The USA girls received the sitting volleyball title Saturday in Paris, the third gold medal in a row for a program that has medaled in each Paralympics because the self-discipline was launched for girls in 2004.
The Individuals, who misplaced to China to open the event, this time beat China 25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 25-22 to provide the USA three indoor medals this summer season. Within the Paris Olympics final month, the USA girls took silver and the lads received bronze.
Whereas the USA was successful, NCAA volleyball was into one other chock-full Saturday that noticed what has turn out to be the standard unpredictability and shocking outcomes.
That included Miami dealing Texas — No. 1 within the AVCA preseason and first-week polls however positive to fall — one other loss by pulling off a reverse sweep in Gregory Health club. Sixth-ranked Wisconsin escaped Baylor with a five-set win, and Loyola Marymount had a reverse-sweep victory at SMU, which simply 5 days earlier defeated Nebraska.
Or, as we are saying repeatedly, that’s why the VolleyballMag media ballot received’t start for 2 extra weeks when pre-conference play is completed.
The recaps and prime performances for all the above comply with, however first a have a look at Sunday’s NCAA schedule that features 37 matches.
Six of these matches contain Huge Ten groups, two of that are unbeaten as 5-0 Illinois performs. Wake Forest at Iowa State and 4-0 Washington is at 4-1 Colorado. Ohio State performs at No. 10 Florida.
Within the ACC, fourth-ranked Louisville is at Northern Kentucky and No. 15 Florida State (4-0) performs at 5-0 Auburn.
The Huge 12’s three matches embody 5-0 Arizona State vs. St. John’s (4-1) at San Diego.
Ninth-ranked Kentucky of the SEC performs Ball State and No. 21 Arkansas (6-0) performs 5-1 Little Rock.
Dayton of the Atlantic 10, ranked No. 22, performs winless UMBC.
USA girls win Paralympics sitting gold
The USA and China have performed one another for gold for 5 Paralympics in a row.
“This one means a lot to us,” Kaleo Okalani stated.
“Now we have confronted a lot adversity, particularly on this event, and I’m so proud to play for this group and to be part of this group.”
Within the event, the Individuals misplaced to China in 4 after which swept France and Italy to make the semifinals. There they beat Brazil 25-22, 22-25, 25-14, 25-15 earlier than turning the desk on China.
“We all know them, and so they know us,” Lora Webster stated. “These are groups that battle tooth and nail and by no means assume that something is hopeless.”
Nicole Nieves missed the Tokyo Video games as a result of she had COVID.
“My two themes have been ‘redemption yr’ and ‘delayed, not denied,’ ” Nieves stated.
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Canada swept Brazil for bronze to win that nation’s first sitting volleyball medal.
On the lads’s facet, Iran defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina in 4 for gold and Egypt beat Germany in 5 for bronze.
Miami tops Texas, Wisconsin wins, GT beats BYU
Miami, now 5-0, received 19-25, 17-25, 26-24, 25-18, 15-11 at Texas which has unlikely been the sufferer of a reverse sweep too many instances at residence. Texas was up 24-23 within the third set earlier than Miami rallied.
Puerto Rican Olympian Grace Lopez had 20 kills for the Hurricanes and hit .395 to go together with two aces, 4 blocks and 15 digs. Flormarie Colon had 16 kills, an help, an ace, three blocks and 5 digs. Paula Guersching, who has performed on the German nationwide group and performed at Youngstown State and Hawai’i earlier than transferring to Miami, had eight kills with one error in 23 swings and eight digs. Bianka Lulic had 4 kills with no errors in eight assaults and 6 blocks.
Miami, which had by no means crushed a No. 1 earlier than, hit .241 and had six aces and 16 serving errors, whereas Texas hit .176 and had eight aces and 11 errors.
