NCAA Ladies
November 17, 2024
Abby Shadwick put Colgate on her again and carried the Raiders to the Patriot League regular-season title.
The star 6-foot-2 senior outdoors hitter’s heroics in crunch time throughout a reverse sweep on the highway in opposition to Bucknell stole the highlight for her low-major college on a busy Saturday of Division-I NCAA girls’s volleyball.
With Colgate trailing 11-14 within the deciding fifth set, 4 kills by Shadwick staved off defeat. After the Bison sided out, Shadwich’s quick sideout kill produced one other match level. Then Abby’s ace sealed the deal on a 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-18, 17-15 victory in a battle of groups that got here into this remaining regular-season match deadlocked for first place within the Patriot League.
Shadwick scored her group’s final six factors on the time they had been most wanted.
The victorious Raiders are 17-10 total, 14-2 within the convention. Bucknell (21-4) settled for second at 13-3. A proud program that has captured 4 consecutive regular-season crowns and has represented the Patriot League within the final three NCAA Tournaments, Colgate will now get pleasure from home-court benefit at cozy Cotterell Courtroom in Hamilton in upstate New York all through the upcoming convention tourney. That provides the Raiders a leg up of their quest for an additional automated NCAA bid.
“I’m simply so happy with the consistency our program has proven,” Coach Ryan Baker stated. “To win 4 regular-season championships in a row speaks to our group tradition, our group management, and my employees. We’re thrilled to host the championship and have our followers in attendance. We all know the Hamilton group will present up.”
Shadwick’s totals for the match had been 21 kills on 60 assaults with three errors, three aces, 13 digs and eight blocks (one solo), which earned her out stat line of the evening, not just for amount however for well timed high quality.
Lots of the normal powers additionally performed on Saturday, together with red-hot Nebraska, which stayed undefeated within the Massive Ten, and Wisconsin, which gained on the West Coast to stay very a lot an element within the convention chase. Additionally, Kansas stored tempo with Arizona State within the Massive 12, Dayton’s streak was at 21 after closing out an unbeaten Atlantic 10 slate and Northern Iowa and UT Arlington stored profitable.
Reverse sweeps transpired: The aforementioned visiting Colgate over Bucknell, visiting Utah over UCF, host North Carolina A&T over UNC-Wilmington, visiting Chicago State over St. Francis, host Cornell over Yale and host Oakland over Wright State.
Additionally on this version of Volleyball In the present day are reviews on the AVCA Seashore Nationwide Championships for collegiate pairs and the worldwide seashore tour’s second-tier Problem match in China.
NCAA volleyball Sunday
Simply one of many six Massive Ten matches includes two ranked groups when No. 11 Oregon is at No. 23 USC. Fifth-ranked Penn State goes to Maryland, No. 10 Purdue is dwelling for Illinois (Massive Ten Community, 5 p.m. Jap), No. 16 Minnesota entertains Michigan and Northwestern is at Washington.
Six ACC matches embody No. 24 Florida State at No. 9 SMU. High-ranked Pittsburgh is dwelling for Miami, No. 3 Louisville performs host to North Carolina, No. 16 Georgia Tech is dwelling for Boston Faculty, Syracuse is at Clemson and Duke is at Notre Dame.
The SEC slate reveals No. 13 Texas at Alabama (ESPN, 1 p.m. Jap), No. 14 Kentucky dwelling for Georgia, Mississippi State at Ole Miss and Arkansas at LSU.
The one Massive 12 match has Arizona at West Virginia.
Fifth-ranked Creighton is dwelling for Georgetown because the Bluejays go for his or her 18th victory in a row.
