Creighton has not solely gotten over the hump, the ninth-ranked Bluejays made a press release Saturday with a sweep at No. 10 Kansas a day after knocking off No. 6 Purdue, which, like Kansas, was additionally unbeaten.
Second-ranked Stanford defeated No. 11 Kentucky in 4.
The opposite eight ranked groups that performed received Saturday.
Kansas was not the one undefeated crew to go down. Texas A&M misplaced to Wisconsin.
The road of the day went to Princeton’s Kamryn Chaney, who had 34 kills in a five-set loss to Excessive Level after which had 22 kills in a five-set to UMBC.
The pre-conference season finishes Sunday with 26 matches, highlighted by No. 5 Nebraska at No. 4 Louisville.
And good luck to us attempting to type all of it out: The primary VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot comes out Monday morning.
NCAA volleyball Sunday
Nebraska (9-1) of the Large Ten goes to Louisville (8-1) of the ACC for a 12:30 p.m. first serve within the KFC Yum! Middle and it’s on ABC. Each groups are on six-match successful streaks; Nebraska’s lone loss was to SMU, whereas Louisville misplaced to Penn State.
Different ACC groups in motion embrace two of the few undefeated groups remaining at No. 1 Pittsburgh performs Marquette and stunning 11-0 Syracuse performs Cornell. North Carolina (7-1) performs Michigan State, Notre Dame (7-1) performs Indiana and No. 22 SMU performs Northern Iowa.
Different Large Ten groups on the courtroom embrace No. 3 Penn State (9-1) enjoying Yale and No. 12 Oregon (7-1) vs. Oregon State.
Creighton overpowers Kansas
Creighton (9-2) of the Large East, coming off its upset of Purdue, took it to Kansas (9-1) of the Large 12 on its homecourt, beginning with six blocks within the first set of a 25-17, 25-19, 25-17 victory. The Bluejays, who beforehand misplaced in 5 to each Nebraska and Louisville, hit .426 with 53 kills and simply seven errors in 108 assaults. That included 16 kills with no errors in 31 swings by Norah Sis, who hit .516 and had two assists, an ace, three blocks and 7 digs.
Ava Martin had 12 kills, two blocks and eight digs and Elise Goetzinger and Jaya Johnson had 9 kills every. Goetzinger had one error in 21 assaults and 6 blocks, whereas Johnson hit .467 and had three blocks and a dig. Kendra Wait had a kill in 4 errorless tries, 45 assists, an ace, three blocks and 15 digs.
Kansas, which hit .171, obtained 12 kills from Ayah Elnady, who had a block and a dig. Caroline Bien added 9 kills, a block and an ace.
“I’m undecided we’re going to see a crew any higher than that this season,” Kansas coach Ray Bechard stated. “They’re one of many prime groups within the nation, however we really feel like we might be too. They had been nearer to their true id in the present day than we had been.”
Creighton opens Large East play Friday at residence towards Windfall, whereas Kansas is residence Wednesday for UCF in its Large 12 opener.
No upsets within the AVCA prime 25
No. 2 Stanford (8-1) got here away with a 25-19, 25-19, 28-30, 25-20 victory over visiting No. 11 Kentucky (6-5). Elia Rubin led the Cardinal with 21 kills, three assists, two aces and eight digs. Jordyn Harvey had 9 kills, two assists, an ace, 4 blocks and a dig, and Sami Francis had seven kills with one error in 18 assaults, an ace, a dig and 5 blocks, one solo. Setter Kami Miner had 5 kills in seven errorless tries, 40 assists, a block and 11 digs. Her crew hit .263.
