There isn’t any NCAA Division I volleyball Monday.
Whew.
After 4 weeks of pre-conference play, with so a lot of these Fridays and Saturdays bursting with greater than 200 matches per day, we’d like a break.
That offers us time to return out with the primary VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot later Monday morning.
And our panel has loads to think about.
A fast take a look at the highest 4 conferences present some fascinating traits.
Within the ACC, simply two groups went via the pre-conference unbeaten, AVCA No. 1 Pittsburgh (9-0) and unheralded Syracuse (12-0), a crew that completed 2-26 in 2023, 0-18 in convention play. Solely one of many 18 ACC groups — Duke at 4-7 — is beneath .500.
Within the Large 12, which now has 15 groups, only one is unbeaten — Arizona at 11-0 — and only one is beneath .500 — Kansas State at 2-7.
The Large Ten has 18 groups and only one — Washington at 10-0 — is unbeaten, though Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State and Oregon have one loss every. Solely Rutgers (5-6) and Northwestern (2-6) are beneath .500.
And within the SEC, which has 15 groups, no crew got here out of pre-conference unbeaten, however Auburn (10-1) and Texas A&M) have one loss every. No SEC crew is beneath .500 general and, surprisingly, the crew with the worst profitable share is AVCA No. 11 Kentucky at 6-5.
The Large East’s Creighton, No. 9 within the AVCA and standing 9-2 after huge victories over Purdue and Kansas, will certainly be in our high 16. Dayton of the Atlantic 10, received’t be, however the 10-1 Flyers are the one different crew within the coaches ballot not from one of many power-4 conferences.
There have been seven ranked groups in motion Sunday and the one one which misplaced was No. 4 Louisville, which was steamrolled by No. 5 Nebraska. Prime-ranked Pitt, No. 3 Penn State, No. 12 Oregon, No. 16 Florida and No. 22 SMU all received.
The road of the day went to Guila Cardona of Evansville, who had 30 kills in a five-set loss to IU Indianapolis.
The recaps and high performances comply with on this all-NCAA version of Volleyball Right now. We can have a separate story later Monday on the AVP League.
Sunday’s NCAA volleyball outcomes
Prime 25
Nebraska (10-1) set the tone early and went on to a 25-16, 25-17, 25-20 victory at Louisville (8-2) — the primary regular-season match ever on ABC — that went surprisingly quick.
Nebraska, which beat a top-five crew on the highway for the primary time since profitable at Minnesota in February 2021, had seven blocks. Louisville had none. The Huskers hit .305 and had seven aces with seven serving errors. Harper Murray led with 11 kills and had two errors in 31 assaults to go along with two assists, an ace and 5 digs. Merritt Beason had 9 kills with one error in 22 assaults, an help, 4 blocks and a dig. Andi Jackson had six kills in 11 errorless swings, three digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Lindsay Krause had 5 kills, 4 aces, a block and 4 digs, and setter Bergen Reilly had 4 kills in six errorless tries, two blocks and 6 digs.
Louisville, which hit .133 and had no aces and 7 errors, bought 12 kills from Anna DeBeer, who had eight digs. Her teammates mixed for 27 kills, eight every by Sofia Maldonado Diaz and Charitie Luper. The group of 14,126 on the KFC Yum! Heart — website of December’s NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship — was a Louisville report …
Pitt (9-0) hit .398 and swept beforehand ranked Marquette (4-5). Olivia Babcock had 14 kills, two aces, two blocks and 9 digs. Ella Foti had 11 kills with one error in 23 assaults for Marquette … Penn State (10-1) beat Yale (5-3) in 4. The Nittany Lions, who hit .371, bought 18 kills from Camryn Hannah and 15 from Jess Mruzik … Oregon (8-1) received its eighth in a row with a sweep of visiting Oregon State (2-8), which hit .000. Mimi Colyer led Oregon with 10 kills, two aces, two blocks and 11 digs … Florida (9-2) hit .442 and swept Buffalo (4-9). Kennedy Martin had 12 kills, hitting .526, to go along with two assists, an ace, two blocks and 5 digs. Buffalo hit .080 … And the one different ranked crew in motion, SMU (8-3) received in 4 at Northern Iowa (5-7). Jamison Wheeler led the Mustangs with 21 kills, hit .383, and had an help, two of her crew’s 11 aces — Natalie Foster had 4 — a block and 11 digs. UNI’s Cassidy Hartman had 17 kills, hit .367, and had a block and 4 digs.
Across the nation
Indiana beat visiting Notre Dame in 4 as Avry Tatum had 15 kills and Candela Alonso-Corcelles 14 … North Carolina beat visiting Michigan State in 4 as Emani Foster had 15 kills with one error in 31 assaults, two digs and a block … Ohio State swept Bowling Inexperienced behind 19 kills from Emily Londot, who hit .471 and had an help, 14 digs and a block … Wake Forest bought previous Davidson in 5 as Paige Crawford and Laila Ricks had 18 kills every and Olivia Murphy had 17 … Texas A&M beat Troy in 4 as Logan Ledicky had 16 kills, hitting .355, with an help, an ace, seven digs and 5 blocks …
Syracuse bought to 12-0 with a four-set win over Cornell. Ava Palm led with 16 kills and hit .382 to go along with two aces, 9 digs and a block … UTEP is 10-2 after sweeping Texas State. Ema Uskokovic had 14 kills, hit .314, and had three aces and three blocks … Oklahoma hit .349 and swept Kansas State. Alexis Shelton had 18 kills, hit .310, and had 9 digs and 4 blocks ..
Coastal Carolina received in 5 at NC State as Agata Lesiak had 16 kills, hit .406, and had 5 digs and two blocks, one solo. Amanda Rice had 18 kills for NC State and 7 blocks … In Penn’s four-set win over Rhode Island, Zada Sanger had 22 kills, hitting .409 … Windfall beat Quinnipiac in 5 as Lyric Berry (all-name crew) had 15 kills, hit. 500, and had a dig and 10 blocks, 4 solo. Quinnipiac’s Elena Giacomini had 24 kills, three aces, 11 digs and 4 blocks, two solo … Alexa Edwards had 21 kills for Pacific in a four-set win over Sacramento State to go along with an ace, 11 digs and two blocks. Bridgette Smith had 21 kills for Sacramento State … CSU Bakersfield beat Fresno State in 5 as Sydney Dunning had 19 kills, an ace, 10 digs and two blocks …
IU Indianapolis beat Evansville in as Morgan Ostrowski had 17 kills, hit .467, and had a dig and 5 blocks, two solo. Evansville’s Giulia Cardona, who has put up huge numbers in her profession, had 30 kills, 5 aces — making her the all-time program chief with 207 — 11 digs and two blocks, one solo …
Within the CAA, Towson improved to 11-1 general, 2-0 in league play, with a five-set win over William & Mary (4-7, 0-2) as Victoria Barrett had 22 kills, hit .306, and had 14 digs and two blocks. Zyare Abdul-Rahim had 16 kills, hit .375, and had an help, three digs and 4 blocks, three solo … Delaware swept Campbell as Anna Logan Gillens had 14 kills, hit .458, and had two digs and two blocks, one solo … School of Charleston beat Elon in 4 as Emily Banitt had 19 kills, 11 digs and 4 blocks … Northeastern beat UNCW in 4 …
Loyola Maryland stored Navy winless with a five-set Patriot League victory wherein Lauren Hyperlink had 17 kills, two assists, an ace and 19 digs.