Texas (2-2), which opened its season with a victory over Wisconsin in Milwaukee, was knocked off the subsequent day by Minnesota. Then the Longhorns, who’ve received the final two NCAA titles, swept Indiana on Thursday. Towards Miami, Madi Skinner led with 20 kills however had 14 errors and hit .103. She had an help, an ace, three blocks and 10 digs. Marianna Singletary had 12 kills and 6 blocks, two solo …
Wisconsin (2-3) received 25-18, 25-14, 18-25, 22-25, 16-14 at No. 23 Baylor (5-1). Baylor by no means trailed within the fifth set till 15-14. Devyn Robinson and Sarah Franklin had 19 kills every. Robinson had three blocks and 4 digs and Franklin had two blocks and 14 digs. Lola Schumacher had 27 digs, 5 assists and two aces and Charlie Feurbringer had 4 kills, 51 assists, a block and 12 digs. Her group hit .267 with seven aces and 14 errors. Baylor hit .208 and had 4 aces and 11 errors. Elise McGhee led the Bears with 15 kills, two aces, 5 blocks and two digs …
No. 19 Georgia Tech received in 5 at No. 14 BYU as Tamara Otene had 24 kills within the 21-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 15-13 victory. She had 13 digs and two blocks. Claire Little had 20 kills with one error in 43 assaults for BYU to go together with two aces, 9 digs and two blocks …
TCU acquired an enormous five-set victory over No,. 18 Minnesota, which is now 1-3, all in 5 units. Melanie Parra had the road of the night time for the Horned Frogs with 30 kills, an ace, 12 digs and 5 blocks, one solo within the 25-21, 26-24, 21-25, 23-25, 20-18 victory. Jalyn Gibson added 21 kills, two assists, 23 digs and 4 blocks. Setter Lily Nicholson had a kill in eight errorless tries, 56 assists, an ace, a block and 21 digs. Julia Hanson had 23 kills for Minnesota to go together with two aces, a block and 9 digs. Zeynep Palabiyik had 24 digs and three assists …
Elsewhere within the AVCA prime 25, No. 2 Nebraska hit .400 and swept Montana State; No. 4 Louisville hit .443 and swept Missouri as Anna DeBeer had 11 kills with no errors in 27 swings to go together with an ace, 9 digs and two blocks, one solo; No. 7 Penn State hit .369 and swept Ball State as Jess Mruzik had 17 kills, hit .469 and had an ace, six digs and three blocks, one solo; No. 8 Purdue swept Utah State behind 14 kills, eight digs and 4 blocks, two solo, from Chloe Chicoine; No. 9 Kentucky swept James Madison; No. 10 Florida acquired 18 kills from AC Fitzpatrick, who hit .429, in a sweep of Southern Indiana; No. 11 Creighton hit .340 and swept Kansas State as Jaya Johnson had 12 kills with one error in 20 assaults, two digs and 4 blocks, one solo; No. 12 Oregon rallied to beat GCU 25-13, 20-25, 22-25, 25-16, 16-14 as Onye Ofoegbu had 19 kills with one error in 29 assaults, a dig and 4 blocks; No. 13 Kansas hit .358 and swept Western Michigan as Ayah Elnady had 15 kills with one error in 35 swings to go together with 11 digs and a block; No. 16 Arizona State received in 4 at San Diego; No. 21 Arkansas swept Louisiana Tech as Romani Thurman had 12 kills, hit .455, and had six digs and 4 blocks; No. 22 Dayton swept Bowling Inexperienced as Lexie Almodovar had 16 kills, hit .364, and had two aces and 10 digs; No. 25 UCLA hit .385 and swept LIU. Cheridyn Leverette had 15 kills with two errors in 26 assaults to hit .500 and had 5 digs and a solo block.
Across the nation
Key outcomes and prime performances:
South Florida (2-3), which was coming off its upset of Florida, did it once more with a five-set win over Ohio State (3-1) after trailing 12-9 within the fifth. USF had 4 gamers with 9 or extra kills within the 18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-18, 15-12 victory, 19 by Ally Cavanaugh, who hit .389. Of observe for me is that USF assistant coach Leandro Vissotto is the brother of Brazilian sisters Luciana and Juliana, who coached for me in Volleyball Baton Rouge again within the day once they performed at Southeastern Louisiana. Emily Londot had 27 kills for Ohio State …
