The pre-conference season finishes with a flourish Sunday with three big-time matches as No. 1 Wisconsin goes to No. 3 Florida in a battle of unbeatens on ESPN, No. 5 Stanford goes to unbeaten No. 2 Louisville on ESPN2, and unbeaten No. 4 Nebraska is house for No. 20 Kentucky on the Large Ten Community.
This places a bow on 4 weekends of competitors for which the coaches of prime groups ought to be counseled for scheduling one another and offering a implausible month of NCAA Division I girls’s volleyball.
Two different ranked groups are in motion Sunday, with No. 7 Oregon at Marquette and No. 10 Georgia Tech enjoying San Diego.
There was one upset Saturday, when No. 14 Creighton received in 5 at No. 9 Minnesota.
9 different ranked groups received Saturday and all however one swept.
Arizona State, Cal, The Citadel and Wyoming all received to remain undefeated. Virginia Tech and Brown took their first losses.
Military West Level has non-conference losses, however the Black Knights are atop the Patriot League — which obtained an early begin at 2-0.
35: Paige Briggs had 35 kills for Western Kentucky and Kayley Cassaday had 35 kills for Tulsa.
And the opposite group within the Nebraska Volleyball Day festivities, Omaha, obtained its first win to complete the pre-Summit League season 1-9.
Ranked outcomes
Creighton (9-2) of the Large East continued to play with out its finest participant, Norah Sis, because the Bluejays battled to a 25-15, 16-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-9 victory at Minnesota (4-4) after shedding the primary six instances the packages had performed. Ava Martin led Creighton with 22 kills, a block and 11 digs. Future Ndam-Simpson had 12 kills, two digs and two blocks, one solo, and Kiana Schmitt had 10 kills and 5 blocks. Kendra Wait had 4 kills in 10 errorless tries, 42 assists, six blocks and a match-high 22 digs. Her group hit .227.
“We knew Minnesota was form of up-and-down and it was true to type,” Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Sales space mentioned. “After we received the primary sport we had been like ‘pay attention, they do that lots. They get killed after which they arrive again.’ And positive sufficient, they dominated sport two. I like how we bounced and received three and 5, which was actually necessary. It’s a great win. I’m actually happy with them and so they labored laborious.”
Lydia Grote led Minnesota with 20 kills and hit .474 after having two errors in 38 assaults to go along with two aces, two blocks and 13 digs. Kylie Murr had 14 digs, eight assists an an ace. Taylor Landfair was held to 9 kills with seven errors, however she had 5 aces. Minnesota, which hit .177, went many of the fourth set and half of the fifth, when the Gophers fell behind 9-1, with out setter Melanie Shaffmaster, who sat out after taking a spill. All 4 of the Gophers’ losses are to ranked groups …
No. 8 Pittsburgh hit .557 and swept James Madison with 48 kills and solely 4 errors in 79 assaults. Olivia Babcock had 10 kills with one error in 16 assaults, two aces, 4 blocks and 4 digs …
Tenth-ranked Georgia Tech swept Howard as Liv Mogridge had 9 kills with one error in 12 assaults, three digs and 5 blocks. Larissa Mendes had 9 kills with one error in 18 swings, two aces and three blocks …
No. 12 BYU swept at Utah State as Erin Livingston had 11 kills …
No. 13 Penn State beat visiting Seton Corridor in 4 as Jess Mruzik had 20 kills, an ace, eight digs and three blocks, two solo …
No. 16 Arkansas swept Bryant because the Razorbacks hit .384 and obtained 13 kills every from Taylor Head and Jillian Gillen and 12 from Maggie Cartwright …
No. 20 Kansas swept Texas State as Ayah Elnady and London Davis had 13 kills every …
No. 23 Iowa State swept Drake. Lilly Wachholz had 13 kills, an help, an ace, two blocks and three digs. Maya Duckworth and Naveli Gonzalez had 12 kills every …
No. 24 Auburn hit .386 and beat Samford in 4 as Akasha andereson had 19 kills, hitting .410, to go along with an ace, two blocks and 9 digs …
No. 25 Dayton swept North Dakota as Lexie Almodovar continued to guide the Flyers, this time with 12 kills whereas hitting .391.
Unbeatens
Arizona State (12-0) hit .426 and swept Southern Miss in Memphis and completed pre-conference play unbeaten for the primary time since 2015. Marta Levinska led with 21 kills and had one error in 33 assaults to hit .606. She had two assists, an ace, three blocks and three digs. The Solar Devils open Pac-12 play Thursday in opposition to Arizona …
Cal is 11-0 for the primary time since 2011 after successful in 4 at Nevada (4-7) of the Mountain West. The Bears, who open Pac-12 play Tuesday at house in opposition to Stanford, obtained 19 kills from Ava Mehrten, who hit .452 and had 9 blocks, two solo. Maggie Li had 16 kills, three assists, an ace, 12 digs and two blocks, one solo. Ellie Hamm had 9 blocks to go along with six kills …
The Citadel received in 5 at Charleston Southern to get to 12-0, one of the best begin ever for a program that has received 12 matches complete in a season simply two instances beforehand. The Citadel, which had by no means been higher than 3-0 earlier than, was 11-19 final season. The Bulldogs, who open SoCon play at Chattanooga on Friday, obtained 21 kills from Ali Ruffin in opposition to crosstown foe Charleston Southern. She had two assists, two blocks and 21 digs …
Wyoming (11-0) is unbeaten earlier than convention play for the primary time ever after beating Idaho State in 4. The Cowgirls hit .340 as Rylee Schulz led with 19 kills whereas hitting .441 to go along with an help, two blocks and 5 digs. Tierney Barlow had 18 kills, hit .419 and had two digs and 7 blocks, three solo. Idaho State’s Jamie Streit had 17 kills, hit .382, and had an help, 15 digs and three blocks, one solo. Wyoming opens Mountain West play Thursday at Utah State …
Virginia Tech and Brown each had been undefeated till Saturday.