Brooklyn DeLeye had 17 kills for Kentucky to go together with an help, an ace, two blocks and three digs. Kentucky hit .181 …
No. 6 Purdue (9-2) swept Tulsa at Kansas, hitting .356. Eva Hudson had 11 kills, hit .375, and had an help, 4 digs and a block. Chloe Chicoine had 10 kills, hit .348, and had six digs and two blocks. Raven Colvin had seven kills with one error in 13 assaults, two aces, a dig and 9 blocks, two solo …
No. 7 Wisconsin (6-3) swept visiting Texas A&M (8-1), which took its first defeat after shedding a tricky second set. Julia Orzol had 15 kills and hit .375 within the 25-18, 30-28, 25-19 victory and had an help, three blocks and 4 digs. Sarah Franklin had 14 kills, an help, an ace, a block and 10 digs. Logan Lednicky had 15 kills for A&M, hitting .353, to go together with a block and eight digs …
No. 14 Arizona State (11-1) swept Montana State as Savannah Kjolhede had 10 kills with one error in 19 assaults and three solo blocks … No. 17 Minnesota (6-3) swept Chicago State … No. 18 Florida State swept Alabama as Audrey Koenig had 13 kills with one error in 28 assaults, two aces, seven digs and three blocks … No. 19 BYU swept Utah Valley as Ellie Mortensen had 10 kills with two errors in 18 swings and Brielle Kemavor had 10 kills with one error in 15 assaults to go together with 10 blocks, one solo …
No. 20 Baylor beat visiting Hawai’i in 4 behind 16 kills by Elise McGhee, who hit .433 and had two aces, two blocks and two digs … No. 21 USC beat visiting UC San Diego in 4. Ally Batenhorst led with 17 kills, an help, three aces, three blocks and 9 digs … No. 22 SMU swept at Northern Iowa as Maya Tabron had 15 kills, hit .480, and had an help, an ace, three blocks and eight digs … No. 24 Dayton improved to 10-1 with a sweep of South Florida as Lexie Almodovar continued her torrid tempo, this time with 15 kills whereas hitting .387 to go together with two aces, two blocks and 6 digs … No. 25 Arkansas beat Texas Tech in 4 as 4 Razorbacks had 11 kills or extra, 16 by Aniya Madkin, who had three blocks …
MOTHER-DAUGHTERS: No. 23 TCU beat Rice in 4 in a match that featured one other mother teaching towards her daughter as Melanie Parra continued to mild it up for the Horned Frogs with 24 kills, an help, an ace, eight digs and 6 blocks, one solo. TCU freshman Alice Volpe had an help and 10 digs as she competed towards her mom, Rice coach Genny Volpe. It was the third such latest NCAA assembly. On September 13, Creighton, coached by Kirsten Bernthal Sales space, swept Northern Iowa at Louisville as her daughter, UNI freshman Reese Sales space, had a kill in her solely strive, 12 assists and two digs. After which this previous Friday, San Diego swept Boston School at LSU and USD coach Jen Petrie’s daughter, Jane, had 20 assists and 5 digs for BC.
Across the nation
UNBEATENS STILL: Syracuse improved to 11-0 with a five-set win over Iowa State as Ava Palm had 16 kills, an help, three aces, 10 digs and a block. Syracuse received a five-set match for the primary time in almost two years and continued its finest begin since 2010 … UConn is 12-0 after sweeping Central Connecticut State. Six Huskies had 5 or extra kills and CCSU hit minus .040 … South Dakota State is 11-0 after sweeping Belmont as Sylvie Zgonc had 17 kills, hit .344, and had an ace, a solo block and 11 digs. Belmont hit .032 … Arizona obtained to 11-0 with a sweep of Southern Utah. Carlie Csineros had 11 kills, hit .391, and had an ace and 13 digs … San Jose State is 8-0 after sweeping Saint Mary’s as Nayeli Ti’a had 17 kills, an help, three aces, 9 digs and 4 blocks.
