NCAA Girls
December 2, 2023
All through this NCAA Division I girls’s volleybal season, Fridays have been often one thing to behold. In these roundups we referred to as them freaky Fridays.
The NCAA Event opened Thursday with 16 matches that included a minor upset and no matches that even went 5 units.
Howdy, Friday!
To wit:
TCU upset ACC co-champion Florida State.
Penn State beat 14th-seeded Kansas on its residence courtroom in a wild 5.
Georgia Tech received an amazing battle in 5 at Sixteenth-seeded Florida.
Dayton received an up-and-down five-setter over Pepperdine.
And, within the greatest shock, the NEC’s LIU — the sixty fourth seed and solely group within the discipline with a dropping file — in the end received swept at top-seeded Nebraska however not earlier than really main as late as 19-18 within the third. That prompted ESPN fifth Set host Sam Gore to later joke that “Nebraska survived LIU.”
Which may have been the most effective line within the studio, however the most effective strains on the courtroom?
Reagan Cooper of Kansas tied the 15-year-old faculty file with a profession greatest 29 kills whereas hitting .464 in opposition to Penn State.
Purdue had too many to listing.
Oregon’s Morgan Lewis had 14 kills with no errors in 21 swings to go along with two blocks in a sweep of Hawai’i.
Kentucky hit .500 with 51 kills and 10 errors in 82 assaults in a sweep of Baylor.
And within the NIVC, Georgia Southern’s Ashlyn Lovett had 45 digs.
All that being mentioned, listed here are the eight groups which have superior to subsequent week’s NCAA Event spherical of 16:
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Louisville
Penn State
Purdue
Oregon
Texas
Wisconsin
And listed here are Saturday’s eight second-round matches to see who joins them. The instances are Japanese and all may be seen solely on ESPN+. We’ve got the entire schedule and viewing hyperlinks on our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings web page.
6 p.m. — Western Kentucy at Tennessee
7 p.m. — USC at Pittsburgh
7:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Creighton
8 p.m. — TCU at Arkansas
8 p.m. — Missouri at Nebraska
9 p.m. — Houston at Stanford
9 p.m. Arizona State at BYU
10 p.m. — Dayton at Washington State
The recaps from Saturday observe, so do NIVC outcomes, and we now have our first two Energy 5 teaching openings.
Into the spherical of 16
Louisville (26-4) hit .342 and swept Western Michigan (31-3), ending the Broncos’ 21-match successful streak, 26-24, 25-18, 25-22. Charitie Luper led the Cardinals with 11 kills six digs, and two blocks. Aiko Jones and Cara Cresse had 9 kills every and Elena Scott had 22 digs, seven assists and two aces. WMU, which hit .205, received 13 kills from Anna Calcagno, who had an help, seven digs and a block …
Penn State (23-8) pulled out a 25-20, 22-25, 25-21, 13-25, 15-13 victory at Kanasas (24-6). Jess Mruzik led with 21 kills, an help, 10 digs and a block. Camryn Hannah had 17 kills, hit .342 and had two aces, a dig and two blocks. Allie Holland had eight kills in 15 errorless assaults, an help, seven digs and 7 blocks. Taylor Trammel had 10 kills and hit .471 with two blocks, and Zoe Weatherington had 10 kills and two blocks. Mac Podraza had two kills in 4 errorless tries, 52 assists, two aces, 9 digs and 4 blocks. Her group hit .292. Kansas was led by Reagan Cooper, who had 29 kills — a profession file for her and it tied the Kansas greatest set in 2008 — with three errors in 56 assaults to hit .464 and she or he had two digs and two blocks. London Davis had 13 kills, 4 digs and two blocks. Camryn Turner had 4 kills, 54 assists, an ace, six digs and three blocks, one solo. KU hit .294 …
