NCAA Girls
November 26, 2023
Three months to the day after it began, the NCAA Division I girls’s volleyball common season ended with a flourish Saturday.
Again on August 25, the tone was set.
That was the opening day that Lengthy Seaside State, which gained’t make the NCAA Event, surprised Texas. Colorado State, which gained’t make the match, beat Kentucky. A then-full-rostered Florida beat Penn State. Nebraska swept Utah State. At-large lock Utah State, who knew? BYU beat Pittsburgh. UTEP beat Washington.
Yeah, it was going to be that type of season.
And it was, proper by Saturday, when unranked South Carolina hit .488 and never solely beat Tennessee, the No. 9 group within the VolleyballMag.com Tremendous 16, it swept the visiting Vols. Tennessee shall be a top-16 host. South Carolina had misplaced its earlier three matches and 7 of 9.
Kentucky? The No. 8 Wildcats are arguably the most popular group within the nation and their sweep of AVCA No. 23 Florida gave them their sixteenth win in a row and the SEC title.
Florida State, an injured group that limped into ACC play 6-6, swept Notre Dame and tied Pittsburgh for the convention title after profitable its eighth in a row.
Creighton, which has gained 15 in a row, crushed St. John’s to win the Large East Championship and Hawai’i swept Lengthy Seaside State to win the Large West Championship.
Nebraska lastly misplaced Friday at Wisconsin, however bounced again to win in 4 at Minnesota and Wisconsin swept Iowa.
And now everybody waits till 6 p.m. Japanese when the NCAA Event bracket and its 64-team discipline is introduced stay on ESPN.
We’ll have the bracket recap and shortly after we’ll have our post-selection present Zoom that includes ESPN and Large Ten analyst Emily Ehman and VolleyballMag.com editor Lee Feinswog. We’ll be interviewing an unimaginable assortment of gamers and coaches from high groups and can go to with the chair of the NCAA Division I committee, Holly Strauss-O’Brien.
Additionally Sunday evening, the NIVC discipline shall be introduced. We could not have that story till Monday, however 11 groups are already confirmed. Click on right here for more information: http://www.womensnivc.com/
CREIGHTON WINS BIG EAST: Creighton (27-4), No. 13 within the VBM Ballot, swept St. John’s (23-10) for its ninth Large East tourney title in a row.
The 25-13, 25-9, 25-23 victory in Milwaukee was Creighton’s fifteenth in a row as six Bluejays had kills, 12 by Kiana Schmitt. She had two errors in 19 assaults to hit .526 and had 4 blocks and a dig. Ava Martin had 9 kills with no errors in 18 assaults, an help, three blocks and eight digs, and Norah Sis had eight kills, an help, an ace and two digs. Kendra Wait had three kills in seven errorless tries, 31 assists, 4 blocks and 5 digs. Her group hit .355.
St. John’s hit .021. It’s No. 48 within the up to date RPI however 56 within the KPI, so it could solely hope for one of the best with the NCAA.
HAWAI’I WINS BIG WEST: Hawai’i 23-8) gained the inaugural Large West Championship by beating Lengthy Seaside State (21-10) on its residence ground 26-24, 25-15, 25-10. Hawai’i is again within the NCAA Event for the forty first time.
Amber Igiede led the Rainbow Wahine with 16 kills and hit .522 after having 4 errors in 23 assaults to go together with two aces and 5 blocks. Riley Wagoner had eight kills, an ace, two blocks and 4 digs, and Kennedi Evans had seven kills in 9 errorless swings and three blocks. Kate Lang had 36 assists, an ace, a block and three digs. Her group hit .330.
Lengthy Seaside State, which hit .123, acquired eight kills from Elise Agi. Lengthy Seaside State will definitely get an NIVC provide.
BIG TEN: Nebraska (28-1, 19-1) gained the common season by two video games over Wisconsin (26-3). VBM No. 14 Penn State (21-8, 15-5) and No. 12 Purdue (21-8, 15-5) tied for third and Minnesota (16-12, 12-8) was alone in fifth, a sport forward of Indiana and Illinois. Solely these high 5 groups will get NCAA bids and with that Minnesota shall be nonetheless holding its breath.
