NCAA volleyball: WMU wins MAC; Omaha vs. KC for Summit title; OVC, MVC semis set

Western Michigan, which led the MAC from wire to wire, gained the league’s computerized bid to the NCAA Match,

However it wasn’t simple.

The Broncos took the primary two units Monday evening towards Bowling Inexperienced within the convention match ultimate, then bought fully overpowered by the Falcons within the subsequent two earlier than bouncing again to win the fifth.

Convention match play continues Tuesday.

In The Summit League, Omaha faces Kansas Metropolis for the league’s NCAA bid, and the Ohio Valley Convention and Missouri Valley convention play semifinals.

There’s a key Pac-12 match when Oregon, the No. 6 crew within the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, performs AVCA No. 24 USC. 

And in a non-conference match, Excessive Level, which gained the Massive South and its NCAA bid and is No. 50 within the NCAA RPI, performs on the Massive 12’s TCU, No. 46 within the RPI and holding out hope for an NCAA Match at-large bid. The Horned Frogs end convention play Saturday towards AVCA No 16 BYU.

There’s additionally been one other NCAA Division I girls’s volleyball teaching change.

For the whole schedule with viewing hyperlinks to each match, go to the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.

MAC: Prime-seeded Western Michigan (30-2) not solely gained its twentieth match in a row, the Broncos defeated sixth-seeded Bowling Inexperienced (19-13) in an up-and-down ultimate 25-16, 25-21, 14-25, 15-25, 15-7.

Western Michigan, driving this system’s longest profitable streak since 1983, has been to the NCAA Match 12 instances, the final in 2014. In opposition to Bowling Inexperienced, Keona Salesman led with 18 kills, hitting .300 after having three errors in 50 assaults. She had a solo block and a dig. Maggie King had 15 kills, two aces, 5 digs and 4 blocks. Logan Case had two kills in 4 errorless tries, 44 assists, an ace, a block and 6 digs. Andelyn Simkins had 20 digs, three assists and two aces. 

Bowling Inexperienced’s Lauryn Hovey had 21 kills, two assists, 12 digs and three blocks, one solo. Mia Tyler added 17 kills, a block and 5 digs. Alex Laboy had 25 digs, 5 assists and an ace and Jaden Walz had 4 kills, 48 assists, two aces, 4 blocks and three digs.

Chuck Curti featured Western Michigan in September when the Broncos have been 12-2 on the time:

After disappointing 2022, Western Michigan (12-2) rediscovered its mojo overseas

OVC: The Ohio Valley Convention semifinals pit top-seeded Japanese Illinois towards No. 5 Southern Indiana and second-seeded Southeast Missouri vs. third-seeded Lindenwood. 

EIU (26-4) hit .343 and swept Little Rock (11-19) as Giovana Larregui Lopez had 14 kills, two aces, a block and 10 digs, Natalie Mitchem had 13 kills, hitting .550, and Emily Wilcox had 110 kills, an ace and 4 blocks. Christina Martinez Mundo had 21 digs and 6 assists. 

Southern Indiana (15-15) swept Morehead State (18-13) behind 15 kills, three blocks and three digs from Abby Bednar. Leah Anderson added 12 kills, three assists, a block and 14 digs.

Southeast Missouri (21-9) needed to go 5 to get previous Western Illinois (9-21) as Zoey Beasley had 22 kills, 4 blocks and two digs. Lucy Arndt had 17 kills, an help, 12 digs and three blocks, one solo. Marisa Guisti had 9 kills and eight blocks. Tara Beilsmith had 28 digs, three aces and eight assists, and setter Izzy Lukens had a kill, 56 assists, three aces, three blocks and 24 digs. WIU’s Keyana Cruse had 24 kills, two blocks and 19 digs.

Lindenwood (16-14) beat Tennessee Tech (13-17) in 5 as Addy McAleer had 15 kills, an ace, 4 blocks and 6 digs. Anna Kraemer had 14 kills, 4 blocks and three digs. Allie Otten had three kills, 47 assists, an ace, two blocks and 16 digs. Lexi Menne had 4 aces. Tennessee Tech’s Madolyn Isringhausen had 15 kills, 20 digs and three blocks, one solo, and McKenna Younger had 28 digs and two assists.

SUMMIT: Omaha (14-13) is again in The Summit League ultimate for the third yr in a row performs Kansas Metropolis (22-7) and there’s each motive to suppose it ought to be fairly a battle. Kansas Metropolis gained their first regular-season match in 5 to open the Summit season on September 21 in Kansas Metropolis, after which Omaha gained in 4 at house on November 2.

Omaha, which began the season 0-9 together with being the crew that bought swept by Nebraska within the football-stadium match, beat Denver (14-12) 25-21, 25-21, 20-25, 15-25, 16-14. Omaha fell behind 6-2 within the fifth however responded with a 5-0 run. Kali Jurgenmeister led the Mavericks with 15 kills, a block and a dig. Rachel Fairbanks had 12 kills, an help, 4 aces, two blocks and 10 digs. McKenna Ruch, who had the match-winning kill, had 11 kills, hit .360, and had an help, an ace and 4 blocks, one solo. Denver’s Cassie Davis had 25 kills, hit .357 and had an ace, six digs and 5 blocks, one solo.

Kansas Metropolis beat North Dakota State (18-11) in 4 to advance to a title match for the primary time since 1997. Odyssey Warren led with 16 kills and eight digs. Sila Ozyurek had 10 kills with one error in 15 swings and 5 blocks, and Carly Gillen had 9 kills, hit .316 and had an help, two digs and 6 blocks, one solo. Leah Inexperienced had 18 digs, two assists and an ace. NDSU’s Ali Hinze had 18 kills, two assists and 17 digs, and Alexis Boling and Ally Barth had 12 kills every.

VALLEY: The Missouri Valley Convention semifinals pit top-seeded Northern Iowa towards fourth-seeded Southern Illinois and second-seeded Drake vs. No. 3 UIC.

Whereas UN (24-6)I, which ran away with the regular-season title, and Drake (21-9) waited for his or her first matches, SIU (20-10) swept Belmont (14-20) and UIC did the identical to Missouri State (16-16).

Nataly Garcia led the SIU Salukis with 12 kills, an help, two aces, three blocks and 7 digs. Kelly Franklin had 9 kills, hit .368, and had 4 blocks. Belmont’s Brooke Gilleland had 12 kills.

UIC bought 15 kills from Martina Delucchi, who had an help, an ace, a block and 10 digs, and 11 kills from Becca Oldendorf. Oldendorf had one error in 17 assaults, an ace and two blocks, one solo. 

SMU TOPS PEPPERDINE: SMU of the American Athletic Convention improved to 24-6 with its 14th win in a row, a sweep of visiting Pepperdine (19-8) of the West Coast Convention. SMU gained the uncommon late-season non-conferece matchup amongst NCAA Match groups 25-21, 25-23, 25-16. Each groups gained their respective convention’s regular-season titles and NCAA bids that got here with them.

SMU’s Jamison Wheeler led with 14 kills, an ace, three blocks and 9 digs. Naya Shime had 11 kills, an help, an ace, a block and 4 digs. Alex Glover had three kills in six errorless assaults and seen blocks. Birdie Hendrickson had 10 kills for Pepperdine.

NEVADA COACH: Lee Nelson was let go after 9 seasons. This yr, the Wolf Pack completed 7-21, 3-15 within the Mountain West.