There isn’t any NCAA Division I volleyball Monday.
Whew.
After 4 weeks of pre-conference play, with so lots of these Fridays and Saturdays bursting with greater than 200 matches per day, we’d like a break.
That offers us time to return out with the primary VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot later Monday morning.
And our panel has quite a bit to think about.
A fast have a look at the highest 4 conferences present some fascinating traits.
Within the ACC, simply two groups went by the pre-conference unbeaten, AVCA No. 1 Pittsburgh (9-0) and unheralded Syracuse (12-0), a group that completed 2-26 in 2023, 0-18 in convention play. Solely one of many 18 ACC groups — Duke at 4-7 — is under .500.
Within the Huge 12, which now has 15 groups, only one is unbeaten — Arizona at 11-0 — and only one is under .500 — Kansas State at 2-7.
The Huge Ten has 18 groups and only one — Washington at 10-0 — is unbeaten, though Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State and Oregon have one loss every. Solely Rutgers (5-6) and Northwestern (2-6) are under .500.
And within the SEC, which has 15 groups, no group got here out of pre-conference unbeaten, however Auburn (10-1) and Texas A&M) have one loss every. No SEC group is under .500 total and, surprisingly, the group with the worst successful proportion is AVCA No. 11 Kentucky at 6-5.
The Huge East’s Creighton, No. 9 within the AVCA and standing 9-2 after massive victories over Purdue and Kansas, will certainly be in our high 16. Dayton of the Atlantic 10, gained’t be, however the 10-1 Flyers are the one different group within the coaches ballot not from one of many power-4 conferences.
There have been seven ranked groups in motion Sunday and the one one which misplaced was No. 4 Louisville, which was steamrolled by No. 5 Nebraska. High-ranked Pitt, No. 3 Penn State, No. 12 Oregon, No. 16 Florida and No. 22 SMU all gained.
The road of the day went to Guila Cardona of Evansville, who had 30 kills in a five-set loss to IU Indianapolis.Â
The recaps and high performances observe on this all-NCAA version of Volleyball At the moment. We could have a separate story later Monday on the AVP League.
Sunday’s NCAA volleyball outcomes
High 25
Nebraska (10-1) set the tone early and went on to a 25-16, 25-17, 25-20 victory at Louisville (8-2) — the primary regular-season match ever on ABC — that went surprisingly quick.
Nebraska, which beat a top-five group on the street for the primary time since successful at Minnesota in February 2021, had seven blocks. Louisville had none. The Huskers hit .305 and had seven aces with seven serving errors. Harper Murray led with 11 kills and had two errors in 31 assaults to go together with two assists, an ace and 5 digs. Merritt Beason had 9 kills with one error in 22 assaults, an help, 4 blocks and a dig. Andi Jackson had six kills in 11 errorless swings, three digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Lindsay Krause had 5 kills, 4 aces, a block and 4 digs, and setter Bergen Reilly had 4 kills in six errorless tries, two blocks and 6 digs.
Louisville, which hit .133 and had no aces and 7 errors, obtained 12 kills from Anna DeBeer, who had eight digs. Her teammates mixed for 27 kills, eight every by Sofia Maldonado Diaz and Charitie Luper. The gang of 14,126 on the KFC Yum! Heart — web site of December’s NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship — was a Louisville file …Â
Pitt (9-0) hit .398 and swept beforehand ranked Marquette (4-5). Olivia Babcock had 14 kills, two aces, two blocks and 9 digs. Ella Foti had 11 kills with one error in 23 assaults for Marquette … Penn State (10-1) beat Yale (5-3) in 4. The Nittany Lions, who hit .371, obtained 18 kills from Camryn Hannah and 15 from Jess Mruzik … Oregon (8-1) gained its eighth in a row with a sweep of visiting Oregon State (2-8), which hit .000. Mimi Colyer led Oregon with 10 kills, two aces, two blocks and 11 digs … Florida (9-2) hit .442 and swept Buffalo (4-9). Kennedy Martin had 12 kills, hitting .526, to go together with two assists, an ace, two blocks and 5 digs. Buffalo hit .080 … And the one different ranked group in motion, SMU (8-3) gained in 4 at Northern Iowa (5-7). Jamison Wheeler led the Mustangs with 21 kills, hit .383, and had an help, two of her group’s 11 aces — Natalie Foster had 4 — a block and 11 digs. UNI’s Cassidy Hartman had 17 kills, hit .367, and had a block and 4 digs.
Across the nation
Indiana beat visiting Notre Dame in 4 as Avry Tatum had 15 kills and Candela Alonso-Corcelles 14 … North Carolina beat visiting Michigan State in 4 as Emani Foster had 15 kills with one error in 31 assaults, two digs and a block … Ohio State swept Bowling Inexperienced behind 19 kills from Emily Londot, who hit .471 and had an help, 14 digs and a block … Wake Forest obtained previous Davidson in 5 as Paige Crawford and Laila Ricks had 18 kills every and Olivia Murphy had 17 … Texas A&M beat Troy in 4 as Logan Ledicky had 16 kills, hitting .355, with an help, an ace, seven digs and 5 blocks …Â
Syracuse obtained to 12-0 with a four-set win over Cornell. Ava Palm led with 16 kills and hit .382 to go together with two aces, 9 digs and a block … UTEP is 10-2 after sweeping Texas State. Ema Uskokovic had 14 kills, hit .314, and had three aces and three blocks … Oklahoma hit .349 and swept Kansas State. Alexis Shelton had 18 kills, hit .310, and had 9 digs and 4 blocks ..Â
Coastal Carolina gained in 5 at NC State as Agata Lesiak had 16 kills, hit .406, and had 5 digs and two blocks, one solo. Amanda Rice had 18 kills for NC State and 7 blocks … In Penn’s four-set win over Rhode Island, Zada Sanger had 22 kills, hitting .409 … Windfall beat Quinnipiac in 5 as Lyric Berry (all-name group) had 15 kills, hit. 500, and had a dig and 10 blocks, 4 solo. Quinnipiac’s Elena Giacomini had 24 kills, three aces, 11 digs and 4 blocks, two solo … Alexa Edwards had 21 kills for Pacific in a four-set win over Sacramento State to go together with an ace, 11 digs and two blocks. Bridgette Smith had 21 kills for Sacramento State … CSU Bakersfield beat Fresno State in 5 as Sydney Dunning had 19 kills, an ace, 10 digs and two blocks …
IU Indianapolis beat Evansville in as Morgan Ostrowski had 17 kills, hit .467, and had a dig and 5 blocks, two solo. Evansville’s Giulia Cardona, who has put up massive numbers in her profession, had 30 kills, 5 aces — making her the all-time program chief with 207 — 11 digs and two blocks, one solo …Â
Within the CAA, Towson improved to 11-1 total, 2-0 in league play, with a five-set win over William & Mary (4-7, 0-2) as Victoria Barrett had 22 kills, hit .306, and had 14 digs and two blocks. Zyare Abdul-Rahim had 16 kills, hit .375, and had an help, three digs and 4 blocks, three solo … Delaware swept Campbell as Anna Logan Gillens had 14 kills, hit .458, and had two digs and two blocks, one solo … Faculty of Charleston beat Elon in 4 as Emily Banitt had 19 kills, 11 digs and 4 blocks … Northeastern beat UNCW in 4 …Â
Loyola Maryland stored Navy winless with a five-set Patriot League victory through which Lauren Hyperlink had 17 kills, two assists, an ace and 19 digs.