Nebraska gained 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23 at Minnesota as Merritt Beason had 21 kills, hit .302 and had an ace, 5 blocks and 9 digs. Ally Batenhorst had 13 kills and two blocks, and Harper Murray had 13 kills, 4 assists, three aces, three blocks and 17 digs. Bergen Reilly had three kills in 10 errorless tries, 45 assists 14 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Her group hit .235. Minnesota, which hit .284, acquired 16 kills from Mckenna Wucherer, who had an help, eight digs and two blocks, one solo. Taylor Landfair had 14 kills, a block and 10 digs. Kylie Murry had 21 digs and 4 assists, and Melani Shaffmaster had three kills in six errorless makes an attempt, 37 assists, two aces, 4 blocks and 17 digs …
Wisconsin overwhelmed Iowa (8-24, 0-20) because it hit .337 within the 25-21, 25-10, 25-26 victory. Sarah Franklin led with 14 kills, three blocks and three digs, and Temi Thomas-Ailara had 11 kills with no errors in 17 assaults to go together with two digs and two blocks, one solo. Thomas Ailara, who struggled in opposition to Nebraska after which had eight kills with no errors to complete that match, had 19 kills with no errors in her final 33 swings. Iowa hit .119 and acquired 9 kills from Caitlan Buettner, who had two blocks and 10 digs …
Purdue swept 26-24, 25-12, 25-18 at Michigan State (17-14, 9/11) as Eva Hudson had 21 kills with one error in 40 assaults to hit .500. She had an ace, a block and 10 digs. Chloe Chicoine had 10 kills with one error in 33 assaults, two assists, two aces and 10 digs. Taylor Anderson had 36 assists, 5 blocks and 7 digs. Her group hit .324. Michigan State, which had a giant turnaround after going 13-18, 4-16 in 2022, hit .108 …
Indiana (21-12, 11-9) completed with a 25-19, 25-21, 18-25, 25-23 win at Michigan (7-22, 5-15) as 4 gamers had 9 or extra kills, 11 by Morgan Geddes, who had an ace, two digs and 5 blocks, one solo. Savannah Kjolhede had 10 kills, hit .350 and had seven blocks. Michigan’s Jacque Boney had 14 kills, hit .385 and had three digs and 5 blocks … Emily Londot completed her season with a bang, getting a career-high 36 kills — 10 within the first set — as Ohio State (11-18, 8-12) beat visiting Rutgers (23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-21. Londot had solely 4 errors in 75 swings, hit .427, and had an help, an ace, eight digs and 4 blocks, one solo. It left her atop the Large Ten with 546 kills … Northwestern (15-15, 9/11) swept visiting Illinois (16-14, 11-9). Northwestern, with its most B1G victories since 2010, acquired 16 kills from Julia Sangiacomo within the 25-15, 25-15, 25-16 whitewash. She hit .326 and had an ace, two blocks and 6 digs. Raina Terry had 13 kills for Illinois to complete with 539, second solely to Londot within the Large Ten and 24 forward of Purdue’s Hudson.
SEC: Kentucky (19-7, 17-1) claimed the title outright with its 25-18, 25-21, 25-20 sweep of visiting Florida (18-9, 10-8). The Wildcats completed two video games forward of Tennessee (24-4, 15-3) and Arkansas (25-5, 15-3), whereas Florida tied with Auburn (20-9, 10-8) and Georgia (19-11, 10-8) for fourth.
Reagan Rutherford led Kentucky with 15 kills, hitting .444, and had 4 blocks. Florida’s Kennedy Martin had 14 kills, three digs and three blocks, one solo … South Carolina hit .488 after having 50 kills with 9 errors in 84 swings. Alayne Johnson led with 17 and hit .464 to go together with an asssit, a dig and a block. Kiune Fletcher had 10 kills with one error in 15 assaults and Lauren McCutcheon had 10 kills with one error in 17 swings, an ace, 10 digs and a block. Oby Anadi had seven kills in 9 errorless assaults and 4 blocks one solo. Tennessee’s Morgahn Fingall had 16 kills and hit .467 to go together with 4 digs and two blocks … Georgia swept Missouri (17-12, 9-9) by hitting .386. Kacie Evans and Sophie Fisher had 11 kills every. Fisher had three aces, a dig and a season-high 10 blocks, one solo … Mississippi State (13-15, 6-12) beat visiting LSU (11-17, 6-12) as Karli Schmidt had 20 kills, hitting .444, and added an ace, 5 digs and two blocks. LSU’s Jurnee Robinson had 17 kills, hit .343, and had an help, seven digs and three blocks … and Alabama (11-18, 1-17) pulled by on its final attempt, dealing a troublesome four-set blow to Texas A&M (16-12, 8-10). Sami Jacobs had 18 kills for Bama, hitting .452, to go together with an ace, 15 digs and a block. Bianna Muoneke had 18 kills, 12 digs and a block for A&M.
