NCAA volleyball spherical of 16 set as Stanford survives, seven others additionally advance

The NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball match spherical of 16 is about, however not earlier than there was some late-Saturday night time pleasure.

Second-seeded Stanford took a 2-0 lead over Houston, however the visiting Cougars battled again to power a fifth set earlier than the Cardinal regained its type and dominated.

Fourth-seeded Pittsburgh misplaced the primary set to USC however then gained in 4.

Additionally advancing have been Tennessee, Creighton, Nebraska, Arkansas, Arizona State and Washington State.

It units up eight Thursday matches that embody three convention battles — Kentucky-Arkansas, Wisconsin-Penn State and Arizona State-Stanford — and 5 others which can be positive to proceed this NCAA season of unpredictability.

Thursday’s spherical of 16

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No. 1 Nebraska (30-1) vs. Georgia Tech (24-6), 2 p.m., ESPN2
No. 2 Stanford (28-3) vs. Arizona State (28-6), 11:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 3 Wisconsin (28-3) vs. Penn State (23-8), 7 p.m., ESPN2
No. 4 Pittsburgh (27-4) vs. No. 13 Washington State (26-7), 2:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 5 Louisville (26-4) vs. No. 12 Creighton (29-4), midday, ESPN2
No. 6 Oregon (28-5) vs. No. 11 Purdue (23-8), 9:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 7 Texas (24-4) vs. No. 10 Tennessee (26-4), 9 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 Kentucky (21-7) vs. No. 9 Arkansas (27-5), 4:30 p.m., ESPNU

Some fast notes earlier than the recaps and an NIVC replace:

The three seeds that didn’t advance have been No. 14 Kansas, No. 15 BYU and No. 16 Florida … Stanford and Arizona State cut up their Pac-12 regular-season conferences. Each outcomes have been house sweeps … Penn State beat visiting Wisconsin in 4 of their solely Massive Ten regular-season match … Kentucky, which has gained 18 in a row, the longest streak of the remaining groups, beat Arkansas in each their SEC regular-season matches … The SEC, which acquired eight groups within the 64-team discipline, is all the way down to Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee. The Massive Ten and Pac12 have 4 every, the ACC has three, Texas is the lone Massive 12 group left, and Creighton is carrying the torch for the Massive East.

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Saturday’s recaps

HUSKERS SWEEP MIZZOU: Nebraska (30-1) is within the third spherical for the twelfth 12 months in a row after its 25-14, 25-19, 25-21 sweep of Missouri (18-13). The Huskers, profitable 30 occasions for the primary time since profitable the 2017 NCAA title, hit .264 and held a 14-5 edge in blocks.

Merritt Beason led with 12 kills and had two errors in 23 assaults to hit .435. She had two digs and 5 blocks. Ally Batenhorst had seven kills, 4 blocks and two digs and Harper Murray had six kills, an ace, three blocks and three digs. Bekka Allick, who had fiv ekills, had eight blocks. Bergen Reilly had 4 of Nebraska’s 5 aces, two kills in 5 errorless tries, 26 assists, two blocks and 10 digs.

Missouri, which hit .089, acquired 13 kills from Janet deMarrais and 12 from Dilara Gedikoglu.

STANFORD SURVIVES: Stanford (28-3), which hit .401, gave the impression to be on cruise management earlier than Houston (19-10) made it a match. Elia Rubin had a career-high 23 kills — 4 within the fifth set with no errors in 5 assaults — as Stanford gained 25-15, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-7.

Rubin had six errors in 41 assaults to hit .415 and had three assists, an ace, two blocks and 12 digs. Kendall Kipp had 16 kills, an ace, six blocks and eight digs. Caitie Baird had 16 kills, hit .412 and had a block and 5 digs. Sami Francis had 12 kills, hit .588, and had an help, three digs and 4 blocks, together with a stuff of Kenna Sauer to finish the match. McKenna Vicini had eight kills in 16 errorless assaults, an help and eight blocks and setter Kami Miner had three kills, 60 assists, an ace, three blocks  and 12 digs. Elena Oglivie had 19 digs and 5 assists.

Houston, which misplaced to Stanford in the identical state of affairs a 12 months in the past, acquired 24 kills from Sauer, who had an help, an ace, a block and 9 digs. Abbie Jackson had 15 kills, two assists, an ace, three blocks and two digs. Setters Morgan Janda and Annie Cooke mixed for a kill, 45 assists, an ace and 18 digs.

PITT BEATS USC: Pittsburgh (27-4), which superior to the final two nationwide semifinals, is within the spherical of 16 for the fourth 12 months in a row after its 23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18 win over visiting USC (19-13).

Olivia Babcock led with 16 kills, three assists, two aces, six blocks and 12 digs. Torrey Stafford had 13 kills, hit .345, and had three assists, a block and 6 digs. Valeria Vazquez Gomez had 9 kills, an ace, 11 digs and three blocks, one solo. Chiamaka Nowokolo had eight kills, hit .500, and had an help, a dig and three blocks. Emma Monks had eight blocks and 4 kills. Setter Rachel Fairbanks, whose group hit .248, had 4 kills with one error in seven tries, 41 assists, two blocks and 10 digs.

Skylar Fields had 21 kills to steer USC and completed second this season in kills within the NCAA to Tulsa’s Kayley Cassaday. Fields added an help, an ace, a block and 10 digs. Her teammates mixed for a similar variety of kills, 21. Gala Trubint had 12 digs, two assists and three of USC’s 9 aces. USC hit .078.

