NCAA Ladies
November 25, 2024
Two ranked groups misplaced Sunday, when Miami pulled off a reverse sweep to knock off visiting AVCA No. 15 Georgia Tech and No. 25 Missouri was crushed by Mississippi State.
However that was simply the tip of the NCAA Division I volleyball unpredictability iceberg on a day when mid-major conferences produced some unlikely winners.
Not the least of which was Loyola Chicago not solely beating top-seeded Dayton, however sweeping the No. 15 Flyers proper off their residence courtroom, guaranteeing the Atlantic 10 will get two groups into the NCAA Event and making it unlikely that Dayton will get a top-16 seed.
The highest seeds had been knocked off within the MEAC, SoCon and Southland finals and decrease seeds will characterize their conferences within the American Athletic, Horizon, MAC and Solar Belt.
The SoCon winner, second-seeded Wofford, pulled off a reverse sweep over top-seeded Mercer.
And a few others, top-seeded Colgate within the Patriot League and top-seeded Excessive Level within the Large South, received their respective title matches in 5 units.
That’s why we name November our model of March Insanity.
Notes of the day:
This one because of a really completely satisfied Texas A&M-Corpus Christi coach Steve Greene, whose Islanders are NCAA-bound: His workforce contains reserve freshman Virginia Van Der Werff. School of Charleston, which received the CAA on Saturday, has one in every of her older sisters, junior Olivia Mae Van Der Werff. And Utah, positive to get an at-large bid, has fifth-year center Amelia Van Der Werff. All of them performed at Lansing Excessive College in Kansas, they usually have one other sister and two brothers.
Laken Voss had 16 kills as Cleveland State received the Horizon League to get again to the NCAA Event for the primary time since 2017 and sixth time total, all beneath her father, coach Chuck Voss.
There may even be two Klikas within the NCAA Event, Pitt’s Emily and Wofford’s Laney.
Additionally on this version of Volleyball At the moment we’ve who received the Nationwide Junior School crowns and the Professional Volleyball Federation draft is Monday. Particulars under.
NCAA volleyball Monday
There are six matches, all convention semifinals.
Within the Ohio Valley, top-seeded Southeast Missouri State performs fourth-seeded Morehead State and second-seeded Lindenwood performs third-seeded Tennessee Tech.
Within the Missouri Valley semifinals, top-seeded Northern Iowa performs Illinois State and second-seeded Drake performs No. 3 UIC.
And in The Summit League, top-seeded South Dakota State performs fifth-seeded Denver and second-seeded Omaha performs third-seeded South Dakota.
NCAA regular-season Sunday
ACC
There was one shock among the many 9 matches — Miami’s win over Georgia Tech — and No. 23 Florida State needed to rally to beat Clemson in 5.
Miami, 20-9, improved to 10-2 within the bandbox it calls residence with a 22-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-14, 15-13 victory over Georgia Tech. Miami’s Flormarie Heredia Colon had 29 kills, an help, 5 digs and 4 blocks.
FSU, which hit .338, beat Clemson 20-25, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18, 15-10 because it received 20 kills from Khori Louis, who had two errors in 27 assaults to hit .667 and she or he had 5 blocks. High-ranked Pittsburgh swept at NC State, No. 3 Louisville did the identical at Virginia Tech, No. 7 Stanford swept at North Carolina, No. 9 SMU swept at Wake Forest, Virginia swept visiting Notre Dame, Boston School beat visiting Syracuse in 4 and Cal received in 4 at Duke.
Large 12
Within the two matches, No. 11 Kansas received in 4 at Kansas State and No. 16 Utah swept visiting Cincinnati. 5 KU gamers had 9 or extra kills, 15 by Caroline Bien, who had an help, 20 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Ok-State’s Aliyah Carter had 24 kills, an help, an ace, 13 digs and 4 blocks. Utah’s Lauren Jardine had 14 kills in 25 errorless assaults to hit .560 and added an help, three digs and 5 blocks. And the aforementioned Amelia Van Der Werff had 5 blocks.