The very best of NCAA Saturday
BIG TEN: Earlier than its typical capability crowd 8,727 on the Bob Devaney Sports activities Middle, No. 2 Nebraska (26-1, 16-0 Massive Ten) stifled Indiana (12-14, 5-11) 25-12, 25-17, 25-19, holding the shell-shocked Hoosiers to .056 hitting (29 kills in opposition to 23 errors). The Cornhuskers have gained 23 in a row. Andi Jackson was 8-for-11 with one error (.636), Harper Murray logged 10 kills, one ace, eight digs and two blocks, and Lexi Rodriguez chipped in with 15 digs and 5 assists. … No. 6 Wisconsin (20-5, 14-2 Massive Ten) had an excessive amount of firepower, cracking at .407 effectivity, throughout a 15-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-15 victory over host UCLA (12-13, 6-10). Intimidating 6-foot-9 reverse Anna Smrek went off for 16 kills on 23 swings in opposition to two errors (.609) with 4 blocks, whereas Sarah Franklin racked up 19 kills. … Emily Londor’s 18 kills highlighted a sweep by host Ohio State over Rutgers.
BIG 12: With its 14th consecutive victory, No. 8 Arizona State (26-2, 14-1 Massive 12) remained atop the convention standings. Senior center blocker Savannah Kjolhede attacked at .500 effectivity (10-for-12 in opposition to one error) and made 5 blocks in a 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 conquer host Cincinnati (13-12, 4-10), which hit 113. … No. 12 Kansas (22-3, 13-2 Massive 12) stayed one sport out of first whereas going up two video games within the loss column over visiting Baylor (18-7, 10-4) with a 25-22, 26-24, 25-17 victory. The Jayhawks shrugged off a 31-18 drawback in assault and repair errors, recording 55 kills to the Bears’ 30. A winner by Ayah Elnady (14 kills, 13 digs) and a rejection by Reese Ptacek tallied the deciding factors within the time beyond regulation second set, offering Kansas vital momentum. London Davis and Caroline Bein added 11 kills every. …
Additionally, visiting Utah (21-5, 11-4 Massive 12) turned the tables on cellar-dwelling UCF (8-15, 1-13) after dropping the primary two units, pulling out a 22-25, 18-25, 25-18, 25-10, 15-12 victory. With the depend knotted at 10 within the tiebreaker, the Utes used kills by Emma Satualu and Kamryn Gibadio and a well timed ace by Claranne Fetcher to open 13-10 separation. Utah’s Laurine Jardine had 16 kills, two aces and three blocks, whereas UCF obtained 20 kills from Avah Armour. … Elli Mortensen rang up 13 kills, two aces and three blocks) as BYU (16-8, 9-5 Massive 12) took a contentious three-setter (25-16, 29-27, 26-24) over host Houston (11-13, 6-8). … Iowa State swept host Texas Tech.
ATLANTIC 10: No. 15 Dayton (28-1, 18-0 A-10) upped its profitable streak to 21 and completed a second consecutive undefeated league marketing campaign, gliding previous host Saint Louis (11-19, 6-12) 25-11, 25-17, 25-15. The Flyers, ranked No. 15 within the newest RPI, sided out at 75% whereas outhitting the host Billikens .435 to .031. Redshirt senior Brooke Smith’s .833 effectivity (10-for-12) led the onslaught, aided by Lexie Almodovar’s 14 kills and Karissa Kaminski’s 17 digs. … However Dayton isn’t the one group with momentum within the A-10. … Virginia Commonwealth (18-8, 16-2 A-10) has gained its final 14 video games, finishing a weekend sweep at Fordham (7-20, 3-15) in 4 units. The house Rams obtained within the first blow, however the visiting Rams landed three knockout punches in prevailing 22-25, 25-10, 25-15, 25-14. VCU obtained 14 kills every from Jasmine Knight (4 blocks, 5 digs), Lara Del Cora (two aces) and Alicia Jaryszek (eight digs, two blocks). … Loyola-Chicago (18-11, 13-5 A-10) will carry a nine-match profitable streak into the league match after a 25-22, 25-23, 25-15 victory on the highway over George Washington (19-12, 9-9). Freshman Sam Falk paced the Ramblers’ protection with 21 digs, chipping in seven assists, and seniors Esma Ajanovic (11 kills) and Olivia Lovett (10 kills, six digs) contributed to a balanced assault. … Emma Slusser (14 kills, .545) keyed a 23-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-13 triumph by host Davidson (15-14, 11-7 A-10) over Rhode Island (9-22, 4-14). … George Mason held off visiting Duquesne in a see-saw five-setter (15-13 within the tiebreaker) regardless of 24 kills by Elizabeth Dreiling.
