NCAA volleyball: WMU thumps Auburn as No. 7 seeds lose; no main upsets as tourney begins

Western Michigan not solely knocked out Auburn, it opened play Thursday by sweeping the Tigers proper out of the NCAA Match.

There have been no different important upsets among the many 16 first-round matches, though Yale took a set off Penn State, Wright State took one off Louisville and Texas A&M did the identical at Texas. Three of the 4 regional No. 7 seeds, together with Auburn, misplaced.

There have been no five-setters in NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball, both, not within the NCAA nor within the NIVC’s 9 matches.

Right here’s what’s on faucet Friday, a day wherein once more no matches are being performed within the morning or early afternoon. All matches might be seen on ESPN+, which requires a subscription. The Texas-SMU will also be seen on this last yr of the Longhorn Community. There are 24 NCAA matches immediately and there can be fairly a little bit of overlap. The ESPN fifth Set studio present is an alternate for viewers with out a number of gadgets because it goes from match-to-match as warranted.

Go to our VolleyballMag.com TV & Listings web page for the whole schedule, viewing instances and hyperlinks to broadcasts:

Second-round matches

6:30 P.M.. AT KANSAS: Kansas vs. Penn State 

7 P.M. AT LOUISVILLE: Louisville vs. Western Michigan

7 p.m. AT FLORIDA: Florida vs. Georgia Tech

7 P.M. AT KENTUCKY: Kentucky vs. Baylor

7 P.M. AT PURDUE: Purdue vs. Marquette

8 P.M. AT TEXAS: Texas vs. SMU

8 p.m. AT WISCONSIN: Wisconsin vs. Miami

10 P.M. AT OREGON: Oregon vs. Hawai’i

Frst-round matches

4 P.M. AT PITTSBURGH: America East-champion UMBC vs. Pac-12 at-large USC, adopted by MEAC-champion Coppin State vs. ACC-champion Pittsburgh.

4:30 P.M. AT TENNESSEE: Solar Belt-champion Coastal Carolina vs. Convention USA-champion Western Kentucky, adopted by Huge South-champion vs. SEC at-large Tennessee.

5 P.M. AT CREIGHTON: Huge 10 at-large Minnesota vs. Mountain West at-large Utah State, adopted by Patriot League-champion Colgate vs. Huge East-champion Creighton. 

5:30 P.M. AT NEBRASKA: CAA-champion Delaware vs. SEC at-large Missouri, adopted by NEC-champion LIU vs. Huge Ten-champion Nebraska.

5:30 P.M. AT ARKANSAS: Huge 12 at-large TCU vs. ACC-champion Florida State, adopted by WAC at-large Stephen F. Austin vs. SEC at-large Arkansas.

6:30 P.M. AT BYU: SEC at-large Georgia vs. Pac-12 at-large Arizona State, adopted by Huge Sky-champion Weber State vs. Huge 12 at-large BYU.

7 P.M. AT WASHINGTON STATE: West Coast-champion Pepperdine vs. Atlantic 10-champion Dayton, adopted by WAC-champion Grand Canyon vs. Pac-12 at-large Washington State.

7:30 P.M. AT STANFORD: Huge West at-large UC Santa Barbara vs. Huge 12 at-large Houston, adopted by Mountain West-champion Fresno State vs. Pac-12-champion Stanford.

Thursday’s recaps

Western Michigan (31-2), which went 18-0 within the MAC, received its twenty first match in a row with a 25-18, 25-17, 25-19 pasting of the SEC’s Auburn (20-10).  The Broncos, using this system’s longest win streak since 1983, are within the second spherical for the primary time since 2008. WMU hit .367 and bought 14 kills every from Maggie King and Anna Calgano. King hit .303 and had an help, an ace and 7 digs, and Calgano hit 429 after having two errors in 28 assaults, two blocks and two digs. Andelyn Simkins had 25 digs, 4 assists and 6 of her workforce’s 11 aces in opposition to simply two serving errors. Logan Case had two kills in 4 tries, 44 assists and 5 digs. Auburn’s Madison Scheer had 11 kills and Bella Bell and Kyla Swanson seven every …

Louisville (25-4) of the ACC needed to battle again to beat Horizon League-champion Wright State (21-11) after shedding the primary set, 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20. Cara Cresse led the Cardinals with 13 kills and hit .500 after having two errors in 22 assaults to go along with 5 blocks, two solo. Charitie Luper had 9 kills, three blocks and 9 digs. Elle Glock had 35 assists, a block and eight digs, and Elena Scott had 21 digs and 5 assists. Louisville hit .192, whereas Wright State hit .084. Sam Ott led with 18 kills, a block and 12 digs. Jenny Wessling had 26 digs, three assists and an ace … 

