There have been simply 11 NCAA Division I ladies’s volleyball matches Wednesday, however they offered loads of pleasure, particularly for Georgia. The Bulldogs not solely upset Arkansas, however swept the visiting Razorbacks, the No. 8 staff within the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll.
Second-ranked Wisconsin misplaced a convention set at dwelling for the primary time earlier than beating AVCA No. 19 Purdue in 4, and AVCA No. 21 Baylor needed to go 5 to beat visiting Oklahoma.
The recaps and prime performances comply with, however first a have a look at Thursday’s schedule that features some essential mid-major match-ups.
Fifth-ranked Texas performs the one Large 12 match when the first-place Longhorns (16-3, 11-0), who’ve received 11 in a row, go to West Virginia (9-15, 2-9).
The Citadel performs its first match with a loss on its report. The 23-1 Bulldogs, 11-1 within the SoCon after getting knocked off by Western Carolina, lead Mercer by three video games with 4 matches remaining earlier than the league event. They play at Wofford.
Because the Large Sky common season heads into the house stretch, first-place Sacramento places its two-game lead with 5 regular-season matches remaining up in opposition to visiting Jap Washington. Second-place Weber State, two video games again, is off.
Utah State (18-5, 11-1) has a three-game Mountain West lead over New Mexico (16-7, 8-4) with six video games left earlier than the league event. Utah State is dwelling for Air Pressure, whereas the Lobos go to Boise State.
The Southland showdown lastly occurs in Hammond, Louisiana, when the 2 groups tied for first go at it. Southeastern Louisiana (22-4, 13-1), which has received 16 in a row, entertains Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (18-8, 13-1), which has received 12 in a row. There are 4 regular-season matches earlier than the convention event, which is at TAMUCC.
The logjam on the prime of The Summit League may get much more jumbled when Denver (10-10, 9-3) performs at last-place Oral Roberts and Omaha (10-12, 9-3) goes to Kansas Metropolis (17-6, 8-3). And the opposite staff within the combine, North Dakota State (16-7, 8-4) is dwelling for South Dakota (13-9, 7-4).
The WAC leaders are in motion. SFA, which holds a one-game lead over Grand Canyon, places its 12-match successful streak in opposition to visiting Seattle U, whereas GCU is at Tarleton State.
Within the West Coast Convention, the place Pepperdine holds a three-game lead over Loyola Marymount and San Diego, the Waves put their 13-match successful streak up in opposition to visiting Gonzaga. LMU, a spot behind Pepperdine at No. 35 within the RPI, is dwelling for Portland, whereas San Diego (RPI 72) might be going to be a staff that performed within the nationwide semifinals one yr and didn’t make the NCAA Event the subsequent.
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Wisconsin (21-1, 12-1) received the primary set, visiting Purdue (14-8, 8-5) dominated the second, after which the Badgers cruised to a 25-14, 16-25, 25-18, 25-14 victory. Sarah Franklin led Wisconsin with 22 kills and hit .513 after having two errors in 39 assaults. She added 4 blocks and 10 digs. Carter Sales space had 9 kills, hit .389, and had two digs and 7 blocks, two solo. Wisconsin hit .302, which included hitting unfavorable .029 within the second set. For the opposite three units, the Badgers had 45 kills with six errors in 91 swings. Eva Hudson, third within the B1G in kills, led Purdue with 18 go along with a solo block and 18 digs. Chloe Chicoine had 14 kills, an help, three blocks and 9 digs. Purdue hit .163.
Additionally within the Large Ten, Illinois (13-10, 8-5) swept visiting Northwestern (11-12, 5-8) as Raina Terry had 22 kills within the 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 victory. Terry, the Large Ten kills chief with 420, 40 greater than Ohio State’s Emily Londot, added an ace and 7 digs …
Georgia (15-8 general, 6-5 within the SEC and No. 54 within the RPI) received a much-needed win over visiting Arkansas (20-4, 10-2), which had not been swept in an SEC match in a yr and never since dropping to Wisconsin in August.
Georgia, which beat ranked opponent for the second time this season, one thing it hadn’t executed since 1993, received 25-22, 25-19, 25-22 as Sophie Fisher had a career-high 22 kills, hitting .441 after having seven errors in 34 assaults. She additionally had an ace, seven blocks and 4 digs. Kacie Evans had 12 kills, two assists, two aces and 10 digs and Erica Staunton had 10 kills and 6 digs. Georgia hit .276, whereas Arkansas hit .222. Jillian Gillen led the Razorbacks with 16 kills, an help, a solo block and 10 digs …
Additionally within the SEC, Ole Miss (10-14, 4-9) held off visiting LSU (9-12, 4-7) as Julia Dyess had 22 kills within the 25-20, 25-14, 24-26, 20-25, 15-12 victory. Dyess, who hit .310, had an help, three blocks and 7 digs …
Baylor (13-9, 7-5) held on for a 25-14, 25-19, 20-25, 23-25, 15-12 win over visiting Oklahoma (9-13, 2-10) as Elise McGhee had 21 kills and Riley Simpson 15. Baylor had 54 kills, whereas Oklahoma had 64. Baylor led in blocks (11-7) and aces (10-4). McGhee had 4 errors in 35 assaults to hit .486 and had two of these aces, three digs and two blocks, one solo. Simpson had an help, two digs and 5 blocks, one solo. Averi Carlson had a kill, 42 assists, 4 aces, a block and 7 digs. Oklahoma’s Alexis Shelton had 20 kills and setter Payton Chamberlain had two kills, 55 assists, 10 digs and 4 blocks, one solo …
Marquette (16-8, 12-1) constructed its Large East result in 1.5 video games over idle Creighton (19-4, 10-2) and St. John’s (18-6, 10-2) with a 21-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-19 win at DePaul (13-11, 6-7). Aubrey Hamilton had 17 kills, Jenna Reitsma 15 and Carsen Murray 12. Murray had one error in 16 assaults and had eight blocks, one solo. Ella Foti had three kills in 11 errorless tries, 47 assists and 18 digs …
Lipscomb (16-7, 11-2) stayed two video games again of idle FGCU (20-5, 12-0) within the ASUN with a sweep of visiting Austin Peay. Delaney Smith had six aces to turn into the all-time ASUN chief with 169, 57 this season, and added 9 digs and two assists. Smith moved into second on this season’s NCAA aces checklist, one behind Indiana’s Camryn Haworth. Jada DiVita had 12 kills, hit .409, and added a dig and two blocks, one solo. Austin Peay hit minus .037. Additionally within the ASUN, North Florida swept at Jacksonville. UNF’s Mahalia White had 14 kills, hit .385 and had two digs and two solo blocks …
In the one ACC match, Boston School (15-12, 4-9) swept visiting Syracuse (2-21, 0-13). Katrina Jensen had 10 kills with one error in 14 assaults, a dig and three blocks …
Fairfield (16-6, 12-2) pulled right into a first-place tie with idle Quinnipiac (16-7, 12-2) with a sweep of visiting Manhattan. Fairfield, which hit .323, received 10 kills from Mamie Krubally. She hit .368 and had 4 blocks, one solo. The Jaspers, who had received 5 in a row, hit .099 …
UMBC (12-7) of the America East swept on the MEAC’s Howard (12-13) as Julija Grubisic Cabo had 11 kills, hit .310 and added a block and 9 digs.
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