Georgia Tech (24-6) rallied from a 10-7 fifth-set deficit and nonetheless trailed 13-11 earlier than successful 22-25, 30-28, 25-21, 18-25, 16-14 at Florida (19-10). Tamara Otene led with 21 kills, eight within the fifth set when she had simply two errors in 14 assaults. She completed with an ace, eight digs and a solo block. Bianca Bertolino had 18 kills, hit .341 and had an help, an ce, 17 digs and two blocks, one solo. GT hit .261, whereas Florida hit .262. Kennedy Martin capped her spectacular freshman season with 21 kills whereas hitting .306 with 9 digs and two blocks. She had 5 kills within the fifth set. Gabbi Essix had 12 kills, hit .318 and had 5 blocks. Nnedi Okammor had six kills and eight blocks and Kennedy Muff had a kill, 54 assists, ana ce, 11 digs and two blocks …
Kentucky (21-7) hit .500 and has received 18 in a row after its 25-18, 25-22, 25-17 ousting of Baylor (17-13). Reagan Rutherford had 14 kills with two errors in 19 assaults to hit .632 and added two aces, three digs and two blocks, one solo. Brooklyn DeLeye had 13 kills, hit .524, and had an help, 10 digs and three blocks. Azhani Tealer had 11 kills in 15 errorless tries, two digs and three assists. Emma Grome had a kill, 45 assists, two digs and a solo block. Baylor had 15 kills from Elise McGhee, who hit .343 andhad two digs and two blocks. The Bears hit .258 …
Purdue (23-8) survived a decided Marquette (21-11) group that fell behind and made the Boilermakers scratch and claw for his or her 25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 26-24 victory. Maddie Schermerhorn broke her personal Purdue NCAA tourney file for digs in a match with 25 and had 5 assists and two aces. Eva Hudson led with 27 kills, an help, two aces, eight digs and a solo block. Chloe Chicoine had 15 kills, two aces, 10 digs and a solo block, and Raven Colvin had 13 kills, two assists, 4 digs and 4 blocks. Taylor Anderson had 5 kills in six errorless tries, 60 assists, 15 digs and three blocks. Her group hit .274, whereas Marquette hit .254. Marquette’s Aubrey Hamitlon had 22 kills, an help, an ace, eight digs and two blocks, one solo. Hattie Bray added 16 kills in 26 errorless swings to hit .615 and had an help and a dig. Yadhira Achante had three kills, 43 assists, an ace and 20 digs. Sarah Kushner had 24 digs, six assists, an ace and a kill …
Texas (24-4) hit .446 and is within the spherical of 16 for the 18th yr in a row after its 25-16, 25-14, 25-17 whitewash of SMU (26-7). Madisen Skinner led with 21 kills and hit .486 after having three errors in 37 assaults to go along with two aces, three blocks and 6 digs. Jenna Wenaas had 10 kills and hit .421 and Molly Phillips had six kills with no errors in 11 swings and Asjia O’Neal had six kills in 15 errorless assaults. O’Neal had 5 blocks, one solo. SMU’s Niya Shime had 13 kills …
Wisconsin (28-3) swept Miami (18-12) after trailing in each of the primary two units earlier than successful 25-23, 25-15, 25-17. Anna Smrek led with 15 kills, hitting .542 with two errors in 24 assaults, and a dig and 4 blocks. Sarah Franklin had 13 kills, an ace, a block and 4 digs. Miami’s Grace Lopez, who had 30 kills the day earlier than in opposition to Northern Iowa, had 15 kills, hit .324 and 5 digs. Flormarie Heredia Colon had 13 kills, three blocks and eight digs …
Oregon (28-5) fell behind by seven factors within the first set after which made brief work of Hawai’i (24-9) by sweeping 25-23, 25-12, 25-17. Oregon, within the spherical of 16 for back-to-back seasons for simply the second time, received 14 kills in 21 errorless assaults from Morgan Lewis. She had two blocks, one solo. Hannah Pukis had two kills in 4 errorless tries, 29 assists, an ace, three blocks and 7 digs. Hawai’i, which hit .061 received 13 kills from Caylen Alexander.
First-round recaps
At Pittsburgh: USC (19-12) swept UMBC (17-8) because the Trojans hit .420 within the 25-18, 25-10, 25-12 sweep. Skylar Fields had 10 kills with one error in 22 assaults, 4 digs and two blocks.
