Again from a three-matches-in-three-days NCAA state-of-Texas volleyball sojourn the place we noticed Rice get thumped at Baylor, Houston get blasted at Texas State and Stanford sweep at Texas.
This report recaps Sunday’s outcomes and contains the brand new AVCA high 25, one which actually was altered by the matches we attended.
There have been loads of different necessary outcomes, together with Wisconsin escaping once more, Pitt beating Kentucky once more, and Florida blasting Minnesota.
Curiously, the Texas journey included seeing 5 ranked groups, however the function story generated will likely be on setter Ryann Torres of unranked Texas State. Search for it right here this week.
Additionally, click here to read about Stanford’s beat-down of Texas and see pictures from Matt Smith.
There are solely 5 matches on Monday’s schedule, together with Florida State of the ACC at Samford of the SoCon. Texas Tech of the Massive 12, 6-1, is happening the highway for the primary time when the Purple Raiders play at North Texas of the American Athletic. Saint Mary’s of the WCC, off to a 5-0 begin, third greatest in program historical past, is at Sacramento State of the Massive Sky. The Massive Ten’s Northwestern is at Milwaukee of the Horizon League and UC Davis of the Massive West is at Idaho State of the Massive Sky.
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AVCA, ADJUSTED: The preseason and first-week polls received a lot wanted correction this week now that the pattern dimension has grown after two NCAA volleyball weekends.
Wisconsin, which twice gained in 5 units stayed No. 1 and received 61 of the 64 first-place votes.
Louisville, which retains on rolling and moved up a spot to No. 2, received no first-place votes.
Florida, which received two votes, leaped from No. 8 to No. 3 after not simply beating however sweeping Stanford and Minnesota.
Nebraska received the opposite vote and stayed No. 4. Not one of the first 4 groups have a loss.
Stanford, which swept at Texas on Sunday, dropped three spots to No. 5. Oregon stayed No. 6, Texas remains to be seventh, BYU is up a notch to No. 8, Pitt is up a spot to No. 9 and Minnesota fell 5 spots to fifth.
Tennessee moved up six spots to No. 18. Houston fell eight spots to No. 21. Each Rice, which tumbled from No. 18, and Western Kentucky (No. 22) dropped out and Hawaii (No. 23) and Auburn (No. 25) moved in. Auburn is ranked for the primary time ever.
Six groups are from the Massive Ten. The Massive 12 and SEC have 5 groups every. The Pac-12 and ACC have three every. The Massive East has two and the Massive West one.
| Rank | College | Whole Factors Adjusted | First Place Votes Adjusted | Win/Loss Report | Earlier Rank |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 1,595 | 61 | 5-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Louisville | 1,488 | 0 | 6-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Florida | 1,417 | 2 | 4-0 | 8 |
| 4 | Nebraska | 1,408 | 1 | 5-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Stanford | 1,366 | 0 | 3-1 | 2 |
| 6 | Oregon | 1,262 | 0 | 6-0 | 6 |
| 7 | Texas | 1,175 | 0 | 2-2 | 7 |
| 8 | BYU | 1,130 | 0 | 6-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | 1,089 | 0 | 4-1 | 10 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 1,030 | 0 | 2-2 | 5 |
| 11 | GA Tech | 1,022 | 0 | 4-0 | 11 |
| 12 | Penn St. | 783 | 0 | 3-2 | 14 |
| 13 | Wash. St. | 695 | 0 | 5-1 | 17 |
| 14 | Baylor | 657 | 0 | 1-2 | 16 |
| 15 | Ohio St. | 601 | 0 | 3-2 | 12 |
| 16 | Creighton | 576 | 0 | 5-1 | 20 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 507 | 0 | 4-2 | 21 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 475 | 0 | 5-1 | 24 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 445 | 0 | 1-3 | 15 |
| 20 | Purdue | 421 | 0 | 3-2 | 25 |
| 21 | Houston | 359 | 0 | 4-1 | 13 |
| 22 | Kansas | 322 | 0 | 3-1 | 23 |
| 23 | Hawai‘i | 243 | 0 | 4-1 | 26 |
| 24 | Marquette | 169 | 0 | 2-3 | 19 |
| 25 | Auburn | 146 | 0 | 5-0 | 29 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or extra ballots: Rice 96; Iowa State 78; Western Kentucky 66; Washington 32; Dayton 24; UCF 17; Utah State 11; San Diego 9; James Madison 7; Texas A&M 7; Colorado State 6; Duke 6; Texas State 5.
