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Volleyball As we speak: South Carolina wins at Florida for first time since 1986


USC’s Ally Batenhorst with the block in opposition to UCLA’s Anna Dodson/Jim Wolf photograph

The lone upset in NCAA Division I volleyball Sunday was by South Carolina, which not solely gained its SEC match at Florida, it swept the No. 19 Gators. It marked the primary time that South Carolina gained at Florida since 1986.

Among the many different Sunday outcomes, No. 11 Oregon needed to go 5 to win its Massive Ten match in opposition to No. 24 Washington and No. 16 USC needed to do the identical to beat UCLA. 

There have been, in fact, reverse sweeps on this season of the reverse sweeps, as Wichita State did it to visiting Florida Atlantic within the American Athletic Convention and Davidson gained a wild one at George Washington within the Atlantic 10 22-25, 20-25, 25-15, 31-29, 15-4. 

Bucknell had gained 15 in a row, however that streak ended when Colgate gained their Patriot League match in 4.

Traces of the day: Binghamton received swept in its America East match at New Hampshire however Tsvetelina Ilieva had 25 kills, six aces, 9 digs and two blocks and Jill Pressly had 26 kills for DePaul in its four-set Massive East win at Seton Corridor, hitting .386, to go together with three assists, 16 digs and a block.

And Hampton, which gained a set for the primary time in 9 matches, misplaced in 4 to UNC Wilmington to fall to 0-19, 0-8 within the CAA.

The brand new VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot comes out later Monday morning and the AVCA high 25 can be introduced within the afternoon. Additionally Monday, ESPN and Massive Ten Community analyst Emily Ehman and VolleyballMag editor Lee Feinswog can have their weekly NCAA Zoom.

There are eight matches on the Monday schedule, 5 within the SWAC, together with league-leading Florida A&M (14-5 and, at 6-0, the one workforce unbeaten in convention play) vs. Alcorn. 

The 2 groups atop the Missouri Valley Convention sq. off when Drake (10-7, 6-0) goes to Northern Iowa (11-7, 6-0). Additionally within the Valley, Illinois State is at Bradley.

Seattle U performs Utah Valley within the WAC.

Additionally on this version of Volleyball As we speak are the outcomes of Sunday’s two Athletes Limitless matches. The final matches of the second week are Monday night time.

USC’s Mia Tuaniga chases down a ball/Jim Wolf photograph

NCAA volleyball Sunday

A fast run by means of the groups ranked in both or each the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot and AVCA high 25:

Third-ranked Penn State gained a tricky one at Indiana 22-25, 25-23, 32-30, 25-22 as Jess Mruzik had 21 kills, 9 digs and three blocks, one solo … No. 4 Louisville gained in 4 at Miami behind 18 kills by Anna DeBeer, who hit .4351 and had 13 digs and a block. Miami’s Grace Lopez had 25 kills, hit .362, and had 5 digs and 4 blocks … No. 7 Texas swept at No. 12 Kentucky, which hit .089. Reagan Rutherford, who transferred to Texas from Kentucky, had 10 kills, hit .438, and added a dig and two blocks … No. 10 Wisconsin hit .433 — 50 kills with eight errors in 97 assaults — and swept visiting Northwestern. Anna Smrek had 13 kills, hit .500, and had two digs and 5 blocks … 

No. 11 Oregon received 25 kills from Mimi Colyer in its 25-19, 22-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-12 comeback victory over No. 24 Washington. Colyer, who hit .306, had an ace, 13 digs and 6 blocks, one solo … No. 16 USC additionally rallied to beat visiting UCLA 25-16, 18-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-11. Ally Batenhorst led with 13 kills, three assists, two aces, 11 digs and 4 blocks and Leah Ford had 10 kills with one error in 18 swings, an ace, 5 digs and 7 blocks, one solo … 

No. 19 Florida received blasted at house by South Carolina 25-23, 25-14, 25-18, which beat a ranked workforce on the street for the primary time 2003 and had not by no means swept a ranked opponent in a real street match since becoming a member of the SEC in 1991. South Carolina, which had simply two units at Florida since becoming a member of the SEC, received 18 kills from Riley Whitesides, who hit .364 and had two assists, an ace and 9 digs … No. 20 Georgia Tech swept visiting Virginia … No. 21 Florida State beat visiting Notre Dame in 4 … No. 25 Auburn gained in 4 at Mississippi State as Madison Scheer had 18 kills, hit .485, and had three blocks.

