The AVP introduced the groups for its new league and there will probably be Paris Olympians in Austin, Dallas, New York. Palm Seashore and San Diego. The complete checklist follows.
There are 47 matches on Thursday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule however surprisingly few between unbeaten groups in solely the season’s second week. The schedule was gentle Wednesday however together with No. 5 Stanford sweeping at No. 24 Marquette, No. 13 Kansas sweeping Wichita State and Furman pulling off a reverse sweep at USC Upstate.
Texas State beat UTSA in 4 units, which included getting back from being down 24-16 within the first set.
We have now a very cool factor that Indiana coach Steve Aird is doing this season together with his challenges, and the newest NAIA ballot.
AVP proclaims groups for brand new seaside league
The AVP is making an attempt one thing new with its league. The primary set of matches is September 14-15 on the UCLA Tennis Heart, adopted by seven extra stops, culminating with the championship November 9-10 in Los Angeles. Click on right here for the whole schedule and extra particulars.
Right here’s the breakdown of the league groups:
— Austin Aces: Paul Lotman, Billy Allen, Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth
— Brooklyn Blaze: Seain Cook dinner, Cody Caldwell, Terese Cannon, Megan Kraft
— LA Launch: Tim Bomgren, Troy Discipline, Betsi Flint, Julia Scoles
— Miami Mayhem: Trevor Crabb, Theo Brunner, Alix Klineman, April Ross
— New York Nitro: Phil Dalhasser. Avery Drost, Brandie Wilkerson, Melissa Humana-Paredes
— San Diego Smash: Miles Evans, Chase Budinger, Geena Urango, Toni Rodriguez
NCAA girls’s volleyball
Thursday’s schedule
We talked about that there are only a few matches Thursday between unbeatens. One is Cal vs. No. 8 Purdue of the Massive Ten, each 3-0, at Utah. Cal later performs Utah, additionally 3-0, in a battle of former Pac-12 groups. The Massive Ten’s No. 20 USC (2-0) is at Creigton of the Massive East (3-0).
Different Massive Ten groups in motion embrace No. 2 Nebraska at house for The Citadel, No. 25 UCLA vs. No. 17 Tennessee, Rutgers vs. No 21 Arkansas, Indiana at No. 1 Texas and Northwestern at Lengthy Seashore State.
SMU, coming off that upset of Nebraska, performs host to Milwaukee. Two 3-0 groups face off when Arizona performs at Alabama State, Lipscomb goes to No. 14 BYU, and Auburn, receiving votes, is house for Cal Poly, the coaches’ choose to win the Massive West.
Wednesday’s outcomes and high performances
Stanford (4-0) received 25-18, 25-17, 25-22 at Marquette (1-1) to finish its week-long keep in Milwaukee wherein it beat Milwaukee, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Elia Rubin continued her scorching begin to the season with 12 kills and one error in 25 assaults to go along with an help, an ace and 10 digs. Ipar Kurt led with 14 kills and had two aces and a dig. Jordyn Harvey had 11 kills with one error in 22 swings, an help, a block and 5 digs. Elena Oglivie had 10 digs, an ace and eight assists and Kami Miner had two kills in three errorless tries, 31 assists and 11 digs. The Cardinal hit .373. Aubrey Hamilton had 12 kills and hit .313 for Marquette to go along with an help, three digs and three blocks, one solo. Jenna Reitsma added 9 kills and 9 digs and Hattie Bray had eight kills with one error in 16 assaults, a dig and three blocks, one solo …
Kansas improved to 4-0 with a 25-17, 25-21, 25-19 win over visiting Wichita State (2-2) earlier than a sold-out crowd of 1,742 within the Horejsi Household Volleyball Enviornment. Ayah Elnady led with 14 kills, two aces, two blocks and three digs …
Texas State received 26-24, 19-25, 25-23, 25-16 at UTSA and setter Ryann Torres — who was a key server in the course of the large first-set run — had 4 kills in eight errorless tries, 40 assists, an ace, eight digs and two blocks. The UTSA Convocation Heart drew 1,246 followers, this system’s largest crowd since 2017 …
Furman received 18-25, 19-25, 25-16, 25-16, 15-9 at USC Upstate in a battle of South Carolina faculties. Kennedy Seekford had 21 digs and 5 assists … Michigan improved to 4-0 with a sweep of Jap Michigan because the Wolverines hit .384. Allison Jacobs had 12 kills, hit .455 and had an help, two aces, seven digs and a block … Adelina Berisha had 12 kills with one error in 29 swings to go along with seven digs and a block in American’s sweep of Coppin State … Mercer is 4-0 after sweeping UMES … Florida A&M beat North Florida in 5 however UNF’s Amy Burkhardt had 20 kills, three assists, an ace, 16 digs and two blocks … Bryant hit .474 in a sweep of Stonehill. Arianna Ugolini had 15 kills, hit .565, and had three digs and three blocks, one solo … IU Indianapolis, one in all my favourite groups, beat visiting Butler in 4 …
Villanova beat Binghamton in 5 and Abby Harrell had 19 kills, hit .350, and had two assists and 15 digs.
Extra large school volleyball TV scores
This weekend’s State Farm Ladies’s Faculty Volleyball Showcase served up some large numbers on FOX 🏐
– Texas vs. Wisconsin earned 584,000 viewers on FOX
– Stanford vs. Wisconsin earned 487,000 viewers on FOX pic.twitter.com/jbCFON3DwV— FOX Sports activities PR (@FOXSportsPR) September 4, 2024
Aird makes Indiana’s challenges matter
Indiana is 3-0 after beating Kennesaw State, Wichita State and UC Davis. However simply as vital is that coach Steve Aird is 4-1 in challenges. And never simply because his group received these factors.
That’s as a result of for each problem that Aird and Indiana win this season they’re donating $25 to each the Group Kitchen of Monroe County and to the IU scholar part.
“My spouse (Brandy) is on the board of the Monroe Group Kitchen, which helps the homeless, feeds youngsters, fill backpacks for youths for the weekends, and he or she’s a chef and has volunteered,” Aird stated.
“And on the finish of the 12 months I’m going to throw (the scholars) a celebration at an area Bloomington institution and the scholars get to have enjoyable for an evening,” Aird stated.
“The scholar part is far more concerned in whether or not you win or lose challenges. They need you to problem continuous as a result of they need the cash.”
Aird famous that Katie Schumacher-Cawley, the Penn State coach and Aird’s Penn State school classmate, has carried out the identical factor at her faculty.
Darren Tipton, who runs the web site Volleyball Adrenaline, has stated he’ll match Aird’s donations. Clearly Aird hopes others soar on board.
Click on right here for extra on the Group Kitchen of Monroe County.
NAIA
Northwestern Iowa (10-0) is ranked No. 1 and received 19 of the 21 first-place votes. Second-ranked Jap Oregon (8-0) received the opposite two votes. Concordia is No. 3, adopted by Jamestown and Southern Oregon.
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