That is the season of the reverse sweep, when groups lose the primary two matches in NCAA Division I volleyball after which win the subsequent three.
Kansas State, which got here again from 0-2 in its final match towards Iowa State final Saturday, did it once more Thursday, this time towards visiting Cincinnati.
It was the one reverse sweep on an evening when BYU, the No. 23 staff within the AVCA Ballot, knocked off No. 18 Baylor and unranked however surging Utah swept visiting No. 17 TCU. Additionally within the Huge 12, VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot No. 8 Kansas swept at West Virginia.
There’s now a two-way tie atop the MAC. Japanese Michigan (11-9, 5-1), which has gained 5 of six and 7 of its final 9, scored a giant five-set victory at Bowling Inexperienced (10-7, 5-1), the place it hadn’t gained since 2015.
South Dakota (15-0) remained unbeaten by sweeping Omaha in The Summit League.
Line of the day: Colorado State misplaced to Boise State in 5 however CSU’s Malaya Jones had 28 kills, hit .382, and had two assists, 14 digs and 6 blocks.
We take a look at Friday’s NCAA slate on this version of Volleyball Immediately and be aware that Athletes Limitless begins its second spherical of matches when Group (Kayla) Caffey performs Group (Brittany) Abercrombie at 8 p.m. Japanese in Mesa, Arizona, adopted by Group (Bethania) De La Cruz-Mejia vs. Group (Tomkom) Nootsara.
These 4 captains are the factors leaders and received to decide on this week’s groups for the second of the five-week season.
Each matches may be seen on Bally regional networks and on Volleyball World TV.
NCAA volleyball Friday
High-ranked and unbeaten Pittsburgh is off, however the remainder of the ACC is in full swing, together with VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot No. 4 Louisville at AVCA No. 21 Florida State and No. 6 Stanford house for Syracuse. No. 20 Georgia Tech performs host to Virginia Tech, Duke is at Wake Forest, North Carolina is at NC State, Notre Dame is at Miami, Virginia is at Clemson and Boston Faculty is at Cal.
Within the Huge Ten, the one match between ranked groups pits No. 9 Purdue at No. 2 Nebraska. Thrid-ranked Penn State is at Michigan State, No. 10 Wisconsin is house for Maryland, No. 14 Minnesota is house for Indiana, Illinois is at Michigan and Rutgers is at Iowa.
The SEC reveals No. 19 Florida house for Mississippi State, South Carolina at Georgia, Alabama at Missouri and Oklahoma at LSU.
The Huge 12 is off. Iowa State was imagined to play at UCF, however that match was canceled.
The five-match Huge East slate reveals No. 5 Creighton at Villanova and Marquette at St. John’s.
Dayton of the Atlantic 10, ranked No. 22 and using an eight-match profitable streak, is house for back-to-back matches with Loyola Chicago.
There are many different matches price noting, together with Towson (14-2, 5-1) at Faculty of Charleston (13-5, 5-1) and Northeastern (7-7, 5-1) at Hofstra (9-6, 5-1) within the Huge South, the place 5 groups (Delaware is off) are tied for the lead.
There’s a giant one within the Huge West when UC Davis performs at Hawai’i and the 2 5-0 groups within the Horizon League are in motion as Milwaukee goes to Northern Kentucky and Wright State is at Youngstown State.
Georgia Southern, which has gained 12 in a row and is 13-1 general, 2-0 within the Solar Belt, is house for Troy, whereas Outdated Dominion (13-2, 2-0) goes for its eleventh in a row when the Monarchs entertain App State, additionally 2-0.