BIG EAST: UConn (22-6, 10-6 Massive East) moved right into a tie for third with a decent sweep (25-23, 29-27, 25-22) in opposition to visiting Xavier (10-16, 8-8). Emma Werkmeister recorded 16 kills and 10 digs. … Visiting DePaul (18-10, 10-6 Massive East) joined the Huskies in third after being upset by Windfall (8-19, 1-15), which put its first league “W” on the board. The Friars’ celebration in a 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 30-28 nail-biter got here when winners by Shaliyah Rohen (23 kills, eight digs), Kayla Grant and Rhoden once more punctuated the time beyond regulation fourth set. Jill Pressley had 21 kills, 18 digs and 6 blocks in a dropping trigger. … Villanova swept at Butler.
WAC: UT Arlington (26-2, 16-0 WAC) concluded the common season with a 17-match profitable streak and an ideal document within the convention. Fueled by Brianna Ford’s 17 kills, 10 digs and 5 blocks, the visiting Mavericks trampled Utah Tech (15-11, 9-7) 25-23, 25-18, 25-21. Center blocker Paige Reagor cracked 9 kills on .444 hitting with 9 blocks, one solo, whereas sophomore libero Samantha Glenn notched 17 digs. Coach J. T. Wenger referred to as it an “wonderful win within the remaining regular-season match. We performed clear volleyball and executed at a excessive stage. Reagor carried out nicely in that third set and gave us a lift once we had been down early, and Glenn had a strong defensive match preserving us in play.” The Mavericks are forty ninth on the RPI checklist. … Host Utah Valley (19-9, 10-6 WAC) restricted Southern Utah (10-17, 6-10) to .069 hitting in a three-set romp.
MISSOURI VALLEY: Scorching Northern Iowa (22-7, 17-0 MVC) prolonged its streak to 17 and has gained 39 in a row in opposition to Valley groups. The Panthers had been impolite guests to Southern Illinois (10-18, 3-14) throughout a 25-10, 25-13, 25-16 shellacking that noticed the Salukis commit twice as many hitting errors (24) as kills 12). … Drake (20-8, 16-1 MVC) stored proper on the Panthers’ tail, weathering a tense five-setter in opposition to host Missouri State (11-18, 5-12) 22-25, 25-18, 27-25, 29-31, 15-13. Macy Daufeldt was a one-woman gang for the Bulldogs with 27 kills, 19 digs, an ace and three blocks, one solo. … In different Valley matches, host Illinois-Chicago swept Indiana State, visiting Bradley beat Belmont in three and host Valparaiso gained in a sweep over Evansville.
ACC: The lone match went 5 as North Carolina State (14-10, 9-7 ACC) gained a back-and-forth affair with Wake Forest (13-14, 5-11) 20-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 15-11. Amanda Rice led the visiting Wolfpack with 20 kills, 4 aces and 4 blocks.
Across the nation
Helping Abby Shadwick to get Colgate throughout the end line in its tension-packed reverse sweep over host Bucknell that wrapped up the regular-season crown within the Patriot League had been Milan Bayless (16 kills, one ace, 4 blocks) and Taylor Cigna (19 digs, 9 assists). Cameron Lloyd stuffed the stat sheet for the Bison with 20 kills, one ace, 21 digs and two blocks, whereas libero Jordan Hardy piled up 29 digs and 6 assists. Colgate outblocked Bucknell 23 to 13. … Visiting Lehigh (15-12, 8-8 Patriot League) stunned American (20-8, 10-6) in a five-setter (15-9 within the tiebreaker). … Military West Level topped visiting Lafayette in three. … Host Navy swept Holy Cross.
