There have been 23 NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball matches Wednesday.
Simply 5 of them didn’t finish in sweeps, together with Georgia Tech’s four-set, comeback ACC win at Clemson, USC’s five-set Pac-12 win at UCLA, and Indiana’s four-set Huge Ten over Illinois.
Line of the night time: NCAA kills chief Kayley Cassaday had 18 extra with no errors in 37 assaults to go along with two assists, an ace, eight digs and a block as Tulsa swept Temple.
The recaps and finest performances from these 23 matches comply with, however first a take a look at Thursday’s schedule.
The very best-ranked staff in motion is No. 7 Washington State (10-1), which entertains Washington (9-2) within the rivalry often called the Apple Cup. That is the primary time since 2002 that WSU is the higher-ranked staff on this rivarly that Washington leads 55-20. Additionally within the Pac-12, Arizona State (12-0) — the final staff out of the AVCA high 25 — places its unbeaten report up towards visiting Arizona and Utah goes to Colorado.
The lone Huge Ten match has No. 12 Minnesota at Iowa.
There are three Huge 12 matches, No. 25 Iowa State at West Virginia, USF at Cincinnati, and TCU at Kansas State. Each UCF and TCU are receiving votes within the AVCA ballot.
The ACC and SEC are off, however the MAC will get going with 4 matches as NIU goes to Bowling Inexperienced, Japanese Michigan is at Toledo, Central Michigan is at Ball State, and Western Michigan, off to this system’s finest begin since 1985, goes to Miami.
The 4 Huge Sky matches have Portland State at Idaho State, Japanese Washington at Northern Colorado, Montana State at Idaho and Northern Arizona at Sacramento State.
The Mountain West has 5 matches, together with 11-0 Wyoming, unbeaten earlier than convention play for the primary time, at Utah State. Additionally, Air Pressure is at Fresno State, New Mexico is at Nevada, Colorado State is at Boise State, and San Jose State is at UNLV.
The Southland exhibits Southeastern Louisiana at UIW, Lamar at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Northwestern State at New Orleans and Houston Christian at Nichols.
In The Summit League, North Dakota is at Denver, Kansas Metropolis is at Omaha, South Dakota State is at St. Thomas and North Dakota State is at Oral Roberts.
The Solar Belt exhibits Outdated Dominion at Marshall, Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State, Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern Miss at South Alabama.
The WAC opens with 5 matches, Seattle at Abilene Christian, Utah Valley at Tarleton State, California Baptist at Utah Tech, Grand Canyon at Southern Utah, and UTRGV at UT Arlington, at 11-2 off to its finest begin in years.
The West Coast Convention has Portand at Santa Clara, Gonzaga at San Francisco, Pacific at Pepperdine and Saint Mary’s at Loyola Marymount, which is receiving votes within the AVCA ballot.
ETSU has a SoCon match at Western Carolina.
Wish to watch? We’ve got the conference-by-conference schedule with viewing hyperlinks for any match that’s being proven in our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
Pitt, BYU, GT, Tennessee, Penn State win
No. 8 Pittsburgh (9-2) of the ACC hit .487 and swept visiting UMBC (6-5) of America East 25-11, 25-12, 25-21. Eight Panthers obtained a kill, 9 every by Torrey Stafford and Olivia Babcock. Chiamaka Nwokolo had 4 kills in eight errorless assaults and 7 blocks, one solo. UMBC hit .070 …
No. 10 BYU (12-1) swept visiting No. 20 Houston (7-3) as each groups performed their openers of their new league, the Huge 12. Erin Livingston 12 of BYU’s 33 kills within the 26-24, 25-13, 25-18 victory. She had an ace, two digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Whitney McEwan-Llarenas had eight blocks, one solo, to go along with six kills, an help, an ace and 5 digs. Houston had 31 kills however 28 errors and hit .029 …
No. 13 Georgia Tech (9-1) misplaced an thrilling first set at Clemson (9-4) after which got here away with 29-31, 25-13, 25-15, 25-16 victory within the ACC opener for each groups. Tamara Otene had 22 kills, hit .300, and added considered one of Georgia Tech’s 9 aces, 15 digs and a block …
No. 14 Tennessee (10-1) obtained stronger because it went and swept Missouri (8-4) within the SEC opener for each groups 26-24, 25-19, 25-11. Morgahn Fingall led with 10 kills, hitting .333, and had 4 aces, two digs and three blocks. Caroline Kerr, who had three kills with one error in 4 tries, had 22 assists, 4 aces, 5 digs and three blocks, one solo. Missouri hit .080 … Additionally in an SEC opener, Texas A&M (9-2) rolled to a 25-20, 25-22, 25-18 sweep of visiting Mississippi State (7-4). Caroline Meuth had 12 kills, hit .421, and had an help, three aces, a block and two digs. Logan Lednicky had 11 kills, hit .471, an dhad 5 blocks. Ifenna Cos-Okpalla had two kills in three errorless makes an attempt, an ace and 10 blocks …
No. 15 Penn State (7-3) swept visiting Rutgers (8-3) within the Huge Ten opener for each groups. Jess Mruzik had 18 kills and Penn State hit .390 within the 25-17, 25-15, 25-17 victory. Mruzik had 18 kills with two errors in 30 assaults, an assisst, 10 digs and three blocks, one solo … Additionally within the Huge Ten, Indiana (11-3) got here away with a 25-13, 24-26, 25-17, 25-17 victory over visiting Illinois (5-6). Indiana’s Mady Saris and Candela Alonso-Corcelles had 11 kills every. Savannah Kjolheded had 5 kills in 15 errorless assaults, two aces, two digs and a career-high 12 blocks, two solo. Illinois hit .053. Raina Terry led with 19 kills.