11 groups talked about on just one poll for a complete of 55 mixed factors.
Dropped Out: Rice 18; Western Kentucky 22
BIG TEN: Begin with top-ranked Wisconsin, which has been something however boring this younger season and lived on the sting once more Sunday in opposition to visiting and beforehand unbeaten Tennessee of the SEC (5-1). The Badgers of the Massive Ten improved to 5-0 by successful in 5 for the second time in three matches, this time 25-16, 25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 15-13.
Wisconsin, which held a 16-6 blocks benefit and hit .306 whereas the Vols hit .205, received outscored 5-1 to finish the fourth set. Within the fifth Wisconsin constructed a 6-1 lead however Tennessee pulled right into a 10-10 tie. The Badgers went up 14-23 and at last ended it on a kill by Sarah Franklin, who led with 23 kills whereas hitting .352. She added an help, an ace, seven digs and 4 blocks, one solo.
Devyn Robinson had 15 kills, a dig and 5 blocks. Carter Sales space had eight kills with one error in 17 assaults, a dig and eight blocks, one solo. Anna Smrek had seven kills with two errors in 10 swings, a dig and 4 blocks, one solo.
Tennessee’s Morgahn Fingall had 22 kills, an help, three of her workforce’s 12 aces (in comparison with three for Wisconsin), a block and 5 digs. Jenaisya Moore had 14 kills, a block and three digs. Erykah Lovett, who had an ace, 15 digs and two blocks, and Keondreye Granberry had 9 kills every. Grandberry had 4 blocks and a dig. Caroline Kerr had 55 assists, a kill, an ace, two blcis and 11 digs, and Yelianz Torres had 16 digs, 5 assists and 4 aces …
There have been eight different matches together with Massive Ten groups, together with the SEC’s Florida (4-0) taking it to visiting Minnesota (2-2) 25-22, 25-18, 25-22. Kennedy Martin led the Gators with 15 kills, an ace, a block and 7 digs. Anna Dixon had eight kills and two blocks. Minnesota, which hit .147, received 9 kills from Mckenna Wucherer and eight from Taylor Landfair. Landfair had the Gophers’ two aces …
Nebraska (5-0) gained 25-21, 25-15, 25-19 on the Massive 12’s Kansas State (4-1). 4 Huskers had 9 or extra kills, together with 10 by Merritt Beason, who had an help, an ace, three digs and 6 blocks … Jess Mruzik had 26 kills as Penn State (3-2) beat visiting James Madison of the Solar Belt (4-2) 25-18, 20-25, 25-16, 25-16. Mruzik hit .339 and had two help, an ace, a block and 7 digs. JMU’s Miette Veldman had 15 kills … Arkansas of the SEC (4-2) swept Michigan (1-4) as Taylor Head had 17 kills and Jillian Gillen 15 … Iowa (4-2) swept South Dakota State of The Summit League (1-5) behind 17 kills by Caitlan Buettner … Michigan State (4-2) swept Delaware State (3-4) of the MEAC 25-13, 25-16, 25-21 … Illinois (3-1) saved the Valley’s Illinois State (0-6) winless with a 25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 25-20 victory. Raina Terry and Kayla Burbage had 14 kills every. Terry had an help, an ace, seven digs and 4 blocks, one solo … Navy of the Patriot League is 5-1 and received 11 kills from Jamie Llewellyn in a sweep of Maryland (4-2).
