Weber St., Fresno St. declare NCAA bids; upsets in Huge East, Huge West

NCAA bids had been claimed by shocking Weber State within the Huge Sky and Fresno State — which pulled off a reverse sweep — within the Mountain West, there have been upsets within the Huge West and Huge East semifinals, and UCLA beat AVCA No. 24 USC in 4.

The large one, after all, was the sweep by VolleyballMag.com Tremendous 16 No. 3 Wisconsin of beforehand unbeaten and No. 1 Nebraska, and you’ll learn our recap of that match right here.

Pittsburgh received to clinch at the least a share of the ACC title, and there have been leads to the ACC and SEC.

The recaps comply with, however first a take a look at Saturday’s NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball schedule that features convention finals within the Huge East — VBM No. 13 Creighton vs. St. John’s — and Huge West — Lengthy Seaside State vs. Hawai’i.

The Huge Ten finishes the common season with Nebraska at Minnesota, whereas Wisconsin is house for Iowa. AVCA No. 16 Purdue goes to Michigan State, Indiana is at Michigan and Rutgers is at Ohio State.

The SEC slate is highlighted by No. 8 Kentucky house for AVCA No. 20 Florida, whereas No. 9 Tennessee is at South Carolina. Texas A&M is at Alabama, Missouri is at Georgia and LSU is at Mississippi State.

High-ranked Texas performs host to Texas Tech within the Huge 12, which additionally has No. 16 Kansas house for UCF, AVCA No. 16 BYU at TCU, AVCA No. 22 Houston house for Kansas State, Cincinnati at Iowa State and West Virginia at Oklahoma.

Within the Pac-12, AVCA No. 18 Arizona State is at Arizona.

The ACC wraps up with Florida State making an attempt to remain tied with Pittsburgh for first when it performs Notre Dame, Miami goes to Boston Faculty and Virginia goes to Virginia Tech.

For the whole schedule with viewing hyperlinks to each match, go to the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.

Weber State wins 2023 Huge Sky titleBIG SKY: Fourth-seeded Weber State (21-9), down 8-3 within the fifth set, rallied for a 22-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-21, 15-13 victory over third-seeded Montana State (21-8). 

Dani Richins went off for 27 kills, hit .313 and had two aces, three blocks and 18 digs. Liana Woodley had 11 kills, hit .348 and had 5 blocks and a dig, and Saane Katoa had 11 kills with no errors in 17 assaults, an help and two blocks. Katie Standifird had a kill, 53 assists, three blocks and 17 digs.

Kira Thomsen additionally got here up huge for Montana State, ending with 28 kills, an help, 4 aces, three blocks and 17 digs. Madilyn Siebler had 10 kills and 7 digs and Jourdain Kamps had 9 kills, three blocks and 17 digs.

MOUNTAIN WEST: Fifth-seeded Fresno State (19-13) is again within the NCAA Match for the primary time since 2002 after beating second-seeded Colorado State (19-12) in 5. Ella Rud had 20 kills and hit .425 after having solely three kills in 40 assaults and added 10 digs and two blocks, one solo, within the 20-25, 23-25, 26-24, 28-26, 15-12 victory that gave Fresno its first MWC title since becoming a member of the league in 2012. Addison Haluska had 13 kills, two aces and 5 digs. Brooke Cowie had two kills, 43 assists, three aces, two blocks and 12 digs.

Colorado State’s Malaya Jones led the Rams with an MWC tourney-record 34 kills. She hit .439 after having 9 errors in 57 assaults and had an ace, a block and 18 digs. Kennedy Stanford had 12 kills, an ace, seven digs and three blocks, one solo, and Annie Sullivan had 11 kills, a block and a dig.

BIG EAST: Third-seeded St. John’s (23-9) upset second-seeded Marquette (20-10) in 5 and top-seeded Creighton (26-4) ousted No. 5 DePaul (17-4) and they’ll play in Saturday’s closing. Creighton received each regular-season matches over St. John’s.

St. John’s received 11-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-22, 15-13 and left Marquette out however prone to get an NCAA tourney at-large bid. Lucrezia Lodi led St. John’s with 20 kills, hitting .302, and added three aces and three digs. Giorgia Walther had 15 kills, a dig and three blocks, one solo. Erin Jones had 9 kills, 20 assists, two aces and 12 digs. Marquette’s Aubrey Hamilton had 19 kills, hit .313, and had an help, an ace, three blocks and 6 digs. Jenna Reitsma had 12 kills, an help, an ace, two blocks. and 13 digs.