Across the nation
Visiting USC (7-4) beat crosstown Los Angeles rival UCLA (8-3) 23-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-17, 17-15 within the Pac-12 opener for each groups within the first of their remaining matches towards one another earlier than going to the Huge Ten. Each groups are receiving AVCA votes. Freshman London Wijay had a career-high 23 kills and added an help, two of her staff’s 9 aces, a blok and 10 digs. Skylar Fields had 18 kills an ace, a solo block and 7 digs. Emily Fitzner had three kills in six errorless tries, 46 help, three aces, 12 digs and two blocks, one solo. Her staff hit .219. UCLA, which .244, obtained 16 kills from Iman Ndiaye, who had three errors in 42 assaults, an help, 4 blocks and 12 digs. Desiree Becker had 12 kills in 18 errorless assaults, 4 digs and 7 blocks, two solo. Anna Dodson additionally had seven blocks, two solo, to go along with 9 illks, an help and two digs …
Emma Clothier had 12 kills with no errors in 15 assaults as SMU opened a busy day of American Athletic play with a sweep of visiting Memphis. She had an help, an ace and two blocks. SMU hit .396 … The aforementioned Kayley Cassaday and Tulsa swept Temple because the Golden Hurricane hit .382. Cassaday had 18 kills with no errors in 37 assaults, hitting .486, to go along with two assists, an ace, a block and eight digs. Arianna Mongare had 11 kills with one error in 18 assaults, two aces and a dig … Wichita State swept East Carolina regardless of hitting .119. Natalie Foster had 12 kills, hit .348 and had 5 aces, three digs and two blocks … UTSA swept at Charlotte as six gamers had 5 or extra kills … North Texas hit .385 in a sweep of Florida Atlantic. Sh’Diamond Holly had 12 kills with two errors in 19 swings to go along with two digs and three blocks … South Florida beat Tulane in 5. Maria Clara Andrade had 22 kills, an help, two aces and 4 digs … Rice swept UAB as Danyele Courtley and Saraha Maruska had 9 kills every …
Within the MAAC, UAlbany swept Siena, Marist swept Rider and NJIT of the America East hit .440 because it swept Manhattan. UAlbany’s Synelle Woroniuk had 10 kills with one error in 28 assaults, two blocks, 4 digs and 6 blocks. Marist’s Jordan Newblatt had 16 kills with two errors in 29 assaults, three assists, an ace, a block and 9 digs. NJIT’s Adriana Goetz-Morales had 13 kills with three errors in 20 swings, an help, two blocks and three digs …
Different outcomes included: Wichita State swept East Carolina of their American Athletic opener … Xaver swept Butler to open Huge East play … Japanese Kentucky hit .466 is 11-2 after profitable its ASUN opener in a rout of Bellarmine. EKU, which has gained 10 in a row, obtained 13 kills in 21 errorless assaults by Kambree Lucas, who had an help, two aces and 7 digs … Bryant swept Merrimack … Lindenwood swept Western Illinois as Addy McAleer had 15 kills, an help, two aces, seven digs and a block … Weber State gained in 4 at Montana within the Huge Sky openerfor each groups. Baylee Bodily had 17 kills hit .364 and had two aces, two blocks and 5 digs, and Dani Richins had 16 kills, hit .324 and had an help, two blocks and 18 digs.
