Not surprisingly after a topsy-turvy opening weekend, the AVCA Division I Coaches Ballot had a variety of motion.
Most conferences introduced gamers of the week and there have been some stout performances.
There have been two matches Monday as UCLA swept at Northwestern State and Miami (FL) beat visiting Florida Atlantic in 4.
There are 18 NCAA Division I matches on the Tuesday schedule, two particularly with present and postseason impacts.
Stanford, as much as No. 2, performs host to No. 8 Florida and No. 5 Minnesota is dwelling for No. 7 Texas.
Stanford is coming off victories at Northern Colorado and Colorado State. Stanford is 9-5 all time in opposition to Florida, which it beat in Gainesville final 12 months within the pre-conference season. Florida opened with wins over then-No. 8 Penn State and South Florida, however needed to come again from a 2-1 deficit to win in 5 in opposition to USF.
Texas was the preseason No. 1, however the Longhorns opened the season with a shocking four-set loss at Lengthy Seaside State. They then swept Loyola Marymount. Minnesota beat TCU in 4 and swept then-No. 15 Baylor.
Rice, as much as No. 18, performs host to Louisiana-Lafayette. No. 22 Western Kentucky performs host to Belmont. Among the many different matches, Michigan performs Western Michigan, Illinois performs Valparaiso, and Temple, 3-0 for the primary time in 4 years, is dwelling for Delaware State. Jackson State vs. Northwestern State was canceled due to “COVID issues within the Jackson State program.”
AVCA High 25
The preseason ballot was flawed and the opening weekend gave coaches an opportunity to type issues out. The rankings are nonetheless fairly flawed, however …
Wisconsin, Stanford, Louisville and Nebraska all moved up one spot and are ranked 1-2-3-4.
Minnesota is up two sports activities to No. 5, Oregon jumped three notches to No. 6, and Texas fell from the highest to No. 7.
Florida follows, simply forward of No. 9 BYU and the staff BYU knocked out of a tie for fifth, now-No. 10 Pittsburgh.
The most important leap was by Georgia Tech, which went from No. 20 to No. 11. And that was solely as a result of the Yellowjackets beat South Florida and Penn State.
Houston is at No. 13, its highest spot in historical past. Penn State dropped to No. 14. Purdue took the largest tumble, going from sixteenth to No. 25.
Kansas moved in at No. 23 and so did Tennessee at No. 24. San Diego, which was No. 12 however went 0-3, and then-No. 23 USC dropped out.
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UCLA, Miami win
UCLA, which was in Louisiana for its cut up of two matches with LSU, took a time without work after which traveled to Northwestern State and got here away with a 25-23, 25-17, 25-22 victory. UCLA of the Pac-12 (2-1) bought 14 kills from Iman Ndiaye and 10 every fro Anna Dodson, Cheridyn Leverette and Grayce Olson. Dodson had 4 blocks. Northwestern State (0-4) of the Southland Convention bought 10 kills from Teresa Garza …
Miami (FL) of the ACC improved to 3-0 with a 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19 win over visiting Florida Atlantic (2-2) of the American Athletic Convention. Flormarie Heredia Colon had 13 kills for Miamia and Angela Grieve had 12. FAU’s Romina Cornelia had 12 kills.
POWs
The widespread theme is that there are some actually good freshmen taking part in NCAA volleyball this fall. To wit, Florida freshman Kennedy Martin is the AVCA nationwide participant of the week.
Begin with the Large Ten, the place Ohio State jumped two spots to No. 12 after sweeping Northern Kentucky, getting previous Bowling Inexperienced in 5 after which sweeping ETSU. Senior Emily Londot was the Large Ten participant of the week. There was hand wringing in Columbus when coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg let 4 graduate college students transfer on, together with setter Mac Podraza, now at Penn State. Properly, Ohio State freshman Mia Tuman is the B1G setter of the week. A kind of former Buckeyes, libero Kylie Murr, now at Minnesota, was the defensive participant of the week. And the B1G freshman of the week is Nebraska’s Harper Murray, who averaged 3.67 kills, hit .343 and averaged 2.33 digs throughout a 3-0 begin …
Mimi Colyer was final 12 months’s VolleyballMag.com nationwide freshman of the 12 months. The Oregon exterior has picked up proper the place she left off and is the Pac-12 offensive participant of the week. Teammate Karson Bacon is the defensive POW. And in a refreshing be aware, Cal’s Maggie Li is the freshman of the week. The skin from Beijing is Cal’s first freshman of the week since Lauren Forte in 2018 …
It was a great week to be named Emma within the ACC. Duke’s Emma Worthington is the setter of the week and Wake Forest’s Emma Farrell is the defensive POW. The offensive POW is Louisville star exterior Anna DeBeer, who’s within the nationwide player-of-the-year dialogue. And the highest freshman is Clemson’s Kennedy Wagner …
Sticking with the same-name theme, how about Florida’s Martin? The 6-foot-6 freshman was this week’s SEC participant and offensive participant of the week after averaging 5 kills per set in two victories. One other participant from South Carolina, LSU’s Jurnee Robinson, was super for the Tigers and is the freshman of the week after averaging 4.6 kills …
Houston is new to the Large 12, so Kellen Morin is the varsity’s first convention POW. The junior center bought the honour on protection. The Large 12 offensive POW is BYU’s Erin Martin and the rookie is Mia Lee, thereby changing into the primary BYU Large 12 honorees …
The Missouri Valley Convention defensive POW is Drake’s Jada Wills, who had 76 digs in three robust losses … Temple’s Taylor Davenport is the AAC offensive POW after averaging 6.33 kills for the 3-0 Owls … One other Owl, Manu Johnson of Kennesaw State, is the ASUN POW after averaging 4.27 kills …
Rya McKinnon of Howard is the MEAC POW after averaging 5.49 kills … Excessive Level’s Dylan Maberry averaged 4.38 kills and is the Large South POW … North Carolina A&T’s Naiya Sawtelle is the CAA offensive POW after averaging 5.33 kills and a pair of.17 digs … Paige Bartsch had 45 kills and hit .422 for Boise State and is the Mountain West offensive POW … Natalie Mitchem of Jap Illinois is the Ohio Valley offensive POW for averaging 4.25 kills whereas hitting .457 … Kacy Sekunda posted Loyola Maryland’s first triple double since 2015 in opposition to Robert Morris and the junior setter/proper aspect is the Patriot League POW … Morgan Romano, who transferred from Rider to Chattanooga, is the SoCon POW. She averaged 4.64 kills … Carly Gillen is the The Summit League defensive POW after getting 22 blocks as her Kangaroos bought off to a 3-0 begin.