First-place Florida Gulf Coast (24-4, 15-1 Atlantic Solar) wrapped up its common season on an 11-match streak with a sweep of visiting Jacksonville (15-13, 10-6). Shelby Kent logged 13 kills, 9 digs and two aces. … Courtney Jones ripped 17 kills on .438 hitting as Lipscomb (17-10, 14-2 ASUN) bounced host West Georgia in three … Visiting Central Arkansas (16-11, 13-3 ASUN) gained in 4 at Bellarmine. … Additionally, Jap Kentucky swept visiting North Alabama and host Queens topped Austin Peay in three. …Within the Massive South, UNC Upstate defeated host UNC Asheville in 4 units. … On Friday, Excessive Level (21-6, 13-2 Massive South) clinched its fifth consecutive regular-season convention title in a highway sweep over Radford.
The Coastal Athletic Affiliation’s common season wound up with a two-way tie on the high. Delaware (19-6 total) and Faculty of Charleston (23-8) didn’t play one another and each completed 15-3. … The Blue Hens held visiting Elon (11-18, 5-13) to .143 hitting in a 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 victory. … Tynley Smeltzer’s 18 digs highlighted a 25-12, 25-21, 25-19 triumph by host Faculty of Charleston over Northeastern (10-16, 8-10). … A possible three-way impasse was averted when host Towson (23-5, 14-4 CAA) stopped Hofstra (18-9, 14-4) 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 29-27. … North Carolina A&T (17-9, 12-6 CAA) obtained 21 kills from Tyne Ross in a 21-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21, 15-13 reverse sweep over visiting UNC-Wilmington. … Stony Brook picked up a sweep at Campbell.
League-leading Northern Colorado (21-6, 12-2 Massive Sky) constructed two-game respiratory room with a 25-21, 25-22, 25-15 highway blitzing of second-place Weber State (13-12, 10-4). The Bears had 53 kills to the Wildcats’ 28 and Sam Steele dug 20 balls. … Sacramento State (17-10, 10-4 Massive Sky) moved right into a tie for second by defeating host Montana State in 4. … Idaho State (18-8, 9-5 Massive Sky) misplaced floor with a five-set defeat (15-9 within the tiebreaker) to visiting Northern Arizona. … Host Montana State swept Portland State.
Chicago State (17-9, 13-1 Northeast Convention) pulled off a reverse sweep on the highway to clinch the title in its first season within the league. The Cougars rallied for a 20-25, 15-25, 25-21, 25-21, 15-10 victory at Saint Francis (14-12, 10-4), assisted by seven hitting errors within the tiebreaker by The Crimson Flash. The victors obtained 24 kills and 7 digs from Patrycja Lagida, together with 27 digs by Andrea Calderon, offsetting 27 kills by Saint Francis’ Corrin Burns. … Fairleigh Dickinson (21-8, 11-3 NEC) took second within the convention, prevailing in 4 at Stonehill. … Host LIU gained in three over Central Connecticut State and Mercyhurst swept visiting Le Moyne.
The primary- and second-place groups within the Horizon League went all the way down to defeat on the ultimate day of its common season. Wright State (24-5, 16-2 Horizon) ran out of gasoline on the highway and was surprised in a weird reverse sweep by Oakland (8-22, 4-14) 12-25, 14-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-6. The Raiders hit .000 within the tiebreaker. Gentry Brown paced the host Golden Grizzlies with 17 kills and 14 digs. … Milwaukee (20-11, 15-3 Horizon) was unable to learn, nevertheless, dropping a 25-19, 25-19, 25-20 determination on its dwelling courtroom to Cleveland State (20-7, 11-7). … Additionally, Purdue Fort Wayne gained in 4 over visiting Youngstown State, host Northern Kentucky took a five-setter from IU Indy and Inexperienced Bay was a four-set victor over visiting Robert Morris.