Pittsburgh (26-4) swept Coppin State (27-5) as Olivia Babcock had 12 kills, Torrey Stafford 11 and Valeria Vazquez Gomez 10. Stafford’s sister, TaKenya had two kills for Coppin State.
At Tennessee: The final of the 4 Solar Belt groups, Coastal Carolina (22-10) made the league 0-4 when the Chanticleer have been swept by Western Kentucky (30-4). WKU, which has received 25 in a row, hit .478 within the 25-14, 25-20, 25-23 victory. Paige Briggs had 18 kills, hit .531 and had an help, 9 digs and a block. Kaylee Cox had 17 kills, hit.462, and had an help, three aces, 9 digs and three blocks. Coastal misplaced regardless of hitting .330. Jayln Stout had 12 kills, hit .381, and had 15 assists and a dig.
Tennessee (25-4) rolled to a 25-20, 25-19, 25-15 sweep of Excessive Level (23-8) because the Vols hit .398. Morgahn Fingall had 19 kills, hit .469 and had seven digs and two blocks. Jenaisya Moore had 17 kills with one error in 30 assaults, three digs and three blocks.
At Creighton: Minnesota (17-12) overpowered Utah State (24-7). Lydia Grote led with 10 kills and hit .471 i the 25-17, 25-14, 25-23 win. Grote added two aces, two digs and 5 blocks. Whereas the Gophers hit simply .196, Utah State hit .048.
Creighton (28-4) swept Colgate (22-8) 25-19, 25-23, 25-20. Norah Sis led with 12 kills, an help, eight digs and a block. Kendra Wait had 5 kills in 16 errorless tries, 36 assists, 9 digs and two blocks. Colgate’s Frances Torre had 11 kills with one error in 19 assaults.
At Nebraska: Missouri (18-12) swept Delaware (24-5) 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. Janet deMarrais led with 13 kills, an ace, 4 digs and two blocks. Maya Sands had 9 digs, three assists and two aces.
Nebraska (29-1) had a lackluster 25-13, 25-16, 25-22 sweep of LIU (13-19). Merritt Beason led with 13 kills, hit .478 and had an ace, even digs and two blocks. The Huskers hit .280. LIU’s Camelia Melendez led the Sharks with 12 kills and 5 digs.
At Arkansas: TCU (17-14) pulled off the most important upset of the primary spherical with its 26-24, 16-25, 25-18, 26-24 victory over Florida State (23-9). TCU, which has by no means been within the spherical of 16, received 23 kills from Melanie Parra, who hit .304 and had an ace, two blocks and 11 digs. Jalyn Gibson had 17 kills, hit .378 and had two ace, a block and eight digs. Audrey Nalls added 13 kills, three aces, two blocks and 10 digs. Lily Nicholson had 46 assists, three blocks and 13 digs. FSU’s Audrey Koenig had 13 kills and hit .370 to go along with an ace, a block and 21 digs. Audrey Rothman had 21 kills, an help, an ace, a block and 12 digs.
Arkansas (26-5) blasted Stephen F. Austin (29-5), hitting .333 within the 25-8, 25-17, 25-23 sweep. Jillian Gillen had 19 kills, hit .333, and had seven digs and a block. Maggie Cartwright had 14 kills, hit .407 and had two aces, 19 digs and a block. Taylor Head added 11 kills with one error in 26 assaults and had 4 assists, two aces, 9 digs and three blocks. SFA misplaced its main attacker, Ielan Bradley, to damage within the first set.
At BYU: Arizona State (27-6) swept Georgia (19-12) because the Solar Devils hit .427 within the 25-21, 25-12, 25-20 win. Marta Levinska had 17 kills, hit .464 and had 4 blocks. Geli Cyr had 10 kills with one error in 17 assaults, two assists, seven digs and two blocks.
BYU (25-6) rallied from a 24-22 third-set deficit and swept Weber State (21-10) 25-16, 25-16, 27-25 as Erin Livingston had 21 kills, hit .341 and had 4 digs and two blocks.
