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Sweeps for Louisville, Tennessee; UCLA upsets UH; GT, Baylor, Creighton win
Second-ranked Louisville improved to 8-0 with a sweep of visiting No. 12 Penn State on Sunday. In the only other match between ranked teams, No. 18 Tennessee swept No. 24 Marquette. UCLA won its seventh match in a row by winning in four at…
Purdue tops UK in 5; Florida, Nebraska, Stanford, Oregon, GT win
Seton Hall’s Taylor Jakubowski tries to block Hofstra’s Clara Bal/Hofstra photo Purdue should be used to going five sets. The No. 20 Boilermakers did it again Saturday and beat visiting No. 19 Kentucky 25-23, 19-25, 25-22,…
Shaffmaster, No. 10 Minnesota top No. 6 Oregon; Stanford sweeps Ohio State
PALO ALTO, California — There are always six degrees of volleyball separation seemingly anywhere you go in our sport. Friday at Stanford, well, everyone seemed tied to each other. The ties that bind were evident everywhere as…
Washington St. beats BYU; at least 7 other previously unbeatens lose
Wisconsin’s Carter Booth hits through the Miami block of Cianna Tejada, left, and Peyman Yardimci/Zach Schuster photo The only AVCA ranked teams that lost Friday in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball lost to other ranked teams,…
Wisconsin, BYU win; Florida escapes; MTSU, Liberty score upsets
Temi Thomas-Ailara attacks for Wisconsin against Arizona/Zach Scuster photo The 2023 NCAA Division I women’s volleyball season continues to offer a daily dose of surprises. Third-ranked Florida stayed unbeaten, but the Gators had to…
International recruting continues to pay off for Hofstra, off to 7-1 start
Libero Chiara Cucco/Hofstra photo Hofstra’s volleyball roster reads like the United Nations member list. In addition to six American players, Hofstra’s team includes 10 players from six other countries, including four from Brazil, two…
Texas State’s Ryann Torres, SBC setter of the week, no longer patiently waiting
Ryann Torres/Texas State photo SAN MARCOS, Texas — When Texas State plays host to Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday, it will do so with the reigning Sun Belt Conference setter of the week. Which is nothing unusual at Texas State,…
NCAA: Louisville, Nebraska, Washington State win; SMU upsets Baylor
Second-ranked Louisville got all it could handle at Dayton before winning in five. No. 4 Nebraska crushed short-handed Creighton in the first two sets and then won in four. Unranked SMU knocked off No. 14 Baylor in five. The highlights…
Girls HS Dream Team: Theile, Kenny, Fitch, Mooney, Jackson, Potter, Magliolo, Poole
Every Wednesday during the high school season, provided there are enough nominees from varsity coaches, VolleyballMag.com will recognize a Dream Team of high school volleyball players who were standouts the weekend before. Most weeks, the…