Dayton, the one ranked workforce in motion Tuesday, swept visiting Duquesne as Lexie Almodovar continued her improbable season. She led the Flyers, ranked No. 15 within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, with 22 kills, hit .425, and had an help, two aces, three blocks and three digs. And Almodovar, a VolleyballMag fourth-team All-American in 2023, is 5-foot-8.
Extra on that match, Tuesday’s different outcomes, and Wednesday’s schedule on this all-NCAA version of Volleyball At the moment.
And, oh, yeah, there was a reverse sweep: Simply two of Tuesday’s 21 matches went 5 units, and in considered one of them, visiting Southeast Missouri got here again from 0-2 to win at Little Rock within the Ohio Valley.
NCAA volleyball Wednesday
There are 20 NCAA Division I girls’s matches, together with third-ranked Penn State (20-1, 10-0) house for Michigan (16-5, 6-4) and No. 12 Oregon (16-3, 8-2) at Washington (16-4, 6-4) within the Large Ten. Penn State, which has gained 12 in a row, is tied with idle Nebraska (additionally 20-1, 10-0) atop the B1G.
The lone ACC match has No. 4 Louisville (17-3, 9-1) house for Notre Dame (9-10, 2-8). Louisville is in a three-way tie for first with No. 1 Pittsburgh and No. 25 North Carolina. The Irish try to interrupt a six-match dropping streak.
Kansas (18-1, 9-0) holds a one-game lead over idle Arizona State within the Large 12. The Jayhawks, who’ve gained 9 in a row, go to Texas Tech. Baylor (13-6, 5-3), up six spots within the AVCA prime 25 to No. 17 this week, is house for Iowa State (9-10, 3-5), and Cincinnati (11-8, 2-6) is at UCF (8-9, 1-7).
The 2 SEC matches present No. 24 Florida (14-5, 5-3) at Arkansas (14-6, 4-4) and Ole Miss (13-7, 3-5) at Auburn (14-6, 4-5).
Fairfield (13-10. 11-0), which holds a two-game lead within the MAAC, is at Sacred Coronary heart, whereas second-place Quinnipiac (12-11, 9-2) goes to Merrimack. Additionally within the MAAC, Niagara is at Canisius, Siena is at Marist, Saint Peter’s is at Rider and Manhattan is at Iona.
North Florida performs Jacksonville and Central Arkansas faces North Alabama within the ASUN.
The one Large East match has UConn at Windfall.
George Mason goes to George Washington within the A10.
NCAA volleyball Tuesday
Dayton (22-1, 12-0 Atlantic 10), cruised a 25-11, 25-15, 25-14 sweep of visiting Duquesne (13-11, 4-8) because the Flyers gained their fifteenth match in a row. Almodovar, averaging 4.83 kills per set and hitting .316 for the season, is ranked sixth within the NCAA in kills per set and is ninth total with 367.
Alayna Yates had eight kills with no errors in 11 assaults and three blocks. Alyssa Miller had three kills, 34 assists, two blocks and 5 digs. Dayton, which hit .360, had eight aces, 4 by Gaby Arroyo, who had 11 digs and three assists.
Additionally within the A10, Fordham swept Rhode Island as Whitley Moody had 13 kills, hit .379 and had two aces, eight digs and 4 blocks, one solo; VCU swept Davidson as Lara Del Core had 15 kills, hit .520, and had an help, a dig and a block; and Loyola Chicago swept Saint Louis …
In the one Large West match, Cal Poly (15-7, 8-3) stayed two video games again of idle UC Davis within the loss column with a sweep at UC Santa Barbara. Tommi Stockham had 15 kills, an help, two aces, 4 digs and a block …
There have been 5 matches within the Horizon League, the place first-place Wright State (19-4, 11-1) maintained its one-game lead with a sweep Northern Kentucky. The Raiders obtained 11 kills from Reilly Zegunis, who had one error in 16 assaults to hit .625. Haley Robinson had 9 kills with one error in 16 swings and 7 blocks, two solo. Milwaukee (15-10, 10-2) stored tempo with a sweep of visiting Inexperienced Bay as Natalie Schmitz had 13 kills, an ace and three digs. Additionally, Cleveland State gained in 4 at Oakland behind 19 kills from Liberty Torres, who had three digs and three blocks, one solo, and Robert Morris swept at Youngstown State and Purdue Fort Wayne gained in 4 at IU Indy. Panna Ratkai led the Mastodons with 20 kills and hit .439 after having two errors in 41 assaults. She added an help, an ace, six digs and two blocks, one solo …
There have been two Large South matches as Excessive Level swept visiting Radford to enhance to 17-5, 9-0 within the convention and has a hefty lead over idle Winthrop (9-8, 6-1). HP’s Kennedy Louisell had 9 kills with one error in 16 assaults, an help, two aces, a dig and a block. Within the different match, Alivia Rew had 13 blocks, 4 solo, as Gardner-Webb got here again to beat visiting UNC Asheville in 5. Rew additionally had 9 kills, two aces and 4 digs …
Southeast Missouri rallied for a 17-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-15, 18-6 victory at Little Rock to win its eighth Ohio Valley match in a row. Southeast Missouri (12-10, 9-1) trails idle first-place Lindenwood (16-7, 10-1) by a half sport. Little Rock (14-11, 9-3) dropped two video games off the lead. Lucy Arndt led Southeast Missouri with 22 kills, two assists, two aces, 15 digs and three blocks. Within the different OVC match, Future Walker had 23 kills as Jap Illinois gained in 4 at SIUE. Walker hit .383 and had 10 digs and a solo block …
ETSU swept Furman within the SoCon as Makayla Bays had 15 kills, an help, an ace, 9 digs and a block. Melanie Morris had 24 digs, two assists and an ace …Chattanooga of the SoCon gained in 4 on the ASUN’s Austin Peay, which has misplaced 20 in a row. Chattanooga’s Sydney Jackwin had 15 kills, an ace, 11 digs and a block, and Paige Gallentine had 25 digs, three assists and two aces. Austin Peay’s Taylor Baron had 25 digs, eight assists and an ace … The lone Convention USA match noticed FIU beat visiting Liberty in 4 as Anna Feldkamp had 16 kills, hit .419, and had a dig and three blocks. Mandi Morioka had 24 digs, 4 assists and three aces … Coastal Carolina of the Solar Belt beat visiting Faculty of Charleston of the CAA in 4 as Jalyn Stout had 15 kills, hit .343, and had 18 assists, two aces, 13 digs an a block … Prairie View beat Alabama A&M in 4 within the SWAC … Within the Mountain West, Utah State hit .500 and swept visiting Nevada in a match between two groups that determined to not forfeit.
LINE OF THE DAY: And on this case, not on the court docket. In his preview for the weekend, Portland State sports activities info director Andy Jobanek provided: “Trick or Deal with, Give the Vikings a Group to Beat: Volleyball Hosts Jap Washington on Halloween, Idaho Saturday”
Portland State is 4-15, 3-5 within the Large Sky and hoping to snap a three-match skid.
MASTERCOACHES INTERVIEW DEBOER: The gang of Bob Bertucci, Mick Haley, Tom Hilbert and Jim Stone, who do a weekly video, start this one with former AVCA govt director Kathy DeBoer. Then the 4 retired teaching icons kick issues round amongst themselves.
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MOUNTAIN WEST MADNESS: If you wish to learn extra about why — significantly, why? — Boise State (and others) forfeited to San Jose State, Dan Wolken has this report nicely price studying in USA At the moment.
