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Volleyball Today: League-leaders Colorado St., BGSU, UC Davis get victories; KU vs. ASU on tap

Volleyball Today: League-leaders Colorado St., BGSU, UC Davis get victories; KU vs. ASU on tap

Bowling Green’s Alexis Mettille blasts through the Toledo block/Avery Zuercher, BGSU Athletics

Three conference leaders — Colorado State, Bowling Green and UC Davis — won their matches Tuesday in NCAA Division I volleyball.

There were just 14 matches on the schedule and not one went five sets, which means it was a rare reverse-sweep day.

Lines of the day: Lindenwood’s Rebecca Janke had 26 kills in an OVC win over Western Illinois as she hit .458 after having four errors in 48 attacks to go with a solo block. 

Winthrop’s Avery Jolley had 20 of her team’s 45 kills in a Big South sweep at UNC Asheville. She had one error in 45 attacks to hit .422 and had an assist, an ace, two blocks and seven digs.

It’s an all-NCAA edition of Volleyball Today:

NCAA volleyball Wednesday

All eyes will be on the Big 12 when Kansas, ranked No. 6 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, goes to No. 9 Arizona State. It can be seen on ESPN+ at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Kansas is 20-1, 11-0 in the conference since getting swept at Creighton on September 21. The Jayhawks have lost just six sets in league play. ASU, 22-2, is 10-1 in the conference. The lone loss was at Baylor on September 27. The Sun Devils have won 10 in a row.

Also in the Big 12, AVCA No. 17 Baylor (15-6, 7-3) is at Texas Tech (12-11, 4-7), Utah (17-5, 7-4) is at Colorado (10-13, 3-8), Houston (10-10, 5-5) is at Iowa State (9-12, 3-7) and Kansas State (8-11) is at Arizona. (13-8, 2-8).

There are two SEC matches. Reeling Texas (12-6, 7-3), which has lost three five-set matches in a row — at home — goes to Mississippi State (10-8, 4-5). Texas, which has won the last two NCAA titles and is in its first year in the SEC, is tied for third with idle Florida. Kentucky leads at 8-2 and Missouri is in second a half game back. Missouri (16-5, 7-2), which has won seven in a row, is home for Georgia (9-11, 3-7). That one is on the SEC Network.

The lone ACC match has Virginia Tech (7-15, 1-11) at Virginia (17-6, 7-5). Virginia is having its best overall start since 2003 and best ACC start since going 8-4 in 2005.

The only Big East match has Marquette (17-6, 11-1), a game back of idle No. 5 Creighton, at Butler (6-18, 4-6). 

Mercer (20-4, 10-1), which has won seven in a row in the SoCon, goes to last-place West Carolina.

Mississippi Valley plays Jackson State in the SWAC and ASUN-leading FGCU goes to FIU of Conference USA on a day with just 13 matches.

NCAA volleyball Tuesday

Colorado State (15-8, 11-2) built its lead to one game…

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