NCAA volleyball Thursday
We’ll begin with the Huge 12, the place BYU (10-5, 3-2) hit .404 and out-blocked visiting Baylor 10-5 to come back away with a 26-24, 25-21, 25-13 sweep. The Cougars, who had 49 kills and 11 errors in 94 assaults, had been led by Elli Mortensen, who had 17 kills, hit .500, and had an ace and three digds. Claire Little had 14 kills, hit .323 and had an ace and three blocks. Kjersti Robust had seven kills with one error in 14 swings and 4 blocks, one solo, and Brielle Kemavor had seven kills with no errors in 9 assaults and 6 blocks, one solo. Baylor (10-5, 2-2) received 11 kills from Elise McGhee … Utah improved to 14-2, 4-1 with its 25-22, 25-22, 25-22 sweep of visiting TCU (11-4, 3-2) for its first win over a ranked staff in two years. Kamryn Gibadlo led Utah with 13 kills, hitting .333, to go together with an ace, two blocks and 4 digs … Kansas State (5-9, 3-2), which gained 19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-18, 19-17, received 20 kills from Aliyah Carter and 19 from Liz Gregorski, together with back-to-back kills to finish the match. She additionally had an help, an ace, a block and 16 digs. Ella Larking had 20 digs, 4 assists and an ace. Cincinnati (11-4, 2-2) had one likelihood at match level at 14-13. The Bearcats received 20 kills from Carly Glendinning, who added an help, an ace, six blocks and 5 digs. Religion Body had 18 digs and 6 assists … Kansas (13-1, 3-0) gained 25-20, 25-18, 25-18 at West Virginia (6-10, 0-4). Rhian Swanson led with 12 kills, hitting .346, with two digs and a block …
In the one Huge Ten match, Ohio State (8-7, 1-4) swept at Northwestern (3-10, 1-4) as Emily Londot had 15 kills within the 25-23, 25-16, 26-24 victory. Londot added an help, two aces, six digs and 5 blocks, one solo because the Buckeyes climbed out of a last-place tie with idle Michigan State and Rutgers …
Rising Japanese Michigan (11-9, 5-1) gained 26-24, 17-25, 30-28, 20-25, 16-14 at Bowling Inexperienced (10-7, 5-1) as 5 gamers had 9 or extra kills, 15 by Abby Stanford. She hit .433 after having two errors in 33 assaults, an ace, three digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Hannah Blaney had 18 digs, a kill, 4 help and an ace. Mia Tyler had 21 kills for Bowling Inexperienced, to go together with two digs and three blocks, one solo. Jessica Andrews had seven kills and 9 blocks, two solo, and Lauryn Hovey had 16 kills, three blocks and 28 digs … Additionally within the MAC, Toledo gained 33-31, 25-17, 23-25, 25-12 over visiting Central Michigan as Taylor Alt had 18 kills with one error in 36 assaults, an help, three aces, six digs and a block … Western Michigan swept visiting Ohio, which received 20 kills from Kam Hunt, and NIU swept Kent State as Charli Atiemo had 14 kills with one error in 30 swings to hit .433 and added an help, three aces, a dig and two blocks …
South Dakota State is 15-0, the one different staff in addition to Pitt to stay unbeaten, and 4-0 in The Summit League after its 25-18, 25-21, 25-21 victory over visiting Omaha. Sylive Zgonc led with 11 kills, two assists, an ace, 5 digs and three blocks … Additionally in The Summit, North Dakota State gained in 5 at Kansas Metropolis as Ali Hinze had 18 kills, 12 digs and two blocks and Alexis Boling had 15 kills with one error in 31 swings to hit .452 to go together with 4 digs and two blocks … St. Thomas gained in 4 at Oral Roberts … and South Dakota gained in 5 at North Dakota as Kylen Sealock had 21 kills, hit .367, and added three digsd and two blocks. North Dakota’s Lauren Perugini had 18 kills, 13 digs and 5 blocks …
Loyola Marymount (12-4,4-1) gained the massive WCC match with San Diego (8-7, 3-2) in 5 as Sophia Meyers had 14 kills and Paige Flickinger 13 within the 22-25, 25-21, 25-14, 20-25, 15-13 victory. USD’s Isabel Clark had 19 kills … Additionally within the WCC, Washington State (9-5, 4-1) saved tempo because it gained in 4 at Pacific (11-6, 1-4) behind 19 kills from Katy Ryan, who hit .421 had had three digs and three blocks, one solo. Pacific’s Alexa Edwards had 20 kills, two aces and 10 digs … San Francisco (11-5, 4-0) remained atop the league, tied with idle Pepperdine, with a four-set win at Portland. Hayden Goodman had 15 kills, hit .591, and had 4 digs and 4 blocks … Santa Clara swept at Oregon State … Saint Mary’s swept visiting Gonzaga as Genevieve Bane had 13 kills with one error in 25 assaults to hit .480 and added an help, 4 digs and two blocks …