Large Ten
There have been two matches as fifth-ranked Penn State beat visiting Washington in 4 and Ohio State held off visiting Indiana in 5. In Penn State’s 27-29, 25-9, 25-22, 25-19 victory, Camryn Hannah had 19 kills, hitting .405, and she or he had an ace and a dig. Izzy Starck had six kills in 12 errorless tries, 41 assists, 4 blocks and 9 digs. Ohio State received 25-19, 23-25, 22-25, 25-17, 15-7 as Emily Londot had 20 kills whereas hitting .405 with 14 digs and three blocks, one solo. IU’s Candela Alonso-Corcelles had 23 kills, two assists, two aces, two blocks and 5 digs.
SEC
No. 12 Kentucky clinched not less than a tie for the league title with a sweep of Arkansas. The Wildcats are 13-2, whereas Florida and Texas are 11-3. Megan Wilson had 12 kills with one error in 22 assaults to hit .500 and had two digs and 4 blocks.
Missouri was upset at Mississippi State 19-25, 25-20, 25-22, 26-24. Texas A&M beat visiting LSU in 4 and Oklahoma did the identical to Auburn as Alexis Shelton had 21 kills, hitting .385 with two assists, six digs and 6 blocks. Tennessee swept visiting South Carolina and Ole Miss received in 5 at Alabama.
Large East
Creighton completed the common season 27-2, 18-0 within the convention, and takes a 20-match successful streak into the league match after sweeping at Xavier. Creighton, which misplaced simply three units within the convention season, received 17 kils from Norah Sis, who hit .591 and had an ace and three digs. Ava Martin had 13 kills, hit .478, and had eight digs and two blocksm one solo.
Second-place Marquette received in 4 at DePaul as Aubrey Hamilton had 21 kills, two assists, two blocks and 11 digs.
The Large East Championship begins Wednesday with DePaul vs. St. John’s with th winner getting Creighton on Friday, and UConn vs. Villanova with the winner enjoying Marquette.
NCAA convention tournaments
Six groups clinched their respective convention’s automated NCAA bids on Saturday, New Hampshire (America East), FGCU (ASUN), Charleston (CAA), Yale (Ivy), Chicago State (NEC) and UT Arlington (WAC).
American Athletic
Host Wichita State, the No. 4 seed which by no means had a house sweep in the course of the common season, made it three in a row within the convention match with a 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 victory over sixth-seeded Florida Atlantic. Wichita State’s Brookyln Leggett had 13 kills and Morgan Stout, who had one error in 23 swings, had 12 to go together with three blocks and 4 digs.
Atlantic 10
Closely favored and top-seeded Dayton was swept on its residence courtroom by third-seeded Loyola Chicago 25-17, 25-23, 25-19. Loyola, which received its twelfth in a row, had simply 30 kills and hit .209. Dayton’s Lexie Almodovar had 15 kills however 10 errors as her workforce hit .114. Dayton, which had not been swept in additional than two years, will assuredly get an at-large bid to the NCAA Event.
Large South
High-seeded Excessive Level made it three in a row with a five-set win over second-seeded Winthrop. Arica Davis had 15 kills within the 25-23, 25-20, 25-27, 18-25, 15-12 victory, hitting .520 with 4 blocks and a dig. Jordyn Schilling had 20 digs, six assists and two aces. Winthrop’s Rachel McCollum had 19 kills, hit .321 and had a dig and 6 blocks. Sophia Matthews had 23 digs, three assists and three aces.
Convention USA
High-seeded Western Kentucky received its twenty fourth match in a row, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-21 over third-seeded NM State for its sixth consecutive convention title and tenth in 11 years. Kaylee Cox had 23 kills, hit .326, and added a block and 12 digs.
Horizon League
Third-seeded Cleveland State defeated No. 4 Inexperienced Bay 11-25, 27-25, 27-25, 18-25, 15-11 as Liberty Torres led with 23 kills, a block and 7 digs. Laken Voss had 16 kills and 14 digs and Emma Walker had 25 digs, 5 assists and three aces. Inexperienced Bay’s Abby Gardner had 25 digs, 9 assists and three aces.
MAAC
High-seeded Fairfield went back-to-back because it beat second-seeded Quinnipiac in 4 as Mikayla Haut had 15 kills, hit .325, and had 10 digs and two blocks. Mamie Krubally had 11 kills with one error in 23 assaults to hit .435 and had an help, a block and 5 digs. Fairfield has received the title three of the final 4 years and 14 instances total.
Quinnipiac’s Elena Giacomini had 24 kills, an ace, two blocks and 23 digs.
