Unranked Indiana dealt No. 5 Ohio State another defeat; No. 12 Oregon had to pull off a reverse sweep to beat USC; No. 18 Kentucky, swept the day before at No. 10 Florida, in turn swept the Gators; Cal, winless in the Pac-12 lost its fifth five-set match in a row; and 11 more automatic bids to the NCAA Tournaments were awarded.
We have all the details in another story, but it was quite a Sunday in NCAA Division I volleyball as bids went to Rice in Conference USA (although Western Kentucky will get a bid), UMBC in the America East, Loyola in the A10, High Point in the Big South, Wright State in the Horizon, Delaware State in the MEAC, Colgate in the Patriot, FAMU in the SWAC, Samford in the SoCon, Southeastern Louisiana in the Southland, and James Madison in the Sun Belt.
BIG TEN: Indiana (15-15, 8-10) had never beaten a top-five team before its 24-26, 25-17, 25-17, 20-25, 16-14 victory at Ohio State (19-7, 15-3) on Sunday.
The Hoosiers were down 14-12 in the fifth before tying and then ending it on back-to-back kills by Mady Saris. Saris and Candela Alonso-Corcelles had 14 kills each for Indiana. Saris ahd two assists, five aces, a block and 10 digs. Alonso-Corcelles had three aces, four blocks and five digs. Kaley Rammelsberg had 10 kills, a dig and seven blocks, and Savannah Kjolhede had nine kills, an assist, a dig and six blocks, two solo. Camryn Haworth ahd eight kills, hit .333, and had 45 assists, an ace, 16 digs and four blocks, one solo. Paula Cerame had 29 digs, 12 assists and an ace.
Ohio State, which hit .156, got 14 kills from Gabby Gonzalez, who had two assists, an ace, a block and 21 digs. Mac Podraza had three kills, 41 assists, four digs and four blocks, two solo. Adria Powell had three kills and eight blocks. Ohio State, which had won 14 in a row, lost at unranked Maryland on Friday …
No. 6 Nebraska (24-3, 16-2) cruised to a 25-22, 25-20, 25-11 sweep of visiting No. 19 Purdue (19-9, 10-8). Madi Kubik led the Huskers with 17 of their 40 kills. Purdue hit .016 …
No. 9 Minnesota (18-8, 13-5) won 25-11, 25-19, 26-24 at Rutgers (8-22, 2-16). Carter Booth had eight kills in 13 errorless attacks and five blocks, one solo … Illinois (15-13, 10-8) swept visiting Iowa (8-21, 2-16) as Jessica Nunge and Raina Terry had 11 kills each in the 25-23, 25-15, 26-24 victory … Michigan State (12-17, 3-15) won its second match in three outings and dealt reeling Northwestern (17-13, 6-12) its sixth loss in a row with…
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