What a big week ahead in NCAA women’s volleyball as the pre-conference season comes to a close.
For those planning their volleyball TV-watching week, it’s a bonanza:
— Tuesday there’s No. 9 Stanford at No. 2 Nebraska on the Big Ten Network.
— Wednesday, we got a big bonus for the college game when No. 3 Louisville at No. 13 Kentucky was moved from ESPNU to ESPN. As UK coach Craig Skinner said in a Tweet, “Thank you ESPN for helping take our sport to the next level. This is a big deal for women’s sports and volleyball.”
— On Friday, No. 4 Wisconsin plays host to No. 16 Florida in Madison’s Kohl Center on the Big Ten Network. Wisconsin is hoping for the biggest regular-season crowd ever.
And those are just the showcase matches. On Thursday, No. 15 BYU plays Utah and No. 22 Pepperdine is at No. 6 Minnesota. On Sunday, No. 5 Ohio State plays at No. 12 Pittsburgh and Nebraska goes to Kentucky.
It’s gonna be a heck of a week.
AVCA POLL: Texas (6-0) remained No. 1. The Longhorns play host to Houston and High Point this week. High Point’s Dylan Maberry, who is from Magnolia, Texas, was the Big South player of the week after getting 38 kills and hitting .402 in three victories last week.
Nebraska stayed No. 2.
And then things got shuffled.
Louisville is up a spot and back at No. 3. Wisconsin moved up two spots to No. 4 and Ohio State is up three notches to No. 5. Minnesota dropped three spots to No. 6, Georgia Tech dropped two spots to No. 7, and surging San Diego is up five spots to No. 8 (USD coach Jen Petrie was on our Monday NCAA volleyball conversation).
Stanford lost to Penn State and beat Minnesota and moved up two spots to No. 9 Purdue lost a spot and is No. 10. Penn State made a big jump after beating Oregon and Stanford and is up nine notches to No 11.
Pittsburgh, BYU and Washington all dropped five spots while Marquette moved up four.
UCLA dropped out and Arkansas is in at No. 24.
Click here for the complete AVCA Division I Coaches Poll.
UNBEATENS: We’re down to 10 teams. Boston College and Towson are 10-0; Jacksonville State and Valparaiso are 9-0; Auburn and Penn State are 8-0; Nebraska is 7-0; Texas is 6-0; UCF is 5-0; and Hampton is 3-0.
SPEAKING OF MINNESOTA: The Gophers (4-2) have seen a little bit of everything. They opened with victories over Baylor and TCU and then lost at top-ranked Texas in four. After beating visiting Florida in four, they were home last weekend for Oregon and Stanford….
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