 32-30. Izzy Van De Wiele led with 19 kills, hitting .469 with an help and eight blocks, two solo. They’ll play fourth-seeded Kennesaw State in a single semifinal and third-seeded NM State performs No. 2 UTEP within the different. Kennesaw State beat Center Tennessee in 4 as Manu Johnson had 21 kills, hit .318, to go along with 11 digs and 4 blocks. As famous, MTSU’s Adriana Rhoda had 26 kills. UTEP hit .4339 in a sweep of Liberty and NM State beat Sam Houston in 4 as Mari Sharp had 23 kills, hit .340, and had an help, an ace and 9 digs.
Horizon League
Saturday’s semifinals have top-seeded Wright State enjoying No. 4 Inexperienced Bay and second-seeded Milwaukee performs third-seeded Cleveland State. Inexperienced Bay beat Purdue Fort Wayne in 4 and Cleveland State swept IU Indianapolis.
Ivy League
Yale performs Princeton for the title at 6 p.m. Saturday. High-seeded Yale beat Cornell in 4 and second-seeded Princeton swept Brown. Yale and Princeton break up their regular-season match, with each groups successful in 4 on the street. Yale’s Betsy Goodenow had 19 kills in opposition to Cornell with no errors in 32 assaults to hit .594 and added three assists, seven digs and 5 blocks, one solo. Princeton’s Kamryn Chaney had 16 kills, hit .303 and had an ace, two assists, six digs and 5 blocks, one solo.
MAAC
Saturday’s semifinals pit top-seeded Fairfield in opposition to No. 4 Canisius and second-seeded Quinnipiac in opposition to third-seeded Rider. Canisius beat Iona in 4 as Kara Zaucha had 22 kills and hit .365 to go along with 10 digs and two blocks, one solo, and Sofia Hedqvist had 18 kills, 5 digs and three blocks. Rider ousted Merrimack in 4 as Kiannisha Santiago had a career-high 24 kills, hit .467 and had seven digs and 5 blocks.
MAC
Saturday’s semifinals have top-seeded Bowling Inexperienced enjoying No. 4 Western Michigan and No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State. WMU superior with a four-set win over Buffalo and Ball State swept Toledo.
MEAC
No. 1-seeded Howard performs fifth-seeded Maryland Jap Shore in a single Saturday semifinal and second-seeded Coppin State performs No. 3 Delaware State within the different.
Howard hit .406 and swept South Carolina State, UMES swept Norfolk State, Coppins beat Morgan State in 5 as Madison Grace and Daniela Ferreira had 18 kills every, and Delaware beat N.C. Central in 4.
Missouri Valley
The Valley Championship will get underway Saturday with two opening-round matches, fifth-seeded Bradley vs. No. 8 Missouri State and sixth-seeded Valparaiso vs. No. 7 Murray State.
Mountain West
What we mentioned Friday:The six groups are set for the match, however with one match left within the common season lots may shake out. Colorado State leads at 13-4, Fresno State and Utah State are 12-5, San Jose State is 12-6, San Diego State is 10-7 and Boise State is 9-8.
Within the match, the third seed performs No. 6 and the fourth seed performs No. 5 with the highest two groups ready within the semifinals. Utah State and Boise State are two of the groups which have forfeited to San Jose State within the common season.
Saturday, Fresno State performs at Boise State, Utah State performs at Colorado State, Air Drive performs at San Diego State, and Nevada is at Wyoming and New Mexico is at UNLV.
NEC
Saturday’s tourney ultimate has top-seeded Chicago State vs. second-seeded FDU after each groups gained in 4 Friday. Chicago State beat LIU as Patrycia Lagida had 25 kills, hit .339 and had an help, anace and 7 digs. FDU ousted Saint Francis as Eleonara Tosi had 15 kills, hit .387, and had an help, two aces, 4 digs and eight blocks, two solo.
Ohio Valley
The tourney begins Sunday with 4 matches.
Patriot League
The title match is Sunday when top-seeded Colgate performs fourth-seeded Military West Level.