The Huge Ten’s Penn State (22-8) bought all it may deal with from Ivy League-champion Yale (21-4) earlier than working away within the fourth set of a 25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 25-16 victory. Yale led 7-0 within the third set and the set was tied 22-22 earlier than Penn State received it. Jess Mruzik led Penn State with 19 kills and had one error in 37 assaults to hit .486. She added two assists, an ace, a block and 6 digs. 5 different Nittany Lions had 5 or extra kills, eight by Taylor Trammel, who had one error in 13 assaults, a dig and 4 blocks, two solo. Mac Podraza had a kill, 42 assists, three aces, a block and 10 digs. Her workforce hit .373. Yale, which hit .194, bought 15 kills from Audrey Leak, 10 from Gigi Barr and 9 from Betsy Goodenow … 

Kansas (24-5) of the Huge 12 swept The Summit League’s Omaha (15-14) as Reagan Cooper lead a balanced assault with 11 kills within the 25-16, 25-19, 28-26 victory. Copper hit .308 and had a dig and two blocks …Omaha’s Amanda Hardt and McKenna Ruch had eight kills every. Ruch had 5 blocks, one solo …

The ACC’s Georgia Tech (23-6) battled for 2 units earlier than cruising to a 25-19, 22-25, 25-15, 25-12 victory over South Alabama (22-9) of the Solar Belt. The Yellow Jackets, who hit .318, bought 15 kills from Tamara Otene, who had an ace, 13 digs and 4 blocks. Larissa Mendes had 12 kills with one error in 24 assaults and DeAndra Pierce had 11 kills with one error in 15 swings and 4 blocks. Hannah Maddux completed with 24 of South Alabama’s 45 kills kills with 10 errors in 66 swings to hit .212. That included a fourth-set wherein she ran out of gasoline and had three kills and 6 errors in 16 assaults …

Florida (19-9) of the SEC made brief work of ASUN-champion Florida Gulf Coast (26-7), which hit .060 within the 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 consequence. Florida, which hit .313, bought 14 kills from Kennedy Martin, who had two errors in 27 assaults to hit .444 and added an help, 11 digs and a block. Sofia Victoria had 11 kills, two assists and three blocks. Elli McKissock had 20 digs, two assists and three aces and Kennedy Muff had two kills in three errorless tries, 36 assists, an ace, a block and two digs … 

Baylor (17-12) of the Huge 12 hit .422 and rolled to a 25-15, 25-19, 25-29 sweep of James Madison (21-10) of the Solar Belt, the seventh seed within the Kentucky area. Elise McGhee led with 16 kills and hit .519 after having two errors in 27 assaults to go along with 5 of her workforce’s seven aces, a block and 4 digs. Manuela Bibinbe had 10 kills with two errors in 15 assaults, two digs and 4 blocks, and Allie Sczech had 9 kills in 17 errorless swings, two blocks and a dig. JMU’s Sophie Davis had 9 kills with one error in 21 assaults … 

SEC-champion Kentucky (20-7) received its seventeenth in a row, a 25-16, 25-15, 25-6 sweep of the SoCon’s Wofford (23-8). The Wildcats, who hit .390, bought 13 kills from Brooklyn DeLeye and 12 from Elise Goetzinger. DeLeye hit .55 and had a block and 9 digs. Goetzinger had one error in 21 swings to hit. 524 and had three blocks. Azhani Tealer had six kills in seven errorless assaults …

Marquette (21-10) of the Huge East overpowered Ohio Valley-champion Japanese Illinois (28-5) 25-19, 25-16, 25-14. The Golden Eagles, who hit .362, bought 13 kills from Jenna Reitsma, who hit .423 and had three aces, two blocks and a dig. Aubrey Hamilton had 10 kills with one error in 26 assaults, an help, ana ce, two blocks and 6 digs. Yadhira Anchante had 25 assists, two aces, two blocks and 14 digs … 

Purdue (22-8) of the Huge Ten blasted MAAC-champion Fairfield (22-7), hitting .478 within the 25-17, 25-13, 25-12. The hitting share was a program greatest in an NCAA match. Eva Hudson had 16 kills with one error in 27 assaults and three digs, and Chloe Chicoine had 15 kills with two errors in 29 swings, two assists, two aces and 9 digs … 

