Second-ranked San Diego won its 19th in a row.
Yale wasn’t far behind at 17, but then the Bulldogs lost in the Ivy League to Princeton.
Wright State won again and at 16-0 has clinched the Horizon League regular-season title. ETSU is 13-1 and has done the same in the Southern Conference.
The line of the day went to NM State’s Molly Johnson, who had 37 kills in a five-set win at Seattle U. Johnson had eight errors in 69 attacks to hit .420 and had an ace, 21 digs and four blocks, three solo.
There were plenty of other big performances. Montana State’s Kira Thomsen had 32 kills in a five-set Big Sky win over Portland State as she hit .444 after having four errors in 63 attacks, and added two assists, two aces, 20 digs and a block.
Lani Mason had 30 kills for Delaware in a five-set CAA win at William & Mary and Makenzie Templeton had 29 kills and hit .500 for Southern Utah in a WAC win over California Baptist.
And how about the Salukis?
Southern Illinois has made a remarkable turnaround after finishing 5-26 in 2021, 0-18 in the Missouri Valley Conference. This season, the Salukis are 17-10, 10-5, and alone in third place and have won three of four.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at the key matches in NCAA Division I volleyball on Sunday.
There’s a full slate in the Big Ten but none of the six matches involve two ranked teams. Third-ranked Wisconsin is home for Indiana, No. 4 Nebraska is at Northwestern, No. 9 Minnesota is at Illinois, No. 14 Purdue is at Michigan, No. 15 Penn State is at Rutgers and Iowa is at Maryland.
Seven ACC matches show No. 5 Louisville home for North Carolina, No. 7 Pittsburgh is at Boston College, No. 10 Georgia Tech is at Florida State, NC State is at Notre Dame, Clemson is at Miami, Virginia is at Syracuse and Duke is at Wake Forest.
The biggest of the six Pac-12 matches has No. 16 Oregon, alone in second, home for Washington State, which is tied with UCS for third a game back. USC is home for Arizona. First-place Stanford is home for Colorado, No. 19 Washington is at Oregon State, Arizona State is at UCLA and Utah is at Cal.
The SEC slate shows LSU at Tennessee, Arkansas at Georgia, Ole Miss at South Carolina, and Texas A&M at Auburn.
The Big 12 is off.
No. 13 Creighton plays a Big East match against visiting Connecticut.
Both Conference USA ranked teams play as No. 21 Rice, which has won six in a row, is home for Louisiana Tech, and No. 22 Western Kentucky, riding a…
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