Ohio State moved up three spots and is now No. 1 within the AVCA males’s prime 20 after the Buckeyes got here away with two victories final weekend in Austin, Texas, on the First Level Collegiate Problem.
Ohio State, which upset then-No. 1 UCLA and beat USC, is 6-0 and obtained 12 of th 23 first-place votes.
On this report we’ve the AVCA ballot, males’s outcomes and upcoming matches, and a few NCAA ladies’s volleyball updates.
AVCA males’s prime 20
Ohio State might have pulled a reverse sweep towards UCLA (5-1), however that didn’t persuade all of the voters. The Bruins dropped to No. 2 and nonetheless obtained 4 first-place votes. Lengthy Seaside State (5-0) obtained the opposite seven first-place votes however dropped a spot to No. 3.
Hawai’i dropped a spot to No. 4, Grand Canyon stayed No. 5, and Stanford, which beat Penn State and Ball State in Austin, moved up two spots to No. 6. UC Irvine fell a spot to No. 7, whereas BYU moved up a notch to No. 8.
Penn State dropped two spots to No. 9 and Pepperdine stayed No. 10. Nobody dropped out.
Click on right here for the full AVCA Nationwide Collegiate Males’s Volleyball Ballot.
NCAA males
There are six males’s matches on the Wednesday schedule, together with the Large West’s CSUN on the MPSF’s USC. The MPSF’s Concordia Irvine is dwelling for the SIAC’s Central State, the MIVA’s Queens goes to Belmont Abbey of Convention Carolinas, Erskine of Convention Carolinas is dwelling for impartial Tusculum, the MIVA’s Quincy is dwelling for Missouri Valley and D’Youville of the NEC is dwelling for Roberts Wesleyan.
There are six extra matches Thursday together with the MPSF’s UCLA dwelling for the Large West’s UC Santa Barbara and the massive Midwest battle between Ohio State of the EIVA and visiting Penn State of the MIVA. Additionally, the Large West’s Hawai’i goes to the MIVA’s Purdue Fort Wayne, USC is dwelling Central State, the MIVA’s Lindenwood is at Maryville and the NEC’s Daemen entertains Warner.
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Tuesday, BYU (7-1) of the MPSF swept visiting Princeton (4-3) of the EIVA for the second straight day because the Cougars hit .370 within the 25-22, 25-18, 25-23 victory. Luke Benson had 13 kills with no errors in 20 assaults to go together with an help, an ace and two digs. Trent Moser had 11 kills. Princeton’s Nyherowo Omene had 16 kills and hit .400. The day earlier than, BYU gained 25-23, 25-19, 25-21 as Moser led the Cougars with 12 kills and Omene had 10 for Princeton …
Additionally, North Greenville of Convention Carolinas gained in 4 at Tusculum and Thomas Extra swept Mount St. Joseph. Diego Rosich had 14 kills for North Greenville, hitting .458, and had three aces, an help and 4 digs.
NCAA ladies
Air Power employed former Arizona State nice Macey (Gardner) Donathan as its head coach.
Donathan most lately was teaching at Membership One Volleyball in Tempe, Arizona. She has been an assistant at Liberty and Arkansas after a stellar enjoying profession at Arizona State. Air Power completed 17-12 final season, 9-9 within the Mountain West, after which fired coach Keith Barnett after 9 seasons with this system, the final 5 as head coach. Air Power has by no means been to the NCAA Match …
Purdue coach Dave Shondell signed a four-year contract extension after the Boilermakers went 23-9, 15-5 within the Large Ten. Purdue misplaced within the third spherical of the NCAA Match …
Wisconsin picked up setter Carly Anderson, who spent the previous 4 seasons at Montana … Oregon added Mackenzie Morris, a libero who led the Large 12 in digs final season for Kansas State … The headline on the Missouri web site was not incorrect when it mentioned “Volleyball Provides Two-Time Nationwide Champion Setter Marina Crownover,” however … Crownover redshirted as a freshman after which this previous season had 13 assists and 7 digs whereas enjoying in 10 matches … The Northwestern job stays open, making it the longest-running Large Ten emptiness in latest reminiscence.