CREIGHTON OUSTS MINNESOTA: Creighton (29-4) gained its seventeenth match in a row and is again within the third spherical for the primary time since 2016 after its 25-21, 25-20, 29-27 win over visiting Minnesota (17-13).

Norah Sis led with 16 kills, an help, two blocks and 9 digs. Creighton is 21-1 together with her within the lineup. Ava Martin had 15 kills, ana ce and 5 digs and Ellie Bichelmeyer had 12 kills and three blocks. Kendra Wait had 5 kills with one error in 12 tries, 44 assists and two blocks. Her group hit .255. Sydney Breissinger had 12 digs, six assists and an ace.

Minnesota, which hit .202, acquired 12 kills from Taylor Landfair, who had three blocks and three digs, and 11 kills from McKenna Wucherer, who had an help, a block and 7 digs. Arica Davis had 4 kills in eight errorless swings and 5 blocks. Melani Shaffmaster had 5 kills with one error in six tries, 26 assists, trhee blocks and 13 digs.

ARKANSAS BESTS TCU: Arkansas (27-5) famous that “not one of the Arkansas roster was alive the final time the Hogs gained two NCAA Match video games.” Certainly, the Razorbacks are into the spherical of 16 for the primary time since 1998 after beating upstart TCU (17-15) 25-18, 27-25, 23-25, 25-20.

Taylor Head led with 18 kills, two aces, 15 digs and three blocks, one solo. Maggie Cartwright had 16 kills with two errors in 40 assaults, two assists, 14 digs and three blocks. Jillian Gillen had 13 kills, an help, two aces, 16 digs and two blocks. Hannah Hogue had 43 assists, an ace, two blocks and 11 digs. Her group hit .253. Courtney Jackson had 23 digs, seven assists and an ace.

Audrey Nalls led TCU with 17 kills, two aces, 10 digs and three blocks, one solo. Melanie Parra had 14 kills, three assists, an ace, two blocks and 12 digs. Jalyn Gibson had 12 kills, an ace, foru blocks and 10 digs. Cecily Bramschreiber had 25 digs and an help. The Horned Frogs, who acquired into the second spherical for under the second time in program historical past, hit .200.

TENNESSEE TOPS TOPS: Tennessee (26-4) is into the third spherical for the primary time since 2005 after sweeping Western Kentucky (30-5) 25-20, 25-16, 26-24. The Vols have been led by Jenaisya Moore, who had 19 kills, hit .419 and had a block and 6 digs. Morgahn Fingall had 11 kills, hit .320, and had an ace, six blocks and seix digs. Caroline Kerr had a kill in her solely strive, 37 assists and two digs.

WKU, which had gained 25 in a row, acquired 15 kills from Paige Briggs, who had two assists six digs. Kaylee Cox had 10 kills, two assists, two blocks and 4 digs.

SUN DEVILS FORK BYU: Arizona State (28-6) continued its outstanding turnaround with a 25-20, 25-21, 25-21 sweep at BYU (25-7). ASU, which gained a second-round match for the primary time in program historical past, hit .301.

Marta Levinska led with 17 kills and hit .533 after having one error in 30 assaults go together with an assists, 5 of her group’s seven aces, and 10 digs. Geli Cyr had 9 kills, hit .300, and had an help, two blocks and eight digs. Mary Shroll had 10 digs and an help.

BYU, which was 13-1 at house getting into the match, hit .186. Erin Livingston led with 10 kills, three assists and eight digs. Whitney McEwan-Llarenas had seven kills, hit .417 and had an ace three blocks and a dig.

WSU STOPS DAYTON: Washington State (26-7) is within the spherical of 16 for the primary time since 2016 after its 25-21, 25-15, 20-25, 25-16 win over Dayton (32-3).

Magda Jehlarova was big for the Cougars with 15 kills in 20 errorless assaults and 10 blocks, one solo. She’s now the Pac-12 all-time blocks chief and can stay so, for the reason that league dissolves after this 12 months. Pia Timmer had 12 kills, an ace, two blocks and 11 digs. Iman Isanovic had 11 kils, an help, an ace, a block and 7 digs. Argentina Ung, whose group hit .290, had 5 kills with one error in 10 tries, 42 assista, an ace, se ven blocks and eight digs.

Dayton, which had gained 27 in a row, hit .155. Taylor Russell led with 15 kills, two blocks and two digs. Lexie Almodovar had 11 kills however seven errors and added two assists, two aces, three blocks and 15 digs. Karissa Kaminski had 18 digs, eight assists and an ace.

NIVC

The quarterfinals are set:

Wednesday, December 6
Drake (24-10) at Wichita State (23-8), 7:30 p.m.
Montana State (23-8) at Wyoming (22-9), 8:30 p.m.
Clemson (19-13) at UTEP (23-9), 9 p.m.

Thursday, December 7
South Florida (21-11) at Georgia Southern (23-8), 6 p.m.

On Saturday, South Florida pulled off a reverse sweep to beat St. John’s 23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 27-25, 16-14 as Maria Clara Andrade had a career-high 28 kills. Giorgia Walther had 17 kills for St. John’s, which ended its season 24-10 … Georgia Southern swept East Carolina as Jillian Grey had 15 kills, hitting .343 … UTEP beat UT Arlington in 4 as Alianza Darley had 15 kills with no errors in 28 assaults and Torrance Lovesee had 12 kills and Marian Ovalle eight with one error in 19 swings and 5 blocks, one solo. Brianna Ford had 17 kills for UTA.

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