Yet one more get-your-attention Friday in NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball.
Pittsburgh made a press release with sweep at Georgia Tech.
UCLA enormously improved its NCAA Event probabilities with a hard-fought, five-set win at Washington State.
Kansas was upset by Iowa State. Baylor was upset by TCU. And USC saved on rolling with a sweep at Washington.
A couple of groups clinched regular-season titles, together with The Citadel within the SoCon, Wright State within the Horizon and Northern Iowa within the Missouri Valley.
Strains of the day: Korrin Burns had 34 kills, probably the most for Saint Francis (PA) since 2001 because the Crimson Flash beat Fairleigh Dickinson in 4. Burns, who had 10 kills within the fourth set, hit .547 and had an help, a block and 9 digs. Evansville beat Belmont in 4 and NCAA kills chief Giula Cardona had 31 kills with 4 errors in 62 swings to hit .435 to go along with two assists, two aces, eight digs and three blocks. And Iowa State’s Nayeli Gonzales had 31 kills within the upset of Kansas, hitting .344 to go along with an help, three aces, 12 digs and two solo blocks.
Friday’s recaps and high performances observe, however first a have a look at Saturday’s schedule.
The lone Huge Ten match pits second-ranked Wisconsin at AVCA No. 19 Penn State.
There are three Huge 12 matches, together with No. 4 Texas dwelling for Cincinnati. No. 14 Kansas is at Iowa State and AVCA No. 20 Baylor is dwelling once more for TCU.
The four-match Pac-12 slate consists of No. 3 Stanford dwelling for Oregon State, No. 6 Oregon at Cal and No. 16 Arizona State dwelling for Utah. Colorado is at Arizona.
The ACC and SEC have the time without work.
AVCA No. 18 Dayton, which swept VCU on Friday for its twenty third win a row, performs host to the Rams once more within the Atlantic 10.
Southeastern Louisiana, which has clinched the Southland, goes for victory No. 20 in a row when the Lions shut out the common season at McNeese.
SFA, which gained the WAC, goes for No. 16 in a row when it performs at California Baptist.
Hampton, 0-18, will get one other shot within the CAA when the Pirates play host to Charleston. And Saint Peters’s, 0-28, has two matches left to get that first win when the Peacocks play hose to Fairfield on Saturday and Quinnipiac on Sunday.
BIG TV MOVE: There was large information in regards to the NCAA Event choice present on Sunday, November 26. ESPN introduced that the 6 p.m. Japanese present shall be on ESPN for the primary time, not ESPNU. We additionally discovered that the ESPN Fifth Set wraparound present will return through the event.
ACC: Pitt, ranked No. 8 within the VolleyballMag.com Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, not solely gained at Georgia Tech, it swept the Yellowjackets 25-13, 25-14, 25-19 and is in a three-way tie for first with No. 5 Louisville and Florida State as GT dropped a sport off the tempo. Pitt hit .440, which included Olivia Babcock getting 15 kills with no errors in 23 assaults to go along with two aces, three digs and 4 blocks. Emma Monks had six kills in as many tries and eight blocks. GT hit .057 … Louisville swept Duke as Charitie Luper had 13 kills, hit .407 and had two aces, three digs and three blocks … FSU gained in 4 at Syracuse as Khori Louis had 15 kills with one error in 22 swings, three digs and three blocks … North Carolina gained in 5 at Wake Forest, Clemson gained in 4 at Notre Dame and NC State gained in 4 at Boston Faculty. BC’s Audrey Ross had 23 kills.
BIG 12: TCU, which had misplaced 5 of six, shocked AVCA No. 20 Baylor on its dwelling court docket 25-16, 26-24, 21-25, 29-27. Melanie Parra had 24 kills, two assists, 15 digs and two blocks. Baylor’s Elise McGhee had 21 kills … VBM No. 13 BYU swept once more at UCF, hitting .400. Erin Livingston had 17 kills with one error in 32 assaults to hit .500 and had two aces, 4 digs and a block … Iowa State knocked off VBM No. 14 Kansas in 5 as Nayeli Gonzales had 31 kills, hit .344 and had an help, three aces, 12 digs and two solo blocks … AVCA No. 23 Houston swept at Oklahoma and Texas Tech beat visiting West Virginia in 5.