Within the Huge Sky, Bri Gunderson had 20 kills, hit .531 and had an ace and 12 blocks, one solo, as Japanese Washington gained in 5 at Montana State, which received 17 kills and 7 blocks, one solo, from Joelie Spelts … Additionally within the Huge Sky, Montana hit .375 and swept visiting Idaho, Northern Colorado did the identical at Portland State as Gabi Placide had 15 kills, hit .333, and had seven digs and two blocks, and Sacramento State beat visiting Northern Arizona in 4 as Caitlin Volkmann had 18 kills, 5 aces, 9 digs and two blocks …
Lengthy Seashore State (10-5, 4-1) hit .337 and moved right into a first-place Huge West tie with UC Davis with its sweep at CSUN (6-10, 1-4), which hit .058 Ella Lomigora led with 10 kills and hit .600 after having one error in 15 assaults to go together with three blocks. Zayna Meyer had 5 kills with one error in seven assaults and 7 blocks, one solo …
Colorado State (9-7, 5-1) nonetheless has the lead within the Mountain West, however misplaced in 5 to visiting Boise State (11-5, 3-1), which, when it performs, has an opportunity to win. Paige Bartsch had 20 kills for Boise with 10 digs and three blocks. Malaya Jones had 28 kills for Colorado State, hitting .382 to go together with 14 digs and 6 blocks … Additionally within the MWC, Utah State beat visiting New Mexico in 4 as Mara Stiglic had 16 kills, two digs and 4 blocks, one solo … Nevada hit .394 and swept visiting Air Drive as Gabby McLaughlin had 14 kills, hit .314 and had three digs and 5 blocks … Fresno State beat visiting UNLV in 4 as Addison Haluska had 25 kills, hit .339, and had two aces, 14 digs and three blocks, one solo. Dionii Fraga had 21 digs, 4 assists and 4 of her staff’s 10 aces … and San Diego State swept at San Jose State as a result of it didn’t forfeit the match. Jasmine Davis had 10 kills with one error in 18 assaults to hit .500 within the 25-21, 25-18, 25-19 victory to go together with two aces and 6 digs …
Lindenwood (11-7, 5-1) took over sole possession of first place within the Ohio Valley Convention with a shocking sweep of visiting Tennessee Tech (15-2, 4-1), which hit .099. Autumn Bax led the Lions with 17 kills and hit .593 after having one error in 27 assaults … Within the different OVC match, Keyana Cruise had 23 kills, hit .392, and had an ace, 14 digs and three blocks in Western Illinois’ four-set win over visiting Japanese Illinois …
In SWAC play, Southern hit .333 and swept Alcorn, and Grambling received 10 kills from Essence Allen, who had one error in 23 swings, two aces and 13 digs as did the identical to Arkansas-Pine Bluff …
Samford (10-5, 4-1) gained a giant SoCon match when the Bulldogs beat visiting Mercer (13-4, 4-1) in 4 to go away 4 groups with one loss every within the convention. Additionally within the SoCon, ETSU beat The Citadel in 5 …
Southland-leader Southeastern Louisiana (14-4, 6-0) hit .350 and gained its 14th in a row as Cicly Hidalgo had 12 kills, hitting .385, with seven digs and three blocks, one solo, in a 25-11, 25-16, 25-21 win over visiting Nicholls … Additionally within the SLC, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beat visiting Texas A&M-Commerce in 4 … UTRGV did the identical to visiting Northwestern State as Claudia Lupescu had 21 kills, hitting .395, to go together with three aces, 10 digs and three blocks … and McNeese swept at New Orleans …
Southern Miss misplaced its Solar Belt match in 5 at Louisiana however Sadie McAda had 24 kills, 30 digs and 5 blocks. Louisiana’s Megan Hawkins not solely had 32 assists, a block and two aces, however 24 digs … Within the different SBC match, Georgia Southern improved to 13-1 by sweeping Troy. GSU has gained 12 matches and 28 units in a row …
Within the WAC, UT Arlington improved to 15-2, 5-0 with a sweep of visiting Seattle U. Sjakkie Donkers (All-Title Group), a freshman from the Netherlands, had 17 kills, hit .429, and added 5 assists, an ace, 9 digs and a block … Additionally within the WAC, Grand Canyon gained in 4 at Utah Tech as Tatum Parrott had 20 kills, an help, three aces, 15 digs and three blocks, one solo … Abilene Christian gained in 5 at Tarleton State … and Southern Utah swept visiting California Baptist.