Finally, the favorites all gained and we get to do it over again Friday.
However what an ideal day Thursday was for NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball.
The brand new four-day format was an enormous bonus for TV viewers with simply 4 matches, one after one other, and even a studio present in between. Excessive fives to the NCAA and ESPN for doing this.
The winners moved on — most notably top-seeded Pittsburgh survived Oregon in 5 and fourth-seeded Louisville crushed Purdue — and Saturday, Kentucky will play at Pitt and Stanford will play at Louisville with spots within the nationwide semifinals at stake. The recaps observe.
The opposite half of the bracket’s round-of-16 matches are Friday, with Texas vs. Creighton, Marquette vs. Penn State, Texas A&M vs. Wisconsin and Dayton vs. Nebraska. All 4 matches might be seen on ESPN2.
However we’ve acquired extra on this version of Volleyball In the present day.
There have been two monumental upsets within the NCAA Division II quarterfinals and the NIVC is down to 3 groups:
NCAA Match spherical of 16 Friday
At Penn State
1 p.m. — Texas (20-6) vs. Creighton (31-2), Marquette (25-8) vs. Penn State (31-2)
At Nebraska
7 p.m. — Texas A&M (21-7) vs. Wisconsin (25-6), Dayton (31-2) vs. Nebraska (31-2)
NCAA Match spherical of 16 Thursday
KENTUCKY 3, MISSOURI 1: In third Kentucky victory of the season between the SEC groups, Kentucky (23-7) hit .347 and gained 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-13. The Wildcats are again in a regional remaining for the primary time since successful the 2020 NCAA title within the spring of 2021 after beating Missouri for the third time this season.
Brooklyn DeLeye, the SEC participant of the 12 months, had 22 kills with 4 errors in 43 assaults to hit .419 and she or he had three of her crew’s 5 aces, six digs and two blocks, one solo solo.
“Our protection wasn’t at all times nice, but it surely was when it wanted to be,” Kentucky coach Craig Skinner mentioned. “I’m proud to be shifting on.”
Megan Wilson had 13 kills, hit .375, and had a dig, and Brooke Bultema had 10 kills, hit .438, and had a dig and two blocks. Emma Grome, who had kills in each her makes an attempt, had 50 assists, an ace, 10 digs and three blocks, one solo. Kentuck has gained 14 in a row,
Missouri, which ended its season 22-9, hit .242. Jordan Ilief had 20 kills, hitting .341, and had an help, two aces and a block. Mychael Vernon had 11 kills however 12 errors to go along with six digs and two blocks, one solo.
Kentucky is the No. 3 seed within the Pitt regional, whereas Mizzou was No. 7.
PITTSBURGH 3, OREGON 2: Oregon gave itself an opportunity, however when it mattered most, the second was too huge for the Geese and Pitt pounced.
The Panthers (32-1) acquired a profession match from ACC participant of the 12 months Olivia Babock as they gained their seventeenth in a row of their quest to get to their fourth NCAA nationwide semifinals in a row.
Babcock had 31 kills, hit .290 after having 11 errors in 69 swings, 12 digs and three blocks within the up-and-down 25-19, 24-26, 25-16, 21-21, 15-12.
Torrey Stafford had 14 kills, an help, an ce, 12 digs and three blocks. Bre Kelley had 12 kills, hit .400, and had eight blocks, two solo. Rachel Fairbanks had a kill, 54 assists, an ace, 12 digs and a block. Her crew hit .264.
“I hope the followers preferred it,” Pitt coach Dan Fisher joked. “It wasn’t at all times the cleanest however I assumed it was a hell of a battle.”
Oregon of the Huge Ten ended its season 24-8. Mimi Colyer led a balanced assault with 15 kills however hit .125 to go along with 4 aces, seven digs and 4 blocks. Michelle Ohwobete had 14 kills, two aces, 12 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Noemie Glover had 10 kills however 9 errors, two digs and three blocks, one solo. Mackenzie Morris had 16 digs, six assists and two aces of Oregon’s 11 aces. Cristin Cline had a kill, 46 assists, 12 digs and a block. Her crew hit .166.
“They gave us a ton to take care of,” Fisher mentioned.
Pitt is the No. 1 crew within the regional. Oregon was No. 4.
STANFORD 3, FLORIDA 1: Stanford (28-4) of the ACC gained its twelfth in a row when the Cardinal ousted Florida 24-26, 25-17, 26-24, 29-27. 5 Stanford gamers had 10 or extra kills — setter Kami Miner had the opposite two — because the Cardinal returned to the nationwide quarterfinals for the 18th time for the reason that event expanded to 64 groups in 1998.
Begin with Miner, whose crew hit .288. She had 56 assists, an ace and 5 blocks. Libero Elena Oglivie had 16 digs and eight assists.