Key outcomes and high performances from across the nation:

Michigan gained in 4 at Ohio State regardless of hitting .184. Allison Jacobs led with 19 kills, seven digs and two blocks … Colorado gained in 5 at its hurricane-delayed Massive 12 match at UCF, which received 23 kills from Emily Wilson, who hit .314 and had three aces, 9 digs and two blocks. Sydney Jordan led CU with 18 kills, hitting .349, to go together with 15 digs and an ace. Within the different Massive 12 match, Kansas State gained in 5 at West Virginia as Aliyah Carter led with match highs of 17 kills and 11 errors and added 4 digs and 4 blocks, two solo … Marquette swept at Villanova as Aubrey Hamilton had 15 kills with one error in 31 assaults to hit .452 and added seven digs and a block … 

Georgia received 18 kills and 4 blocks from Sophie Fisher in a four-set win over visiting Ole Miss, which received 20 kills every from Nia Washington and Shayla Meyer … LSU beat visiting Texas A&M in 5 as Jurnee Robinson had 23 kills, hitting .327 with an help, 11 digs and three blocks … Missouri beat visiting Tennessee in 5 as each Jordan Iliff and Mychael Vernon had 21 kills and two aces every …

Wichita State beat visiting Florida Atlantic 19-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-23, 16-14 as Alyssa Gonzales had 19 kills, hit .341, and added an help, two blocks and three digs. Setter Izzi Strand had six kills with one error in 16 tries, 55 assists, three blocks and 16 digs … Additionally within the AAC, Maria Clara Andrade had 24 kills for South Florida in a five-set win at Tulsa. She hit .305 and had two assists, an ace, 15 digs and 4 blocks … In North Carolina’s sweep at Wake Forest, Chelsea Thorpe had 16 kills, hitting .519 … Shelby Kent had 22 kills in FGCU’s sweep at Japanese Kentucky. She had 22 kills with two errors in 42 assaults, whereas her teammates mixed for 11 kills with 12 errors in 57 swings … Jacksonville’s Claire Mrukowski additionally had 22 kills in her workforce’s sweep at Queens. She had one error in 32 assaults to hit .656 and added an help, an ace and 5 blocks … Bryant beat UMBC in 5 an Brookeyln Talmadge had 11 blocks and 6 kills with one error in 24 assaults … Davidson’s Isabel Decker had 22 kills, two assists, an ace and 13 digs in her workforce’s reverse-sweep win at George Washington 

Hawai’i swept visiting UC Riverside as Caylen Alexander had 19 kills, hit .378, and had an help, two aces and eight digs … 

Stony Brook gained in 5 at N.C. A&T and Leoni Kunz had 23 kills, hitting .380, 16 digs and a block … Western Kentucky needed to go 5 to win at FIU to get to 15-6, 8-0 in Convention USA. FIU’s Jillian Huckabey had 22 kills, hit.421, and had an ace, 13 digs and a block … Canisius, which the day earlier than gained a reverse sweep, misplaced in 5 to visiting Fairfield, which received 18 kills from Allie Elliott, who had one error in 40 swings to hit .425. She added an ace, 18 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Maya Walker had 14 kills, hit .364, and had 11 blocks, one solo. Canisius libero Jillian Hanna had 30 digs, an help and three aces … Yagmur Gunes had 20 kills for Quinnipiac in its sweep of Iona. She hit .514 and had 9 digs and a block.

Abercrombie, De La Cruz-Mejias win in Athletes Limitless

Workforce (Brittany) Abercrombie swept Workforce Nootsara (Tomkom) 75-62 earlier than Workforce (Bethania) De La Cruz-Mejía beat Workforce (Kayla) Caffey 74-58 on Sunday in Mesa, Arizona. 

Within the opener, Abercrombie continued to glitter as she was the chief for the fifth time in as many matches, this time with 16 kills and eight digs. 

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Within the nightcap, Leketor Member-Meneh was the chief with 14 kills and 10 digs, whereas De La Cruz had 13 kills and 11 digs.

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The second week concludes Monday night time with Nootsara vs. Caffey at 7 p.m. Japanese on ESNPU, adopted by Abercrombie vs. De La Cruz-Mejia at 9:30 on ESPN+.

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