At Washington State: Dayton (32-2) received its twenty seventh match in a row, a 26-28, 26-24, 20-25, 25-14, 15-11 win over Pepperdine (19-9) that took 2 hours, 43 minutes. Lexie Almodovar led with 19 kills, three assists, two aces, two blocks and 17 digs. Taylor Russell had 15 kills, an ace and three digs. Gaby Arroyo had 22 digs, 4 assists and three aces. Pepperdine’s Grace Chillingswoth had 19 kills, an help, three aces and 15 digs.
Washington State (25-7) hit .375 and swept Grand Canyon (23-8) 25-12, 31-29, 25-17. Iman Isanovic had 16 kills, hit .375 and had added an ace, a block and 7 digs. Pia Timmer had 15 kills, an help and 7 digs. GCU’s Tatum Parrott had 12 kills, hit .310, and had 4 digs and two blocks, one solo.
At Stanford: Houston (19-9) misplaced the primary set to UC Santa Barbara (27-5), noticed an 18-13 lead evaporate in th second, after which received 21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-18. Kenna Sauer had 18 kills, 5 her group’s eight aces, six blocks and 9 digs. Abbie Jackson had 16 kills, hit .353 and had an help, two aces, a block and 11 digs. Nena Mbonu had 12 kills in 22 errorless assaults and three blocks. UCSB’s Michelle Ohwobete had 15 kills, two blocks and 7 digs.
Stanford (27-3) received its ninth in a row, a 25-21, 25-12, 25-15 sweep of Fresno State (19-14). Catiie Baird hit a career-high .591 with 15 kills and two errors in 22 assaults to go along with an help, an ace, a block and 9 digs. Kendall Kipp had 9 kills, hit .400 and had two aces, 5 blocks and 5 digs. Elia Rubin had 9 kills, two assists, a block and three digs.
NIVC
There are three second-round matches Saturday as Georgia Southern performs East Carolina, UT Arlington performs UTEP and South Florida performs St. John’s.
In motion second-round motion Friday, Wichita State beat Tulsa in 4 regardless of 17 kills from NCAA kills chief Kayley Cassaday; Montana State beat Sacramento State in 4 as Kira Thomsen had 15 kills, three assists, two aces, two blocks and 9 digs; Wyoming beat Northern Colorado in 4 as Paige Lauterwasser had 14 kills, hit .440 and had three blocks and three digs; and Clemson beat Ball State in 5, hitting .333 with 5 gamers with eight or extra kills, 15 by Kateryna Tkachenko, how hit .400. Ball State’s Aniya Kennedy had 22 kills with one error in 46 assaults, two blocks and a dig.
In first-round matches, South Florida hit .329 and swept Buffalo; St. John’s swept Howard as Erin Jones had 16 kills, hit .345 and had three assists, an ace, a block and 7 digs; Georgia Southern beat Winthrop in 5 behind a program-record 45 digs by Ashlyn Lovett, who had 4 assists; East Carolina swept The Citadel as Angeles Alderete had 18 kills, hit .417 and had three assists, 11 digs and two blocks, one solo; UT Arlington swept Florida Atlantic as Brianna Ford had 20 kills, hit .472 and had an ace, six blocks and 13 digs; and UTEP beat North Texas in 4.
Teaching carousel
NORTHWESTERN: The headline on the college’s web site learn, “Volleyball Head Coach Shane Davis And Northwestern Athletics Mutually Agree To Half Methods.”
In eight seaons, Davis compiled a file of 103-128, 45-105 within the Large Ten. This previous season, the Wildcats completed 15-15, 9/11 within the B1G, Northwestern’s greatest convention file since going 9/11 in 2010. That was additionally the final time the college went to the NCAA Event.
WEST VIRGINIA: Reed Sunahara resigned after 9 seasons, 9-22 this season, xx within the Large 12. General, Sunahara compiled a file of 106-156, 32-114 within the convention. Sunahara took the Mountaineers to the college’s solely NCAA Event simply two years in the past.
