This is an absolutely chock-full edition of Volleyball Today, from NCAA to NIVC to NAIA to LOVB to VNL to our international women’s report:
NCAA volleyball Thursday, Friday
THURSDAY
All matches on ESPN2
At Pittsburgh (second matches start 30 minutes after the first ends)
1 p.m. — Missouri (22-8) vs. Kentucky (22-7), Oregon (24-7) vs. Pittsburgh (31-1)
At Louisville
7 p.m. — Florida (23-7) vs. Stanford (27-4), Purdue (27-6) vs. Louisville (27-5)
FRIDAY
At Penn State
1 p.m. — Texas (20-6) vs. Creighton (31-2), Marquette (25-8) vs. Penn State (31-2)
At Nebraska
7 p.m. — Texas A&M (21-7) vs. Wisconsin (25-6), Dayton (31-2) vs. Nebraska (31-2)
See the updated bracket at NCAA.com.
Head to head: Kentucky swept visiting Missouri in SEC play on October 6 and then beat the Tigers in four at Mizzou on November 27 to end the regular season … Pitt opened the season on August 30 with a sweep at Oregon … Stanford and Florida played from 2021-23 in pre-conference, did not play each other this season… Purdue, 13-4 all-time against Louisville, did not play the Cardinals this year. Louisville swept the last three meetings, twice in 2022 including the NCAA Tournament … this is the first meeting betweenTexas and Creighton since the Longhorns swept their 2016 NCAA tourney match … Marquette and Penn State have met once, early in 2013 … Wisconsin has played Texas A&M eight times, the last in 2019 … Dayton and Nebraska have played four times, the last early in 2014.
NIVC down to seven teams
Bowling Green defeated DePaul in four sets Monday to advance to the semifinals. They continue Wednesday when Northern Colorado plays Arkansas State and Wyoming place Arizona. On Thursday, UConn plays St. John’s.
Bowling Green (24-9) won 25-14, 25-19, 17-25, 25-18 as Lauryn Hovey had 17 kills with two errors in 30 attacks to hit .500 and she had an ace, three blocks and seven digs. DePaul finished its season 21-14.
Click here for the NIVC tournament website.
NAIA: Indiana Wesleyan vs. Bellevue
Indiana Wesleyan (36-2) plays Bellevue (32-4) for the national championship on Tuesday.
Indiana Wesleyan defeated Southern Oregon 27-25, 25-20, 25-18 in the semifinals
Bellevue of Nebraska defeated Corban, another Oregon school, 25-20, 28-26, 26-24,
The championship match can be seen on the NAIA Network.
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