Princeton (14-10 total) pulled right into a tie for first with Yale (17-5) because the Ivy League concluded its common slate, every ending 12-2. Yale fell sufferer to a type of dastardly reverse sweeps, stumbling at Cornell (14-9, 8-6) 25-27, 24-26, 25-23, 25-18, 15-11. The host Massive Crimson had been led by Eliza Konvicka (22 kills, 16 digs) and libero Jackie Baker (17 digs). … Princeton gained traction within the final two units to deal with host Harvard (10-13, 5-9) 25-16, 22-25, 25-13, 25-17. Camryn Chaney’s 20 kills, 10 digs and 4 blocks figured closely. … Additionally, Penn eked out a five-set victory (16-14 within the tiebreaker) at Dartmouth and visiting Brown swept Columbia.
San Jose State (14-5, 12-5 Mountain West) topped Colorado State (16-10, 12-4) in 5 units 27-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-19, 15-10 to shut to inside half a sport of the convention lead. Blaire Fleming had 24 kills, 10 digs, an ace and a solo block for the host Spartans. … Fresno State defeated visiting Wyoming in a five-setter and host Utah State bounced San Diego State in 4. Each winners are 11-5 within the Mountain West.
In different highlights, Fairfield (18-11, 15-1 Metro Atlantic) stored its maintain on first place within the MAAC with a five-set triumph (15-9 within the tiebreaker) over host Rider. … Bowling Inexperienced (21-8, 16-2 Mid-American) dodged a bullet in opposition to visiting Ohio, pulling out the fifth set 15-9. … Central Michigan (24-6, 15-3 MAC) stored tempo with the Falcons, additionally profitable in 5 (15-10 within the tiebreaker) at Akron. … South Dakota State (25-1, 14-1 Summit League) and Omaha (15-11, 13-2) held their positions within the standings, the previous sweeping at North Dakota and the latter prevailing in 4 in opposition to visiting South Dakota. … League-leading Mercer (24-5, 14-2 SoCon) swept at Mercer. … Loyola Marymount (21-4, 13-1 West Coast) was pressed to a 30-28 third set in a sweep at Santa Clara. … Within the cluster on the high within the Massive West, Cal Poly (19-8 total) and Hawaii (18-8) each had been 12-4 after profitable in home-court sweeps over UC Irvine and UC San Diego, respectively, every going a half sport up on idle UC Davis. … Host UTEP (26-4, 16-2 Convention USA) stored its grip on second place with a four-set victory over Kennesaw State.
On the sand
Spanish Olympians Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno of TCU are among the many remaining 4 pairs within the championship bracket of the AVCA Seashore Nationwide Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. After taking a season off to qualify for and compete within the Paris Video games, by which they completed fifth, Alvarez and Moreno returned to the collegiate ranks.
On Sunday morning within the semifinals of AVCA nationals, a pairs competitors on the ladies’s aspect, Alvarez-Moreno will meet Brooke Rockwell and Rudy Sorra of Stanford. The opposite semi pits Piper Ferch and Erin Inskeep of Cal Poly in opposition to UCLA’s Maggy Boyd and Sally Perez.
The winners transfer on to the championship match, the losers will play for third place. VBTV will cowl the motion on a free dwell stream.
In the meantime, two Individuals pairs made memorable runs from the qualifier to the gold-medal matches within the Volleyball World Seashore Professional Tour’s Haikou Problem in China.
Cody Caldwell and Evan Cory, seeded sixteenth, stood on the highest step of the rostrum after grinding out a 23-21, 23-21 victory over high seeds Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert, who represented Australia within the Paris Olympics.
Caldwell and Evans will break up the $10,000 first-place test. This was the primary title by Caldwell on the world tour, and Cory’s second. He gained a third-tier Futures occasion in Finland in 2023, teaming with Troy Subject. Cody and Evan had been 21-14, 21-13 victors within the semifinals over Italians Gianluca Dal Corso and Marco Viscovich.
Nonetheless, Toni Rodriguez and Molly Shaw fell one wanting gold after they had been bounced 21-15, 21-15 by the second-seeded Chinese language duo of veteran Chen Xue (a four-time Olympian and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist) and teenager Jinjin Zeng. Seeded nineteenth, the silver medalists every earned $4,000. Within the semifinals, Toni and Molly defeated Lezana Placette and Alexia Richard of France 21-13, 21-18.