BIG TEN: Second-ranked Wisconsin hit .500 (41 kills, one error in 80 assaults) and swept at Maryland as Sarah Franklin had 10 kills with no errors in 25 assaults. Carter Sales space had 9 kills with no errors in 12 assaults, Devyn Robinson had 9 kills with one error in 14 swings and Julia Orzol had 5 kills in 13 errorless assaults. Orzol was moved to outdoors hitter from libero as a result of Anna Smrek didn’t make the journey. Maryland, which hit .037, acquired 15 kills from Sam Csire within the 25-10-, 25-21, 25-9 final result …
AVCA No. 16 Purdue gained 17-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-17 at Minnesota as Eva Hudson had 17 kills and Raven Colvin and Chloe Chicoine 14 every … AVCA No. 19 Penn State swept visiting Michigan, Illinois swept at Iowa and Indiana swept visiting Rutgers.
PAC-12: There have been solely two convention matches, however the Los Angeles groups each gained as AVCA No. 25 USC swept at Washington and UCLA got here away with a five-set victory at No. 9 Washington State. Skylar Fields continued to guide USC, this time with 22 kills as she hit .346 and had an ace, 5 digs and two blocks … UCLA gained 25-20, 24-26, 25-16, 25-27, 17-15 after trailing 6-0 and 8-2 on the flip within the fifth set. And the Bruins had been down had been down 14-12. They gained it on an enormous block by Desiree Becker — who had seven complete — and Audrey Pak after which a kill by Iman Ndaiye, who had 9 of her 21 kills within the fifth set. In that fifth set she had one error in 14 assaults. Ndiaye added an ace, 4 blocks and 4 digs. Anna Dodson had 17 kills, hit .577 and had 5 blocks and two digs. UCLA, which has gained 4 of 5, moved up from No. 54 within the RPI to 38 with the victory and WSU dropped to No. 16, placing its hopes for being a first- and second-round NCAA Event hopes in jeopardy. WSU has misplaced three of 4. WSU’s Pia Timmer had 22 kills, two help, an ace and eight digs.
SEC: No. 12 Arkansas and No 10 Tennessee stayed a sport again within the loss column of idle Kentucky atop the standings as Arkansas swept Alabama and Tennessee beat Georgia in 4. Arkansas hit .422 at Bama as Jillian Gillian had 15 kills with one error in 31 swings, Maggie Cartwright had 13 with one error in 27 assaults, and Taylor Head had 13 kills with three errors in 32 assaults. Tennessee acquired 21 kills from Morgahn Fingall, who hit .425, and 20 from Jenaisya Moore, who hit .474. AVCA No. 21 Florida swept visiting LSU and Missouri beat visiting Texas A&M in 4 because the Tigers moved as much as No. 30 within the RPI and dropped A&M to No. 34.
Across the nation
Marquette and No. 15 Creighton each gained to remain tied atop the Huge East. Marquette swept Georgetown whereas the Bluejays swept at Seton Corridor as Norah Sis had 16 kills, hit .414 and had two aces and three digs. In Butler’s sweep of UConn, Abby Maesch had 17 kill, hit .417 and had three digs and two blocks. DePaul gained in 4 at Villanova and Jill Pressly had 20 kills, an help, three aces and 17 digs …
The Citadel, having one of the best season by far in program historical past, beat ETSU in 4 and clinched the Southern Convention regular-season title for the primary time. The Bulldogs (25-2, 13-2) had 5 gamers with 9 or extra kills, 14 by Ali Ruffin, who had two assists, two aces and 16 digs …
Wright State clinched the regular-season title because it swept at Purdue Fort Wayne and noticed its Horizon League lead develop to 2 video games when Milwaukee was knocked off by Cleveland State. Cleveland State’s Liberty Torres had 22 kills, hit .346 and had an ace, 4 digs and two blocks. Milwaukee’s Madi Malone had 21 kills, hit .429 and had two aces, 14 digs and two blocks …
Northern Iowa (22-6, 16-0), clinched a minimum of a share of the Missouri Valley regular-season title with a sweep at UIC. The Panthers, who’ve gained 17 in a row, acquired 13 kills from Kira Fallert, who hit .367 and had two assists, 4 aces, 5 digs and two blocks, one solo. Additionally within the MVC, Evansville beat Belmont in 4 as Giula Cardona had 31 kills with 4 errors in 62 swings to hit .435 to go along with two assists, two aces, eight digs and three blocks. Her teammates mixed for 22 kills. Taylor Oberpriller had 22 kills and hit .476 as Drake gained in 4 at Valparaiso. She had an help, an ace, 19 digs and two blocks …
There’s a tie atop the NEC between Sacred Coronary heart, which swept Stonehilll, and Fairleigh Dickinson, which misplaced in 4 to Saint Francis (PA) advert Korrin Burns. Sacred Coronary heart’s Camryn Luginbuhl had 11 kills with one error in 12 assaults, a dig and a block. SFU’s Burns had 34 kills with 5 errors in 53 assaults to hit .547 and had an help, 9 digs and a block. It was probably the most kills in an SFU match since 2001 …