Ipar Kurt had 17 kills, hit .353 and added an ace and 4 digs. Sami Francis had 17 kills and hit .417 after having two errors in 36 swings to go along with an help, a dig and 4 blocks, one solo. Elia Rubin had 16 kills however 11 errors, and had had three assists, an ace and 13 digs. Jordyn Harvey had 10 kills, three of Stanford’s six aces towards 17 errors, and 10 digs. And Lizzy Andrew was the distinction. She had a career-high 10 kills with one error in 15 assaults to hit .600 and added two blocks.
Florida of the SEC ended its season 23-8 regardless of one other fabulous efficiency from Kennedy Martin, who had 21 kills, hitting .320, to go along with six digs and 5 blocks, two solo. She completed the season second nationally in kills per set at 5.57, simply behind Evansville’s Giulia Cardona (5.60), whose season ended prematurely when she injured her knee with 5 matches remaining within the common season.
Jaela Auguste added 11 kills, hit .412, and had two blocks. Isabel Martin had eight kills, seven digs and three blocks, two solo. Florida hit .243 and had no aces. Ellie McKissock had 13 digs to turn into Florida’s all-time chief within the class.
Stanford is the No. 2 seed within the Louisville regional and Florida was No. 6.
LOUISVILLE 3, PURDUE 0: The Cardinals (28-5) of the ACC hit a season-high as they blasted the Huge Ten’s Purdue 25-17, 25-18, 25-18. Louisville, which misplaced to Stanford within the ACC regular-season finale, superior with a sweep of Chicago State earlier than barely escaping Northern Iowa in 5.
No surprise Purdue coach Dave Shondell mentioned, “I hoped we’d see the crew we noticed final week, but it surely wasn’t. It was simply an unbelievable efficiency. They performed with nice depth and nice goal. They served the ball powerful and handed nicely and had dwell arms.”
Dwell may be understating it. Louisville hit .467 with a whopping 52 kills within the sweep and simply 9 errors in 92 assaults. Anna DeBeer led with 15 kills, hitting .393, and had seven digs. Charitie Luper had 13 kills with one error in 21 swings to hit .571 and had 9 digs. Sofia Maldonado Diaz had seven kills with one error in 14 assaults to hit .429 and added two digs and three blocks, and Reese Robins had seven kills in 10 errorless swings and a block. Cara Cresse had six kills with one error in 10 assaults and two blocks. Setters Nayelis Cabello and Elle Glock mixed for 45 assists and 5 digs and Cabello had all three of Louisville’s aces.
Raven Colvin led Purdue with 13 kills as she hit .550 and had two blocks. Louisville shut down Purdue’s outdoors hitters as Eva Hudson had 10 kills, hitting .182, with six digs and a block, and Chloe Chicoine had six kills, hitting .176, with 5 digs and a solo block. Lourdes Myers had 5 kills in eight errorless assaults and 4 blocks.
Louisville is the No. 1 seed within the regional and Purdue was No. 4.
Huge upsets in NCAA Division II
Eighth-seeded Bentley (26-6) capped a day of 4 matches in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a surprising 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 12-25, 15-23 upset of top-seeded and beforehand unbeaten Ferris State (34-1). Sophia Poehlein led with 19 kills, 5 digs and three blocks.
Bentley, situated in Waltham, Massachusetts, will play Lynn of Boca Raton, Florida, on Friday within the semifinals after fourth-seeded Lynn (31-3) swept fifth-seeded Wingate behind 19 kills from Samantha Wolf within the 25-18, 25-20, 25-18 victory.
Within the first match Thursday, third-seeded Angelo State (32-2) of San Angelo, Texas, rallied for a 28-26, 15-25, 17-25, 25-19, 15-6 over Gannon (26-8). Evelyn Torres led the Rambellas with 22 kills, an ace, 15 digs and a block.
And within the different quarterfinal, seventh-seeded San Francisco State (25-6) pulled off a reverse sweep towards second-seeded Central Oklahoma (33-3). Aidan Goodrich had 24 kills, a dig and two blocks, one solo, within the 20-25, 13-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-10 victory.
Click on right here for the NCAA.com Division II volleyball house web page.
St. John’s, Arizona advance in NIVC
There have been two matches Thursday as St. John’s beat UConn in 4 within the quarterfinals and Arizona beat Northern Colorado within the semifinals.
St. John’s performs host to Bowling Inexperienced on Saturday for the suitable to play Arizona within the title match, particulars TBA.
St. John’s (24-12) beat its Huge East rival 25-20, 25-23, 27-29, 26-24 as 4 gamers had 10 or extra kills, 15 by Erin Jones. She had 4 assists, two aces, 17 digs and three blocks. UConn ended its season 26-8.
Arizona (23-9) of the Huge 12 ousted the Huge Sky’s Northern Colorado (28-8) 25-20, 27-25, 13-25, 25-18 as 5 Wildcats. had eight or extra kills, 15 by Jordan Wilson.
Click on right here for the NIVC web site.