Creighton completely dominated because it beat DePaul 25-17, 25-20, 25-17. The Bluejays, who hit .333, obtained 12 kills from Norah Sis, who hit .345 and had an help, an ace, three blocks and 7 digs. Ava Martin had 10 kills, an ace and a dig. DePaul hit .085.

BIG WEST:  Fourth-seeded Lengthy Seaside State (21-9) and second-seeded Hawai’i (23-8) will play for the title in Lengthy Seaside’s Pyramid after Lengthy Seaside knocked off top-seeded UC Santa Barbara and Hawai’i swept Cal Poly. 

Lengthy Seaside battled to a 26-24, 23-25, 25-17, 16-25, 15-12 victory over UCSB (27-4), which stays in robust rivalry for an NCAA tourney at-large bid. Elise Agi led the Seaside with 20 kills, an help, 4 blocks and 7 digs. Natalie Glenn had 19 kills, hit .452, and had three aces, 5 digs and 5 blocks, three solo. Katie Kennedy had 15 kills and three blocks. UCSB obtained 15 kills from Michelle Ohwobete, who hit .375 and had two aces, a dig and two blocks, one solo. Briana McKnight had 11 kills, an help, two aces, six digs and 5 blocks, 4 solo. Tasia Farmer had 10 kills and 5 blocks.

Hawai’i swept Cal Poly (21-12) 25-17, 25-18, 26-24 as 4 gamers had 10 or extra kills, 15 by Caylen Alexander, who had two aces, a block and 9 digs. Amber Igiede had 12 kills with no errors in 26 swings, an help, two aces, three digs and two blocks, one solo.

Taking part in at house within the Pyramid may matter: Lengthy Seaside swept visiting Hawai’i on September 29, however Hawai’i received the rematch in 4 per week in the past in Honolulu.

BIG TEN: 5 matches, 5 sweeps and Maryland’s five-set win over Rutgers 

Along with the aforementioned Wisconsin win over Nebraska, Purdue swept Michigan, Minnesota did the identical to Illinois, Penn State received at Ohio State and Northwestern swept Iowa.

SEC: In the one match of the day, VBM No. 10 Arkansas (25-5, 15-3) received 21-25, 25-16, 19-25, 25-21, 17-15 at Auburn (20-9, 10-8), which stays in robust form for an NCAA at-large bid. Taylor Head had 23 kills and 17 digs for Arkansas, which obtained 16 kills from Jillian Gillen, who had an help, an ace, a block and 19 digs. Sania Petties had 14 kills, hit .444, and had 5 blocks, and Maggie Cartwright had 12 kills, 13 digs and 5 blocks. Courtney Jackson had 28 digs and 6 assists. Auburn’s Madison Scheer had 17 kills, a dig and a solo block, and Akasha Anderson had 13 to go together with an help, two blocks and 20 digs.

PAC-12: Second-ranked Stanford hit .469 and swept visiting Cal as Kendall Kipp had 16 kills with two errors in 27 assaults to hit .519. She had an help, three aces, seven digs and 4 blocks. Caitie Baird had six kills with no errors in 14 assaults and Elia Rubin had 14 kills with two errors in 24 swings. 

UCLA, making one final effort to bolster its NCAA possibilities,  received in 5 at AVCA No. 24 USC behind 21 kills from Iman Ndaiye, who hit .312 and had an ace, eight digs and 5 blocks. Desiree Becker had 9 blocks, one solo, to go together with 9 kills.

No. 11 Washington State swept at Washington, and Utah held off visiting Colorado in 5 as Lauren Jardine had 20 kills.

ACC: Pittsburgh (25-4, 16-2) pulled a half recreation forward of idle Florida State with its sweep of last-place Syracuse (2-26, 0-18). Pitt, which hit .436, wins the title outright if FSU loses Saturday, however clinched at the least a share of the title. 

North Carolina (13-14, 7-11) dealt Duke (19-10, 10-8) a tricky blow in its hope for NCAA bid with a 22-25, 27-25, 21-25, 28-26, 15-12 victory. Mabrey Shaffmaster ended her season with 25 kills for UNC to go together with two assists, 9 digs and two blocks, one solo.