The one AVCA ranked groups that misplaced Friday in NCAA Division I girls’s volleyball misplaced to different ranked groups, and there have been solely two upsets, if you’ll.
Tenth-ranked Minnesota beat beforehand unbeaten No. 6 Oregon in 5 at Stanford (see our separate story on that match), and No. 13 Washington State beat visiting No. 8 BYU, an final result that left each groups 8-1.
Oregon and BYU weren’t the one undefeated groups to lose Friday.
Among the many first-time losers had been Western Michigan, Alabama, Buffalo, Kansas Metropolis, Wake Forest, Harvard and UT-Arlington, which misplaced twice.
Among the many groups that gained to remain unbeaten, had been, at 8-0, Cal, App State, Virginia Tech, Jap Illinois, The Citadel, Wyoming, Arizona State.
Groups which might be 7-0 embrace No. 1 Wisconsin (which swept Miami, FL), Texas A&M and Fordham,
Groups which might be 6-0 embrace No. 3 Florida (which swept Clemson), No. 22 Kansas (which beat Colorado in 4), and Brown.
Different ranked groups that gained embrace No. 7 Texas, which swept FGCU; No. 9 Pitt swept No. 24 Marquette; No. 11 Georgia Tech swept South Alabama; No. 12 Penn State swept Temple; No. 16 Creighton swept Omaha; No. 17 Arkansas swept School of Charleston and beat Western Kentucky in 5; No. 18 Tennessee beat Loyola Chicago in 4; No. 19 Kentucky beat No. 21 Houston in 4; No. 23 Hawai’i swept Pepperdine; and No. 25 Auburn beat Charleston Southern in 4.
Large milestone: SFA is 7-1 after pulling off a reverse sweep in opposition to Boise State to present coach Debbie Humphreys her 800th profession victory. Later Friday, SFA swept Northern Arizona. SFA will get unbeaten Arizona State on Saturday.
Additionally, Hofstra, featured right here Saturday, improved to 8-1 after beating Stonehill.
Saturday reveals one other huge pre-conference schedule.
Again at Stanford, Oregon takes on No. 15 Ohio State earlier than the No. 5 Cardinal play Minnesota.
Different Large Ten groups in motion embrace No. 4 Nebraska taking part in Lengthy Seaside State and No. 20 Purdue going through No. 19 Kentucky.
The ACC’s Virginia Tech performs Fairleigh Dickinson because it tries to tie one of the best begin in program historical past and Georgia Tech performs Stetson.
Ranked Large 12 groups embrace No. 14 Baylor in opposition to Bowling Inexperienced and No. 21 Houston taking part in SMU.
SEC motion reveals Florida taking part in winless Winthrop, No. 17 Arkansas going through Troy, Texas A&M taking part in TCU and No. 25 Auburn taking part in Mercer.
Wish to watch? We now have the conference-by-conference schedule with viewing hyperlinks for any match that’s being proven in our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
