South Dakota State is the final unbeaten crew in NCAA Division I girls’s volleyball.
That’s as a result of SMU, ranked No. 14 within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, knocked off beforehand undefeated Pittsburgh on Saturday.
The highest-ranked Panthers, who had misplaced only one set this season and who had swept visiting SMU on Wednesday, dropped to 15-1, 5-1 within the ACC, after SMU (13-4, 5-1) gained 19-25, 25-22, 13-25, 25-23, 15-9 in Dallas.
The Massive 12 offered extra intrigue Saturday as AVCA No. 17 TCU gained in 5 at No. 23 BYU and 15-2 Utah, positive to maneuver into the rankings this week, swept visiting No. 18 Baylor.
Each different ranked crew gained.
South Dakota State is 16-0, 5-0 in The Summit League, after defeating North Dakota in 4. Bucknell and Southeastern Louisiana every gained their fifteenth match in a row.
There have been, after all, reverse sweeps, none extra outstanding than Canisius, down 19-10 to visiting Sacred Coronary heart and nonetheless 21-16 within the third, coming again to win 23-25, 18-25, 29-27, 25-23, 15-8 within the MAAC. Cal did it to visiting Syracuse within the ACC, North Alabama did it at Austin Peay within the ASUN, Cleveland State did it to visiting Inexperienced Bay within the Horizon League, and Washington State did it within the WCC at Saint Mary’s.
Strains of the day: Talking of Washington State, Katy Ryan had 30 kills, hit .531, and had three digs and two blocks. Fresno State’s Addison Haluska had 29 kills, two aces, eight digs and two blocks in a five-set Mountain West win over San Diego State. Emerald Jacobs had 28 kills for Houston Christian in its five-set Southland victory over Lamar to go along with two assists, an ace, 11 digs and two solo blocks. Camryn Luginbuhl of Sacred Coronary heart, in that aforementioned Canisius match, had 26 kills, three assists, an ace, a block and 15 digs.
Sunday’s schedule options extra ESPN protection, together with No. 7 Texas at No. 12 Kentucky on ESPN at 1 p.m. Jap and Athletes Limitless on ESPNU at 7 p.m. The second AU match is on ESPN+.
NCAA volleyball Sunday
The SEC match of the day options No. 7 Texas at No. 12 Kentucky. No. 19 Florida is residence for South Carolina, No. 25 Auburn goes to Mississippi State, Ole Miss is at Georgia, Texas A&M is at LSU, Tennessee is at Missouri and Alabama is at Arkansas.
Within the ACC, No. 4 Louisville goes to Miami, No. 20 Georgia Tech is residence for Virginia, No. 21 Florida State is residence for Notre Dame, Duke is at NC State and North Carolina is at Wake Forest.
The 2 Massive 12 matches have Colorado at UCF and Kansas State at West Virginia.
Within the Massive Ten, third-ranked Penn State goes to Indiana, No. 10 Wisconsin is residence for Northwestern, No. 11 Oregon is residence for No. 24 Washington, No. 16 USC is residence for UCLA and Michigan is at Ohio State.
Winless watch: 0-18 Hampton, swept at UNCW within the CAA on Saturday, is again at Wilmington on Sunday.
NCAA volleyball Saturday
ACC: SMU, which bought everybody’s consideration when the Mustangs swept then-No. 2 Nebraska within the their third match of the season, beat Pitt earlier than the second-largest residence crowd (2,317) in program historical past.
SMU, which hit simply .186, hit .643 within the fifth set. That included 4 kills on six makes an attempt by Naya Shime, who led the Mustangs with 20 kills, two assists, an ace, 5 blocks and 6 digs. Maya Tabron had 11 kills however 9 errors, to go along with an help, 4 blocks and 10 digs. Nnedi Okammor had eight kills and 12 blocks and Celia Cullen had a kill in her solely strive, 40 assists, two blocks and 7 digs.
Pitt, which hit .218, bought 17 kills from Torrey Stafford, who had an help, an ace, three blocks and 9 digs. Olivia Babcock had 16 kills however 14 errors, two aces, 5 blocks and 6 digs. Valeria Vazquez Gomez had seven kills, an help, an ace, two blocks and 9 digs. Bre Kelly additionally had seven kills and hit .462 to go along with 9 blocks, one solo …
No. 6 Stanford (13-2, 5-1) swept visiting Boston Faculty (8-10, 1-5) because the Cardinal hit .367 within the 25-13, 25-13, 25-19 victory. BC hit .078. Ipar Kurt led Stanford with 12 kills and hit .688 after having one error in 16 assaults to go along with three aces … Cal (10-8, 2-4) beat visiting Syracuse (12-6, 0-6), which needed to determine it was on the best way to breaking its five-match slide, 21-25, 16-25, 25-23, 25-23, 16-14 in a reverse sweep. Cal, which gained regardless of hitting .073, was led by Maggie Li, who had 17 kills for Cal, including an help, two aces, 12 digs and three blocks. Gianna Bartalo had 30 digs, 11 within the first set, and 7 assists.