The SEC, which led the NCAA discipline with seven groups in 2022, expects to get that many once more this 12 months. Georgia is hoping to be the eighth.
BIG 12: No 7 Texas (22-4, 17-1), which ran away with the title by three video games, swept Texas Tech (11-19), hitting .356. Madisen Skinner led with 14 kills as she hit .542 after having one error in 24 assaults to go together with an ace, six digs and two blocks … No, 16 Kansas (23-5, 14-4) completed alone in second after beating UCF (17-12, 8-10) 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 28-26 behind 24 kills from Ayah Elnady and 20 by Reagan Cooper. Elnady hit .392 and had an ace, eight digs and three blocks. Coope hit .462 and had a dig and two blocks, one solo … AVCA No. 16 BYU (24-6, 13-5) was alone in third after sweeping at TCU (16-14, 8-10). The Cougars hit .366, led by Erin Livingston. She had 13 kills, an help, an ace and 5 digs. Mia Lee had 9 kills with one error in 16 assaults and three blocks. TCU’s Audrey Nalls had 17 kills, hitting .467 …
Iowa State (20-9, 11-7) and AVCA No. 22 Houston (18-9, 11-7) tied for fourth, a sport forward of AVCA No. 25 Baylor (16-12, 10-8) and Kansas State (16-11, 10-8).
Iowa State acquired previous Cincinnati (12-16, 5-13) in 5 as Nayeli Gonzalez had 28 kills, hit .382, and had an ace and 12 digs. Maya Duckworth had 20 kills, an help, 17 digs and a block … Houston beat Kansas State in 4 as Kenna Sauer had 25 kills. She hit .357 and had an ace, eight digs and a solo block … Oklahoma (11-17, 4-14) beat West Virginia (9-22, 2-16) in 5 as 5 Sooners had 10 or extra kills, 17 by Taylor Preston, who had two aces and 4 blocks.
The Large 12 expects it’s going to get at the least six groups in with TCU hoping in opposition to hope it is going to be seven.
ACC: Florida State (23-8, 16-2) swept Notre Dame (11-15, 5-13) for its eighth win in a row and first ACC title since 2012. FSU gained regardless of hitting .153. Khori Louis led with 11 kills, hitting .348, and 6 blocks … Boston School (19-13, 8-10) could have dealt a critical blow to the at-large possibilities of Miami (17-11, 10-8) with its five-set win over the visiting Hurricanes. BC’s Katrina Jensen had 21 kills, hit .372 and had two blocs. Halle Schroder had 12 kills, an ace, two blocks and 12 digs. Anna Murphy had 25 digs, an help and an ace. Miami’s Grace Lopez was one in every of 4 Hurricanes with 10 or extra kills, ending with 20 whereas hitting .325. She had two aces, three digs and 5 blocks. Janice Leao had 11 kills, hit .360 and had 9 blocks … Virginia (11-17, 4-14) swept at Virginia Tech (13-16, 3-15) as Abby Tadder had 15 kills with two erros in 20 assaults to hit .650 go together with two blocks and three digs.
The ACC hopes that both Pittsburgh or Louisville shall be a top-four seed and might rely on Georgia Tech and Florida State getting bids. After that, NC State and Miami can have a nervous Sunday.
PAC-12: In the one two matches, No. 6 Oregon (26-5, 16-4) swept at Oregon State (11-19, 6-14) and AVCA No. 18 Arizona State (26-6, 14-6) did the identical at Arizona (8-23, 3-17).
Oregon, which completed alone in second, three video games behind Stanford, hit .340 and acquired 21 kills from Mimi Colyer, who hit .425 and had an ace, 5 digs and two blocks. Georgia Murphy had 12 digs, three assists and an ace … Arizona State, which tied for third with Washington State, two video games forward of USC, acquired 12 kills from Marta Levinska and eight every from three others.