Loyola Marymount rallied for a reverse sweep at SMU as Sophia Meyers had 15 kills, an help, an ace and 14 digs within the 12-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-16, 15-10 victory. SMU’s Maya Tabron had 21 kills, three assists, an ace, 4 digs and three blocks … Talking of reverse sweeps, Binghamton dealt Boston School its first loss as Tsvetelina Ilieva had 14 kills, an help, an ace, 14 digs and 5 blocks, one solo, within the 24-26, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-13 victory. Misa Dlouha had 10 blocks, one solo and eight kills … UC Santa Barbara rallied from 0-2, as effectively, in a reverse-sweep win over St. John’s through which Sophie Reavis had 21 kills for UCSB and Erin Jones had 21 for the Johnnies … And UC Irvine additionally had a reverse-sweep win, dealing Portland its first loss after 5 victories. Soana Leaea had 12 blocks — one solo — second most in UCI historical past, and a career-high 9 kills. Katie Smith had 20 kills, six blocks and 12 digs, and Hunter Riedl had 10 kills, hit .390 and had an help, 5 blocks and 5 digs …
Arizona beat Alabama in 4 in a match the place each groups had been 5-0 coming in … Southern Miss switch Mia Wesley had 21 kills for Texas Tech in a four-set win over Inexperienced Bay … Raina Terry had 25 kills as Illinois improved to 5-0 with a four-set win at Iowa State. Terry had two assists, 4 aces, 5 digs and a block …
How about this scoreline as Morehead State beat Radford 25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 31-33, 15-11. Radford’s Sydney Mundkowsy had 28 kills, hitting .306, to go together with an help, three aces, seven digs and a solo block … The road of the day after TCU’s Parra: Camryn Luginbuhl had 30 kills for Sacred Coronary heart in its five-set win over Kent State. She hit .303 and had three assists, an ace, 15 digs and 6 blocks, two solo …
Michigan State hit .382 in a sweep of Marist … Julia Hunt had eight kills and eight blocks in Washington’s five-set win over Georgia … Samantha Schnitta had 21 kills, 5 aces, 10 digs and 5 blocks in Maryland’s five-set win over American, which had began 7-0. AU swept Alabama A&M earlier within the day …
LSU is 5-1 after sweeping Davidson. Jurnee Robinson had 24 kills in simply these three units, hitting .512, and had 10 digs and three blocks. Robinson is averaging 5.3 kills per set and is hitting .313 this season … Olivia Utterback had 25 kills as UC Davis beat Saint Mary’s in 4. Utterback hit .417 and had three assists, three aces, 14 digs and a block …
East Carolina is 6-0 after sweeping Western Carolina. Fran McBride had 13 kills with no errors in 19 assaults and 4 blocks, one solo. Carlia Northcross had seven kills with one error in 12 swings and 5 blocks … Syracuse is 6-0 after beating Manhattan in 4. Sydney Moore had eight kills with one error in 11 assaults and 7 blocks … Michigan is 6-0 after beating Notre Dame in 4. Allison Jacobs had 19 kills and Ella Demetrician had 18 … Malaya Jones had 26 kills for Colorado State, which acquired its first victory, in a four-set win over Central Arkansas … Maddie Meyers had 22 kills for William & Mary in a five-set win over George Mason … Bridgette Smith had 22 kills for Sacramento State in a four-set win over San Francisco …
Hawai’i beat visiting Pepperdine in 5 as Caylen Alexander had 25 kills for the house group to go together with two aces, 16 digs and 4 blocks, two solo, and Birdie Hendrickson had 25 kills for the Waves to go together with an help, an ace, 10 digs and three blocks … Sydney Love had 23 kills for Elon in a five-set win over NC Central … ETSU hit .459 in a sweep of Kennesaw State. Amanda Lowe had 13 kills with one error in 17 assaults … Wright State hit .364 in a sweep of UMBC as Maya Ayro had 13 kills with one error in 20 assaults, three digs and two blocks … Harvard received two five-set matches, first over Merrimack after which over New Hampshire to get to 3-0 on its opening weekend. Brynne Faltinsky had 19 kills towards Merrimack and 19 extra towards UNH. Faltinsky, who had a complete of 40 kills in 2023, had 9 kills within the season opener towards Stonehill … Talking of Stonehill and Merrimack, Stonehill pulled a reverse sweep to beat Merrimack 22-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-18, 15-11 as Mia Berardino had 18 kills, hit .438 and had three aces, 5 digs and a block …
Central Michigan is 6-0 after beating Iona in 4 … UTRGV beat Arkron in 5 and Ilana De Assis had 23 kills … Kira Fallert had 21 kills for Northern Iowa in its four-set win over West Virginia … Wyoming is 5-0 afer successful in 4 at Cleveland State. Emma Winter had 15 kills and 6 blocks … Samford beat Chicago State in 5 as Gracie Lynn Butler had 22 kills and Patrycia Lagida had 26 kils and 18 digs for Chicago State, which used no subs … Mercer is 5-0 after sweeping Ohio … UT Arlington improved to 6-9 with a sweep of Louisiana-Monroe. Paige Reagor had 11 kills, hit .529, and had 4 blocks.