American Athletic-champion SMU (26-6) received its sixteenth in a row, a 25-20, 25-19, 25-16 sweep of the Solar Belt’s Texas State (20-10). Jamison Wheeler led the Mustangs with 17 kills, hitting .483, and had two assists, a block and 9 digs. Naya Shime had 14 kills, hit .480, and had two aces and 11 digs … 

Defending national-champion Texas (23-4) of the Huge 12 dropped the primary set to the SEC’s Texas A&M (16-13) after which received 21-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-20. Madisen Skinner led with 20 kills, an help, an ace, 5 blocks and 4 digs. Asjia O’Neal, who’s averaging simply 1.86 kills per set, had 14 kills with no errors on 26 assaults, an help, 4 digs and whopping 10 blocks, two solo. Emma Halter had 14 digs, 4 assits and an ace, and Ella Swindle had 4 kills, 35 assists, 5 blocks and 10 digs …

Freshman Grace Lopez went off for a career-best 30 kills as Miami (18-11) of the ACC beat Missouri Valley-champion Northern Iowa (26-7), which had received 21 in a row, 25-23, 25-19, 20-25, 25-20. Lopez, a freshman outdoors from Puerto Rico, had 4 errors in 49 assaults to hit .531 and added three blocks 9 digs. Her teammates mixed for 27 kills, eight by Flormarie Heredia Colon, who had three aces, three blocks and three digs. Kira Fallert led UNI with 18 kills, hit .342, and had an help, ana ce, a block and 12 digs …

Wisconsin (27-3) of the Huge Ten hit .488 an ddispatched SWAC-champion Jackson State (17-13) because the Badgers had an 11-4 blocks benefit within the 25-18, 25-9, 25-18 victory. Wisconsin had 46 kills and 6 errors in 82 swing. Sarah Franklin led with 12 kills and had one error in 21 assaults, three blocks and a dig. Temi Thomas-Ailara had 10 kills with two errors in 16 assaults and Anna Smrek had eight kills with one error in 17 swings and 6 blocks. Carter E-book had six kills in 10 errorless assaults ans eight blocks, one solo. JSU hit .064 … 

Huge West-champion Hawai’i (24-8) battled to a 16-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-23 win over seventh-seeded Iowa State (20-10) of the Huge 12. Caylen Alexander led the Rainbow Wahine with 18 kills, an help, an ace, a block and 6 digs. Amber Igiede had 14 kills with one error in 35 assaults to hit .371 and had an help, 4 digs and 4 blocks. Kennedi Evans had six kills and 7 blocks, one solo, and Tali Hakas had six kills with one error in 19 assaults, 5 blocks and 14 digs.Kate Lang had 45 assists, ana ce, three blocks and 13 digs. Iowa State’s Maya Duckworth had 15 kills, an help, 5 of her workforce’s eight aces, 11 digs and two blocks, one solo. Alexis Engelbrecht had 13 kills, hit .478, and had an help, six digs and two blocks, one solo … 

Oregon (27-5) of the Pac-12 routed Southeastern Louisiana (28-5), the Southland Convention champion which had received 22 in a row. Oregon hit .385 within the 25-16, 25-13, 25-13 victory as six Geese had 4 or extra kills. Mimi Colyer led with 11 and hit .435 after having one error in 23 assaults to go along with two digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Southeastern Louisiana hit .000.

NIVC

Tulsa received its first-round match over Kansas Metropolis in 4 as Kayley Cassaday had 23 kills and took over the NCAA lead in kills this season. She has 615, transferring forward of Evansville’s Giula Cardona, who has 593 and is completed for the season. Skylar Fields, who’s third with 586, opens NCAA play immediately when USC faces UMBC.

Ball State hit .421 and beat Center Tennessee in 4 as Aniya Kennedy and Kendall Barnes had 17 kills every, Wichita State swept Arkansas State, Clemson swept Japanese Kentucky, Wyoming beat South Dakota in 4 and Northern Colorado swept Valparaiso.

In second-round motion Thursday, Drake swept DePaul.

Right here is Friday’s schedule. Go to our VolleyballMag.com TV & Listings web page for the whole schedule, viewing instances and hyperlinks to broadcasts:

First-round matches

Buffalo vs. South Florida
Howard vs. St. John’s
Winthrop vs. Georgia Southern
The Citadel vs. East Carolina
Florida Atlantic vs. UT Arlington
North Texas vs. UTEP

Second-round matches

Tulsa vs. Wichita State
Clemson vs. Ball State
Wyoming vs. Northern Colorado
Montana State vs. Sacramento State

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