Dayton (28-2, 17-0) wrapped up the Atlantic 10 common season title because the AVCA No. 18 Flyers swept VCU. Lexie Almodovar had 18 kills, three aces, two digs and two blocks. Additionally within the A10, Loyola Chicago hit .519 (42 kills with two errors in 77 assaults) in a sweep of Rhode Island …
AVCA No. 23 Western Kentucky, which already clinched Convention USA, gained in 4 at Center Tennessee as Paige Briggs had 17 kills with two errors in 41 assaults, two assists, an ace, eight digs and 4 blocks
UMBC swept NJIT to remain a sport forward of New Hampshire within the America East. Each groups play once more Sunday to finish the common season. Mia Bilusic had 15 kills and hit .414 for UMBC to go along with an help, an ace, eight digs and two blocks. UNH’s Marisa Armer had 11 kills with one error in 20 assaults, a dig and a block in a sweep of Bryant …
Coppin State, which leads the MEAC by two video games over Howard, improved to 24-4, 13-1, probably the most wins in program historical past, with its sweep of Morgan State. TaKenya Stafford had 11 kills with no errors in 28 assaults, 11 digs and two blocks …
In Princeton’s four-set Ivy League win over Dartmouth, Kamryn Chaney had 25 kills, hitting .417 …
In MACtion, Bowling Inexperienced’s Lauryn Hovey had 26 kills and hit .380 in a four-set win over Buffalo. Hovey had an help, two aces, 9 digs and three blocks. 26-2 Western Michigan, which already gained the MAC regular-season title, beat Toledo in 4 for its sixteenth victory in a row as Keona Salesman had 18 kills with two errors in 30 assaults to hit .533. Callie Minshaw had 28 kills for Japanese Michigan in its four-set win over Kent State. She had an help, an ace, 11 digs and a block …
Excessive Level gained its Huge South match in 4 at Radford as Dylan Maberry had 19 kills, hit .359 and had three aces, 4 digs and two blocks. Presbyterian beat Charleston Southern in 5, however CSU’s Skylar Yates had 20 kills, two aces and 12 digs …
Japanese Illinois is alone in first with a one-game Ohio Valley lead after sweeping at SIUE. Second-place Southeast Missouri misplaced in 4 at Tennessee Tech, which acquired 20 kills from Madolyn Isringhausen, who had an help, an ace, 15 digs and three blocks … Alabama State and Prairie View each swept to stay 1-2 within the SWAC. In ASU’s win over Mississippi Valley, which used solely six gamers, Jada Rhodes had 18 kills, hit .389 and had two aces and 7 digs. PVU hit .364 and swept Texas Southern …
Texas State and Troy are tied atop the Solar Belt West Division after Texas State beat East-leading Coastal Carolina in 4 and Troy misplaced in 5 to Georgia Southern …
SMU hit .343 and gained its tenth in a row, a sweep at Tulane, and saved its two-game American Athletic lead on Wichita State, which beat UTSA in 4. WSU’s Sophia Rohling had 17 kills, hitting .417. In South Florida’s five-set win over East Carolina, Buse Hazan had 24 kills and Maria Clara Andrade 22. North Texas beat Rice in 5 however Rice’s Emilia Weske had 28 kills and 4 aces and Danyle Courtley had 22 kills. Tulsa’s Kayley Cassaday, second within the NCAA in kills, had 28 in a four-set win over Memphis …
ASUN-leading FGCU pulled off a reverse sweep to keep up its two-game lead within the loss column over Lipscomb. FGCU, which gained its sixteenth in a row, got here away with a 24-26, 22-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-11 victory at North Florida. Skylar English had 18 kills with one error in 38 assaults, an help, two aces, 9 digs and three blocks. Lippy hit .351 because it swept North Alabama and Meg Mersman had 17 kills with one error in 29 swings, an help, an ace, a dig and a block. Additionally within the ASUN, Anabelle Standish had 28 kills, 13 digs and a block for Stetson in a five-set win at Jacksonville. And in Central Arkansas’ five-set loss at Austin Peay, Laci Bohannan had 28 kills and Mackenzie Vernon had 22, whereas Mikayla Powell had 22 for Austin Peay …
Sacramento State, which had gained seven in a row and will have claimed a share of the Huge Sky regular-season title, misplaced a wild one at Portland State 25-16, 24-26, 25-17, 30-32 however nonetheless maintained a 1.5-game lead over idle Weber State …
UC Santa Barbara constructed its result in two video games over second-place Lengthy Seaside State by beating the 49ers in 4. It’s the primary time UCSB has swept the season sequence with Lengthy Seaside since 2004.