Three extra days till the NCAA Event regionals being. We’ve bought the schedule.
We admit to not doing justice to Division III, however Juniata! What a narrative. We now have the recap of the Eagles successful one other championship — the onerous manner.
The teaching carousel has some information, each faculty and professional.
We’ve additionally bought some worldwide seashore outcomes from a Volleyball World professional cease in Pompano Seashore.
And later Monday, in our 900 Sq. Toes weekly NCAA Zoom, ESPN and Huge Ten Community analyst Emily Ehman and I’ll speak some spherical of 16 and interview each Louisville assistant Dan Meske and Heather Pavlik, the coach of the aforementioned Juniata dynasty.
It’s all on this version of Volleyball Immediately:
NCAA volleyball Thursday, Friday
Right here’s the schedule with occasions. All of Thursday’s matches are on ESPN2:
Thursday
At Pittsburgh (with all of the second matches beginning half-hour after the primary ends)
1 p.m. — Missouri (22-8) vs. Kentucky (22-7), Oregon (24-7) vs. Pittsburgh (31-1)
At Louisville
7 p.m. — Florida (23-7) vs. Stanford (27-4), Purdue (27-6) vs. Louisville (27-5)
Friday
At Penn State
1 p.m. — Texas (20-6) vs. Creighton (31-2), Marquette (25-8) vs. Penn State (31-2)
At Nebraska
7 p.m. — Texas A&M (21-7) vs. Wisconsin (25-6), Dayton (31-2) vs. Nebraska (31-2)
See the up to date bracket at NCAA.com.
Pitt has the perfect file at 31-1 with the one loss to SMU. Creighton (five-set losses to Nebraska, Louisville), Dayton (to Loyola Chicago within the A10 closing) and Nebraska (to SMU, Penn State).
Juniata makes it three DIII titles in a row
Juniata (35-0) capped its season with not solely its 97th victory in a row, however a 3rd consecutive NCAA Division III nationwide championship.
And it wasn’t straightforward.
The Eagles defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater 25-19, 25-19, 15-25, 26-28, 15-10 within the closing two days after pulling off a reverse sweep within the semifinals. Juniata was down 0-2 to Hope earlier than an unbelievable 18-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-15, 15-11 rally.
Juniata had solely misplaced 4 units all season getting into the semifinals however finally got here away with this system’s fourth NCAA title. Mackenzie Coley led the Eagles within the title match with 19 kills, hitting .341, and had a dig and three blocks, one solo. Kennedy Christy had 18 kills, an help, two aces, 12 digs and a block. Setter Olivia Foley had a kill, 56 assists, an ace, 18 digs and two blocks.
Learn the Juniata recap right here.
Wisconsin-Whitewater completed its season 31-4. Jenna Weinfurt had 25 kills, hit .302, and had two assists, 18 digs and two blocks.
Liberty tabs White; Hernández Cruz to teach PVF’s Thrill
Jeremy White, who had super success at Southeastern Louisiana, is the brand new coach at Liberty. He takes over a group that completed 13-18 final season, 7-11 in Convention USA. Click on right here for the Liberty information launch.
Liberty has been to the NCAA Event seven occasions, the final in 2012, and has by no means gained an NCAA match.
Former LSU coach Fran Flory is shifting full time into the final supervisor function for the Professional Volleyball Federation’s Vegas Thrill. Her substitute is Puerto Rican Olympian Rámon “Monchito” Hernández Cruz.
Learn the Thrill information launch right here.
Seashore Professional Tour Futures Pompano Seashore
From Volleyball World:
American duos collected 5 of the six medals on the Pompano Seashore Futures on the Volleyball World Seashore Professional Tour.
Kimberly Hildreth and Xolani Hodel, Madison Shields and Avery Poppinga and Devon Newberry and Jaden Whitmarsh, in that order, lined up on the ladies’s podium. Tim Brewster and Logan Webber gained the all-American males’s closing towards Caleb Kwekel and Gage Basey, whereas Norway’s Nils Gunnar Ringoen and Even Stray Aas completed in third place.
Click on right here to learn the Volleyball World story that has images of the respective podiums.
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