SWAC
Saturday’s semifinals pit No. 1 Florida A&M vs. No. 4 Bethune-Cookman and second-seeded Jackson State vs. No. 3 Prairie View. FAMU beat Grambling in 4, B-C did the identical to Texas Southern, Jackson State swept Southern and Prairie View swept Alabama State.
SoCon
Saturday’s semifinals have top-seeded Mercer going through No. 5 The Citadel and second-seeded Wofford enjoying No. 3 ETSU. Mercer bought 21 kills from Skyler Ekes because it swept UNCG whereas The Citadel got here away with a 25-16, 27-25, 17-25, 21-25, 22-20 victory over fourth-seeded Samford. Ali Ruffin had 18 kills in a whopping 84 assaults. There have been digs galore. The Citadel had 145 with 5 gamers with 14 or extra. Jaelynn Elgert had a school-record 46 with three assists and Ruffin had 30. Samford had 161 digs, 5 gamers with 18 or extra. Kate Morgan had a career-high 43 and 4 assists. Kaleigh Merritt had 35 digs to go along with a match-high 27 kills.
Wofford swept Chattanooga and ETSU survived a five-setter over Furman. Melanie Morris had 26 digs, eight assists and an ace.
Southland
Saturday’s semifinals have top-seeded Southeastern Louisiana, driving the nation’s longest successful streak at 25, vs. No. 5-seeded UIW, and No. 2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. third-seeded Stephen F. Austin.
SLU swept East Texas A&M, UIW knocked off fourth-seeded UTRGV in 4, TAMUCC swept No. 7 Lamar and SFA needed to go 5 to get previous sixth-seeded Houston Christian.
Summit League
The match begins Sunday with Denver vs. North Dakota State and Kansas Metropolis performs South Dakota.
Solar Belt
Saturday’s semifinals have App State enjoying Texas State and Georgia Southern going through Arkansas State.
App State beat Georgia State in 5, Texas State swept James Madison as Samantha Wunsch had 15 kills in 22 errorless assaults, Georgia Southern swept South Alabama and Arkansas State defeated Coastal Carolina in 5 as Kaitlin Whitlock had 25 kills, hit .308, and had an help, an ace, a block and 15 digs. Coastal’s Jalyn Stout completed her season with one other triple-double, with 21 kills whereas hitting .439, 24 assists, three blocks and 15 digs. Stout had an NCAA-record 20 triple-doubles this season and has 34 in her two-year profession.
WAC
High-seeded UT Arlington has gained 19 in a row, however it was this near heading into the offseason earlier than coming away with 16-25, 25-18, 15-25, 27-25,15-10 victory over fifth-seeded California Baptist. Now the Mavs will play second-seeded Grand Canyon in Saturday’s 7 p.m. Jap title match.
UT Arlington’s Brianna Ford had 29 kills, three assists, two aces, 14 digs and 4 blocks, one solo.
Grand Canyon beat third-seeded Utah Valley in 4 as Tatum Parrott had 22 kills, hit .306 and had an help, two aces, three blocks and eight digs.
West Coast
Loyola Marymount holds a one-game lead over San Diego and Pepperdine. Saturday, LMU is residence for Gonzaga, San Diego is at San Francisco and Pepperdine goes to Pacific. Saint Mary’s performs at Santa Clara. The common season ends subsequent Saturday.
Evansville wants a volleyball coach
Evansville coach Fernando Morales “has resigned from his put up with the Purple Aces to pursue different profession alternatives,” the varsity mentioned in a information launch. He was on the Indiana college for six seasons.
His exit comes on the heels of a 6-24 end, 5-13 within the Missouri Valley. Evansville was 6-19, 5-8, when Giulia Cardona was misplaced for the season. She led the NCAA in kills on the time — for that matter, she nonetheless led in complete kills heading into Friday — and was coming off two matches during which she had 34 and 31 kills, respectively. After that, the Purple Aces misplaced their final 5 matches to finish the season.
Evansville has by no means been to the NCAA Match.