BIG 12: Utah (15-2, 5-1), coming off its upset of TCU, swept visiting Baylor (10-6, 2-3) to win back-to-back matches over ranked groups for the primary time since 2019. Utah, with its tenth sweep of the season, hit .391 within the 25-21, 25-14, 25-21 victory. Kamryn Gibadlo led with 11 kills, three aces, a block and two digs, and Emrie Satuala had 10 kills with one error in 15 assaults to hit .600 and had three aces, 4 blocks and two digs … No. 8 Kansas (14-1, 4-0) hit .416 and swept at Cincinnati (11-5, 2-3) as Reese Ptacek had 13 kills with no errors in 16 assaults to hit .813. The freshman, who had a complete of 19 kills earlier than the match, additionally had 5 blocks … No. 12 Arizona State (16-2, 5-1) swept at Texas Tech (9-8, 1-4) as Geli Cyr had 16 kills, two assists, an ace, 10 digs and a solo block … TCU (12-4, 4-2) bought 25 kills from Melanie Parra in its 18-25, 25-23, 27-25, 17-25, 18-16 victory at BYU (10-6, 3-3). Parra had an help, two aces, 5 digs and 5 blocks, one solo. Jalyn Gibson had 12 kills, two assists, two aces, eight digs and in addition 5 blocks, one solo. Sarah Sylvester had 5 kills with no errors in eight swings and eight blocks and setter Lily Nicholson had 4 kills in seven errorless tries, 49 assists, two blocks and 11 digs. BYU’s Claire Little had 23 kills, two assists, three aces, a solo block and 7 digs.
BIG TEN: Second-ranked Nebraska (16-1, 6-0) swept visiting Rutgers (5-12, 0-6) as Harper Murray had 13 kills, two aces, 11 digs and a block. Leyla Blackwell had 9 kills in 15 errorless makes an attempt to go along with six blocks … No. 9 Purdue (13-4, 4-2) gained in 4 at Iowa (9-9, 3-3) as Eva Hudson had 18 kills, two assists, three aces, eight digs and two blocks. Iowa’s Malu Garcia had 20 kills, hit .366, and had seven digs and 6 blocks … No. 14 Minnesota (11-5, 4-2) hit .430 and swept visiting Maryland (10-7, 1-5) because the Gophers held a 19-2 blocks benefit. Lydia Grote had 12 kills, hit .360, and had an ace and 7 blocks. Julia Hanson had 12 kills with one error in 25 assaults to hit .440 and had an assists, three digs and 5 blocks, one solo. Phoebe Awoleye. had 4 kills in seven errorless makes an attempt and 14 blocks, one solo. Setter Melani Shaffmaster had three kills in 4 errorless tries, 34 assists, eight digs and three blocks … Illinois (11-5, 3-3) gained 15-25, 25-19, 20-25, 25-23, 15-8 at Michigan State (7-10, 0-6) as Raina Terry had 25 kills however 17 errors, to go along with an help, two of her crew’s 12 aces, 11 digs and 4 blocks, one solo.
Across the nation
The Jackrabbits hopped on as South Dakota State (16-0, 5-0 Summit) gained 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 25-11 over North Dakota (8-9, 1-5) earlier than the second-largest residence crowd in program historical past, 1,816. Sydni Schetnan led with 13 kills and hit .591 after having no errors in 22 assaults. She had a dig and 7 blocks, one solo. Sylvie Zgonc had 12 kills, an help, an ace, two blocks and eight digs … Additionally within the Summit, Oral Roberts beat Kansas Metropolis in 4 as Trinity Freeman had 21 kills … Denver held off visiting St. Thomas in 5 however Lauren Galvin of St. Thomas had 22 kills, hit .413 and had 12 digs and two blocks … Omaha’s Kali Jurgensmeier had 13 kills with one error in 22 swings because the Mavericks swept North Dakota State. She had 5 blocks, one solo …
Fifth-ranked Creighton (15-2, 6-0) hit .409 and swept its Massive East match at St. John’s (13-7, 2-4) as Elise Goetziner had 11 kills with no errors in 18 swings and 4 blocks, one solo … within the different Massive East match, Xavier (6-10, 4-2) bought 16 kills apiece from Anna Taylor and Caroline Speelman in a four-set win at Georgetown (8-10, 1-5) …
No. 22 Dayton (17-1, 7-0 Atlantic 10) has gained 10 in a row after its 25-23, 25-15, 25-12 sweep of visiting Loyola Chicago (9-9, 4-3). The Flyers hit .423 and had been led, as virtually all the time, by Lexie Almodovar. She had 18 kills, hit .469, and added two blocks and 4 digs …
Within the West Coast Convention, Washington State (10-5, 5-1) hit .356 and gained 23-25, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 15-13 at Saint Mary’s (5-9, 1-4). Katy Ryan went off for 30 kills within the reverse sweep, hitting .531 after having 4 errors in 49 assaults. She had three digs and two blocks … Additionally within the WCC, Loyola Marymount (13-4, 5-1) held off visiting Pepperdine (7-8, 4-1) in 5 regardless of 24 kills by Grace Chillingworth, who had two assists, an ace, 14 digs and two blocks. Paige Flickinger had 21 kills for LMU …