Virginia Tech (10-1) misplaced to East Carolina (9-2) in 5. ECU’s Angeles Alderete had 19 kills, two assists, 4 aces and 9 digs, and Francesca McBride had 15 kills, hit .353, and had three digs and 5 blocks, one solo. VT’s Elayne Duprey had 19 kills, hit .318, and had two aces, three blocks and 15 digs. Iliana Rodriguez had 24 digs, six assists and an ace …
Brown dropped to 8-1. After beating Binghamton in 5, the Bears misplaced in 4 to Michigan State. Michigan State’s Aliyah Moore had 25 kills with one error in 36 assaults to hit .667 and added six digs and 6 blocks, one solo. Amani McArthur had six kills in 12 errorless assaults and 9 blocks, three solo …
The one different unbeatens are the highest 4 groups within the AVCA Ballot, Wisconsin, Louisville, Florida and Nebraska.
Across the nation
Outcomes and performances of observe:
Kayley Cassaday had 35 kills and 19 digs as Tulsa pulled off a 22-25, 25-27, 25-17, 27-25, 15-13 reverse sweep in opposition to Sam Houston. Cassaday, a graduate-student outdoors, has had 20 extra kills in 5 of Tulsa’s six matches. Towards Sam Houston, she had six errors in 88 assaults to hit .330 and greater than half of her group’s 69 kills. She additionally had 4 blocks …
Paige Briggs additionally had 35 kills as she set the Western Kentucky program document in a four-set win over Western Michigan. Briggs, who’s from Michigan, had 5 errors in 62 assaults to hit .484 and had two assists, an ace, a block and eight digs …
Hofstra improved to 11-1 with a sweep of Elon during which Izadora Stedile had 22 kills, hit .436, and had 4 assists, three aces and 10 digs … In Hawai’i’s sweep of Florida State, Amber Igiede had 14 kills with two errors in 26 assaults, an ace, two digs and three blocks, one solo … Danyele Courtley had 23 kills for Rice and hit .404 in a sweep of Kansas State. She had 5 digs and three solo blocks … In William & Mary’s five-set win over Faculty of Charleston, Taylor Burrell had 23 kills with two errors in 44 assaults … Jenna Otts had 22 kills and 4 blocks, one solo, for Chattanooga in a five-set win over Gardner-Webb …
Jurnee Robinson had 18 kills with two errors in 29 assaults to hit .552 for LSU in its sweep of Texas Tech … Southeastern Louisiana’s Jacqueline Arrington had 12 kills in 13 errorless assaults in a sweep of Louisiana Tech and in addition had three blocks … Wake Forest beat Davidson in 5 and Jackie Bardin had 23 kills, three digs and two blocks, one solo … Yale’s Betsy Goodenow had 17 kills with one error in 38 assaults in a four-set win over Loyola Chicago …
San Francisco beat CSUN in 5 and Maria Petkova had 19 kills, an help, six digs and 6 blocks, one solo … Alabama improved to 10-1 with a sweep of Grambling and Kendyl Reaugh had 13 kills in 31 errorless swings, an help, two aces, 12 digs and a block … In UNC Asheville’s five-set win over UNC Greensboro, UNCA’s Matilde Teixeira had 23 kills and UNCG’s Aylin Baran had 27 … Ashley Wang had 20 kills and hit .450 for Harvard in a five-set win over Windfall. She had 24 assists, an ace, 13 digs and 5 blocks … Jap Washington’s Sage Brustad had 26 kills in a four-set win over Gonzaga. She had an help, an ace, 20 digs and 4 blocks, two solo … Portland State beat Oregon State for the second time this season for its first season sweep of the Beavers since 1986. Sophia Meyers led the Vikings with 20 kills, two aces, a block and 19 digs …
Omaha (1-9) swept Bradley at Northern Colorado as Shayla McCormick had 12 kills, hit .333, and had two aces, 5 blocks and 5 digs. Brynlee Arnold had 9 kills in 14 errorless assaults. Bradley hit .000 … Beforehand winless Winthrop broke via after 10 losses to knock off South Carolina in 4, beating the Gamecocks for the primary time since 2013. Karlie Shepherd, who had two aces, two blocks and 16 digs, and Reece Rhoads had 16 kills every.
PATRIOT LEAGUE: American is the one PL group who hasn’t performed a convention match. Military, which beat Bucknell on Friday, swept at Lafayette, which opened with a sweep of Holy Cross. Military, which hit .354 in opposition to Lafayette, obtained 9 kills from Paige Fixemer, who had no errors in 14 assault, three digs and two blocks, one solo. Additionally Saturday, Colgate beat Bucknell in 4 regardless of 18 kills by Bucknell’s Catherine Jamison, who hit .424, and Lehigh swept Holy Cross. American misplaced in 5 to Rhode Island of the A10, which obtained 24 kills from Madi Disu, who had two assists, two aces, six digs and three blocks. American later hit .427 and swept Stonehill.