ACC: The ACC’s Pitt is 4-1 after beating Kentucky (1-3) in back-to-back matches. In Sunday’s 25-21, 25-27, 25-13, 25-22 victory, Torrey Stafford and Olivia Babcock had 13 kills every. Stafford had an help, 5 digs and three blocks and Babcock hit .458 and had two assists, seven blocks and three digs. Emma Monks had eight kills in 13 errorless swings and eight blocks, one solo. Kentucky’s Reagan Rutherford had 19 kills, hit .357 and had an ace, 5 blocks and 7 digs … Louisville is 6-0 after sweeping beforehand unbeaten Missouri of the SEC (5-1), which hit .057. Anna DeBeer and Cara Cresse had 12 kills every. Cresse hit .500 and had six blocks, two solo. Aiko Jones had seven kills with one error in 11 assaults, three aces, a dig and 5 blocks …
Additionally within the ACC, Wake Forest is 6-0 because it continues its greatest begin in 4 years. The Demon Deacon hit .323 and swept FIU (2-5) of Convention USA. Ava Carney hd 12 kills with one error in 23 assaults … Florida State (3-2) misplaced in 4 to Auburn of the SEC (5-0). Auburn received 15 kills from Akasha Anderson, 14 from Madison Scheer and 13 from Bella Bell, who had one error in 29 assaults. FSU’s Audrey Koenig had 20 kills … Clemson (4-2) hit .438 and had a 12-3 blocks benefit in a sweep of Inexperienced Bay (2-4) of the Horizon League … Boston Faculty (3-3) beat UC Irvine (2-4) of the Massive West in 4. Alayna Crabtree had 21 kills, hit .326 and had two aces, a block and eight digs. Anna Murphy had 23 digs, two aces and 6 assists … Might Syracuse go winless? The Orange fell to 0-6 after getting swept by Belmont of the Missouri Valley.
SEC: Three different SEC groups performed and all gained in 4. Alabama (6-0) beat Sam Houston (4-3) of Convention USA within the first match it didn’t sweep this season, LSU (2-3) received 17 kills from Jurnee Robinson and beat Ball State (2-4) of the MAC and South Carolina (4-1) beat Troy (0-5) of the Solar Belt.
PAC-12: Along with Stanford beating Texas, three different Pac-12 groups gained. Oregon State (3-2) hit .371 and had 5 gamers with six or extra kills because it swept Boise State (2-2) of the Mountain West … Arizona State is 6-0 and continued its greatest begin in eight years by beating NM State of C-USA (3-2) in 4. Shannon Shields had 40 assists, an ace, 4 digs and 6 blocks, two solo … Arizona (3-3) received previous Grand Canyon of the WAC (3-3) in 5. Sofia Maldonada Diaz had 21 kills and 12 digs.
AROUND THE NATION: Creighton (5-1) of the Massive East battled to a 25-21, 34-36, 25-20, 25-23 victory over the Valley’s Northern Iowa (3-3). Ava Martin had 22 kills, hitting .396, and had two blocks and 6 digs. Norah Sis had 16 kills, three assists, two blocks and 16 digs. Kendra Wait had seven kills in 12 errorless tries, 42 assists, ana ce, 5 blocks and 22 digs, and Ellite Bolton had 25 digs, 10 assists and an ace. Kira Fallert and Emily Holterhaus had 18 killd every for UNI. Fallert had two assists, three aces, two solo blocks and 17 digs. Erin Powers had 24 digs and eight assists. Reese Sales space, whose mother Kirsten coaches Creighton, is a UNI commit and will likely be there this time subsequent 12 months …
UCF is 6-1 after sweeping winless Alabama State. The Knights hit .514 with 44 kills and 6 errors in 74 assaults … Tulane hit .425 in a sweep of Alabama A&M … Villanova gave Santa Clara its first loss as Abby Harrell had 19 kills within the four-set win. She had an ace, 12 digs and three blocks …
South Alabama is 6-0 after sweeping Western Carolina. Hannah Maddux had 15 kills, hitting .433 … In Charlotte’s sweep of Xavier, Lara Kretschmer had 12 kills in 21 errorless swings, an ace, three digs and 5 blocks … Center Tennessee swept Kent State and Kayla Henley had 16 kills with no errors in 23 assaults, six aces and 7 digs … 6-1 Temple hit .400 in a sweep of Morgan State. Samantha Jo Mikosky had seven kills with no errors in 12 assaults and 6 blocks, 4 solo … Towson is 6-1 after sweeping Rider. Aayinde Smith had six kills in eight errorless assaults, an ace and three blocks … In Georgetown’s sweep of VCU Kamryn Lee-Caracci had 10 kills, hit .412 and had an help and 7 blocks, one solo.
FIRST RUTGERS COACH DIES: Rutgers’ first volleyball coach, Socrates “Scott” Mose, died August 28. Moses was the coach there from 1977-82.
Mose was 211-65 and gained the 1982 Atlantic 10 title, which received the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA Match. It was the primary Rutgers ladies’s program to earn an computerized bid to an NCAA Match.
Rutgers famous that Mose additionally coached the USA Deaf Nationwide Crew.
