In this edition of Volleyball Today, we have NCAA updates, the AVCA top 25, hurricane havoc for two North Carolina schools, Athletes Unlimited and a big event in India.
NCAA volleyball Tuesday
There are 21 NCAA Division I matches Tuesday, just one involving a ranked team when No. 22 Dayton goes to Duquesne. The Flyers, who have won 24 Atlantic 10 matches in a row, are 14-1, 4-0 in the A10. Duquesne is 11-5, 2-2. Also in the A10 VCU is at Davidson.
Conference USA has three teams atop the standings and they’re all in action as Western Kentucky is home for Middle Tennessee, UTEP is home for New Mexico and Liberty is at FIU.
Colorado State, at 4-0 the only Mountain West team unbeaten in league play, plays the only conference match when the Rams are home for Wyoming.
UC Riverside is at UC Davis in the Big West, and there are four matches in the Southland, including the two teams at 4-0 as Southeastern Louisiana is home for New Orleans and Stephen F. Austin goes to Lamar.
The two MAC matches have Buffalo at Akron and Ball State at Miami.
High Point of the Big South has an unusual mid-season non-conference trip when it plays at Brown of the Ivy League in Providence, Rhode Island, before going to New Hampshire of the America East on Wednesday.
NCAA volleyball Monday
There were four matches Monday, three in the SWAC, as Southern beat Grambling in five, Prairie View swept at Mississippi Valley State and Jackson State swept visiting Texas Southern. In the WAC, Grand Canyon swept visiting California Baptist as Tatum Parrott had 14 kills, hit .407, and had an assist, nine digs and a block.
AVCA top 25
The top 11 teams stayed the same. The first change after that was Kentucky, up a spot to No. 12.
Pittsburgh got all 61 first-place votes.
The biggest jumps were by USC, up five spots to No. 16, and TCU, also up five spots to No. 17.
The biggest fall was by Florida State, from No. 16 to 21st.
No one dropped out but Washington at No. 24 and Auburn at 25th traded places.
Click here for the complete AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll.
For comparison, here is a link to the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll.
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