ONE-LOSS TEAMS WIN: Tennessee Tech (11-1) beat Georgetown in 4 behind 20 kills apiece from Madolyn Isringhausen and Alayna Pierce … Georgia Southern (10-1) swept Winthrop … Utah (10-1) swept Wyoming, hitting .366. Emrie Satuala had 12 kills, hit .526, and had 5 blocks and Kamryn Gibadlo had 11 kills with one error in 21 assaults and likewise 5 blocks … Auburn (10-1) beat South Alabama in 4 as Madison Scheer had 18 kills, two digs and three blocks … Michigan (10-1) swept at Duke, which hit .085 …
Two one-loss groups received convention matches, together with 10-1 Towson, which swept William & Mary within the CAA. Additionally within the CAA, Charleston beat Elon in 4, Delaware swept Campbell, Northeastern beat UNCW in 4, N.C. A&T swept Hampton and Hofstra beat Stony Brook in 4 as Chiara Cucco had 24 digs, three assists and an ace …
Bucknell (10-1) beat Military West Level in 4 to enhance to 2-0 within the Patriot League, which additionally noticed Lafayette sweep Holy Cross, American do the identical to Navy and Colgate beat Lehigh in 4.
WORTH NOTING: Excessive Level beat Princeton in 5 however Princeton’s Kamryn Chaney had 34 kills, the primary Ivy League participant to get that many kills in 10 years. Princeton later misplaced in 5 to UMBC, which obtained its first victory after 9 defeats. Chaney led in that one with 22 kills, an help, three aces, three blocks and 10 digs. UMBC’s Mia Bilusic had 20 kills, hit .348, and had two aces, a block and 9 digs …
Marquette hit .411 in a sweep of East Carolina as Jenna Reitsma had 10 kills in 15 errorless assaults with two assists, seven digs and a solo block … West Virginia needed to go 5 to beat Binghamton, which obtained 27 kills from Tsvetelina Ilieva, who had an ace, 9 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Cassidy Tanton had 22 kills for WVU to go together with three assists, 4 aces and 14 digs, and Quincey Coyle had 21 kills, two aces, 10 digs and 5 blocks, one solo … Kaylee Cox had 22 kills, hitting .475, in Western Kentucky’s sweep of Austin Peay to go together with three assists, an ace, six digs and three blocks, two solo …
Ole Miss (10-2) prolonged its successful streak to eight with four-set victories over Tennessee State and Texas A&M-Commerce … UCLA swept Cal as Cheridyn Leverette had 18 kills, hit .371, and had 11 digs and a block … Wichita State received a wild one with Omaha, 19-25, 25-21, 31-29, 17-25, 15-13, as Morgan Stout had 14 kills with one error in 36 assaults, two assists, an ace and 4 blocks … Maryland beat UCF in 5 … Illinois needed to go 5 to beat Lipscomb as Raina Terry had 23 kills, hit .396, and had 5 aces, eight digs and two blocks …
N.C. Central beat Charlotte in 5, regardless of Charlotte’s Kristen Birmingham (shouldn’t she play for UAB?) getting 25 kills, an ace, 19 digs and three blocks … Wofford beat Valparaiso in 5 however Valpo’s Emma Hickey had 37 digs and 10 assists. Wofford’s Laney Klika had 28 digs, 4 assists and two aces. Klika’s sister, Emmy, is the Pittsburgh libero …
Arkansas State improved to 10-2 with a sweep of Jap Illinois because the Crimson Wolves hit .395 … Cal Poly pulled off a reverse sweep towards Northern Colorado as Tommi Stockham had 19 kills, 18 digs and a block … North Alabama beat Little Rock in 5. Little Rock’s Andrea Roman had 32 digs and 6 assists. UNA’s Audrey Small was huge with 22 digs, 5 assists and two aces … Southern Illinois beat Southeast Missouri in 5 because the Salukis’ Avery Parris had 17 kills, hit .412, and had two digs and 6 blocks … Utah State pulled off a reverse sweep towards Weber State. Adna Mehmedovic had 13 kills, hit .478, and had 5 blocks, one solo …
4 groups stayed winless as California Baptist (0-12) was swept by UC Irvine, Marist (0-10) obtained swept by Temple, and, as talked about, Navy (0-10) misplaced to American within the Patriot League and Hampton (0-13) misplaced within the CAA to N.C. A&T.