MAC
Fourth-seeded Western Michigan was an unlikely decide to go back-to-back, however the Broncos swept third-seeded Ball State to offer coach Colleen Munson not solely an NCAA Event bid however her four-hundredth victory on the faculty. Julia Marr had 14 kills with one error in 34 assaults to hit .382 and had a dig and 5 blocks, one solo. Logan Case had three kills in as many tries, 43 assists, a block and 13 digs.
MEAC
Third-seeded Delaware State defeated Howard 26-24, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-7. Valeria Otero led with 18 kills, an help, an ace, a solo block and 12 digs. Gerren Tomlin had 17 kills an help, a block and 20 digs, and Morgan Allen had 22 digs, 4 assists and two aces.
Howard, 14-0 within the common MEAC season, had 4 gamers with 11 or extra kills, 18 by Rya McKinnon, who had an help and eight digs.
Missouri Valley
Illinois State defeated Missouri State in 4 and performs top-seeded UNI, and UIC beat Valparaiso in 4 and faces second-seeded Drake.
Ohio Valley
Three of the 4 quarterfinals had been sweeps as Lindenwood beat SIUE, Morehead State beat Western Illinois and Tennessee Tech beat Little Rock. High-seeded Southeast Missouri beat Tennessee State in 4 as Lucy Arndt had 19 kills, two assists, two aces, 16 digs and three blocks, one solo.
High-seeded SEMO performs fourth-seeded Morehead State and second-seeded Lindenwood performs third-seeded Tennessee Tech.
SWAC
High-seeded Florida A&M, which went 16-0 within the convention common season, improved to 27-6 with its four-set win over Jackson State. Brooke Lynn Watts led with 13 kills, a block and 15 digs.
SoCon
Second-seeded Wofford rallied from being down 0-2 and knocked off top-seeded Mercer 22-25, 22-25, 25-16, 26-24, 16-14 to repeat as champion. Bri Mahoney led Wofford with 18 kills, an help, two blocks and 13 digs. Libero Laney Klika had 18 kills, seven assists and an ace and a uncommon kill in her solely try and can be part of her sister, Pitt libero Emmy Klika, within the NCAA Event. Klika’s kill was her third of the season however first since getting one every within the first two matches of the season in August.
Skyler Bumpers had 21 kills for Mercer to go together with three digs and 4 blocks, two solo. MeMe Davis had 26 digs and 9 assists.
Southland
Southeastern Louisiana had the nation’s longest successful streak, 26 matches, however that ended when Texas A&M-Corpus Christi received the league remaining 25-19, 25-20, 25-19. It was the primary time Southeastern was swept at residence since 2021.
Tori Arrington led the Islanders with 13 kills and hit .353 after having one error in 34 assaults to go together with three digs and two blocks. Alex Hoglund had a kill in her solely strive, 45 assists, an ace and 7 digs.
Summit League
The match started with Denver beating North Dakota State in 4 and South Dakota sweeping Kansas Metropolis. Monday, fifth-seeded Denver performs top-seeded South Dakota State and third-seeded South Dakota performs second-seeded Omaha.
Solar Belt
Texas State accomplished an ideal run via the match with a sweep of Arkansas State. Texas State, which has been to the NCAA Event 4 earlier instances, the final in 2020, received 16 kills from MJ McCurdy, who hit .361 and had an help, a block and eight digs.
CMU coaches go to PVF’s Grand Rapids
Now we all know why there’s a gap at Central Michigan. which introduced Sunday that coach Mike Gawlik had resigned after 9 seasons “to pursue different skilled alternatives.”
That’s as a result of Gawlik and his spouse, Katie, are becoming a member of Cathy George’s workers on the Grand Rapids Rise. Mike Gawlik coached for George at Michigan State from 2005-2015.
Learn the Rise information launch right here.
And browse the CMU story right here.
Professional Volleyball Federation draft Monday
Talking of the PVF, the second-year league holds its draft at midday Japanese Monday. Click on right here for the PVF Draft Central and a hyperlink to look at the happenings on YouTube.
NJCAA titles claimed
Florida SouthWestern State received the NJCAA Division I title, Cowley School received all of it in Division II and Dallas School Eastfield received Division III.
Florida SouthWestern State received its third nationwide championship in a row when it swept Miami Dade.
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Cowley completed 40-0 and went unbeaten for the second straight yr when it beat Johnson County in 4.
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And Dallas School Eastfield swept Minnesota West Neighborhood & Technical School.
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