In North Alabama’s reverse-sweep ASUN win at Austin Peay, Reese Ricketts had 22 kills, three assists and 15 digs … Central Arkansas gained its ASUN match in 5 at Lipscomb as Mackenzie Vernon had 22 kills, hitting .359 and Laci Bohannan had 19 kills, hitting .319 … Northern Colorado gained its Massive Sky match at Sacramento State in 5 as Gabi Placide had 18 kills, an help, three aces, 17 digs and 7 blocks … Excessive Level beat UNC Asheville in 4 within the Massive South and Dylan Maberry had 22 kills and 15 digs and Brooke Briscoe had 22 digs, seven assists and three aces … Within the Massive West, Cal Poly and Lengthy Seaside State pulled right into a first-place tie with idle UC Davis at 5-1 as Cal Poly swept at Cal State Fullerton and Lengthy Seaside gained in 4 at CSU Bakersfield … Charleston and Hofstra are tied for the lead within the CAA after Charleston 15-5. 7-1) held off visiting Towson (14-4, 5-3) in 5 as Tylnley Smeltzer had 30 digs, 5 assists and an ace, and Hofstra (11-6, 7-1) swept visiting Northeastern (7-9, 5-3) as Chiara Cucco had 16 digs, two assists and 4 aces … Additionally within the CAA, N.C. A&T beat visiting Stony Brook in 5 as Tyne Ross had 24 kills, hit .340, and had an ace, 5 digs and two solo blocks …
Western Kentucky gained its Convention USA match in 5 at FIU to enhance to 14-6 and a league-leading 7-0 regardless of 25 kills from FIU’s Courtney O’Brien, who hit .321 and had seven digs and a block. WKU’s Izzy Van De Wiele had 19 kills with two errors in 27attacks to hit .630 to go along with six digs and 7 blocks, one solo … Wright State is 15-3, 7-0 within the Horizon League after sweeping at Youngstown State as Sam Ott had 12 kills with no errors in 31 swings, 4 aces and eight digs … Additionally within the HL, Cleveland State pulled a reverse sweep in opposition to visiting Inexperienced Bay as Liberty Torres had 23 kills, a dig and three blocks, two solo … Yale (10-3, 5-2) had a two-game lead within the Ivy League loss column after beating Columbia in 4 as 4 Bulldogs had 10 or extra kills …
There was Metro Atlantic insanity for Canisius (8-9, 4-2) because the Golden Griffins rallied for a 23-25, 18-25, 29-27, 25-23, 15-8 over visiting Sacred Coronary heart. And never solely did coach Tom Hanna get the victory after his crew trailed 19-10 within the third set, his daughter, Jillian, had 28 digs and 4 assists. Lauren Hubert and Kara Zaucha had 15 kills every. Camryn Luginbuhl of Sacred Coronary heart had 26 kills, three assists, an ace, a block and 15 digs … Marist misplaced once more to fall to 1-15, 1-5, however Taylor Miller had 23 kills in a four-set defeat at Rider … In the one MACtion, Akron gained in 4 at Miami and Buffalo did the identical at Ball State. Akron’s Lauren Baker had 25 kills, hitting .389, to go along with an ace, 14 digs and a block, and teammate Emanouela Christodoulou had 22 kills, hit .333, and added an help and a block, whereas Buffalo’s Katrin Trebichavska had 23 kills, two assists, an ace, 17 digs and a block …
Northern Iowa (11-7, 6-0 Missouri Valley) beat visiting Murray State in 4 as Kira Fallert had 20 kills, hit .372, and had two assists, eight digs and three blocks. Kacie Rewerts had 12 kills with one error in 26 assaults to hit .423 and had 10 blocks, two solo, and Olivia Tjernagel had 10 kills and 9 blocks …
Within the Mountain West, visiting UNLV gained as a result of it selected to play San Jose State and got here away with a 25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 26-24 victory. Alondra Alarcon had 11 kills with no errors in 23 assaults to hit .478 and had an help, an ace, 4 digs and two blocks, one solo … M.E. Hargan had 24 kills and hit .455 in Morehead State’s five-set Ohio Valley win at UT Martin to go along with an ace, 13 digs and a block … Bucknell (15-1, 7-0) swept its Patriot League match with visiting Loyola Maryland because the Bison continued one of the best begin in program historical past with their fifteenth win in a row … Southeastern Louisiana swept visiting McNeese within the Southland to enhance to 15-4, 7-0. The Lions have additionally gained 15 in a row … In Coastal Carolina’s five-set Solar Belt win over Georgia State, Jalyn Stout had 13 kills, 32 assists, an ace, 13 digs and two blocks … Within the WAC, UT Arlington gained its seventh in a row, a sweep at Abilene Christian as Brianna Ford had 17 kills, two aces, 12 digs and 6 blocks.
