Auburn’s up-and-coming program pulled off an upset with national implications when the Tigers stunned No. 6 Florida, winning in Gainesville for the first time.
The sweep on Friday night also marked a breakthrough victory against a top-10 opponent by the Tigers, highlighting a busy day with noteworthy attendance figures across the country in NCAA women’s volleyball.
Elsewhere, second-ranked Nebraska continued to collect victories before huge crowds, No. 9 Pitt needed a reverse sweep to hold off No. 12 Georgia Tech in the lone match involving squads in the VolleyMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, No. 15 Creighton was swept by Marquette in a mild Big East upset, and No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Washington State and No. 5 Oregon took care of business in the Pac-12.
The recaps and top performances follow, but here’s a look at the schedule for Saturday.
The Big Ten has six matches, including Penn State, No. 14 in the VBM Super 16, playing host to Ohio State, No. 24 in the AVCA top 25. Top-ranked Wisconsin visits Illinois, No. 2 Nebraska goes to Michigan, No. 16 Minnesota is at Rutgers, AVCA No. 19 Purdue entertains Iowa, Indiana is at Maryland and Michigan State hosts Northwestern.
In the Big 12, No. 11 BYU travels to Oklahoma. AVCA No. 21 Houston plays at home against West Virginia and Cincinnati is at Tulane.
The ACC, Pac-12 and SEC are idle.
No. 15 Creighton looks to bounce back in a Big East match at DePaul, and AVCA No. 20 Dayton hosts George Mason again in the Atlantic 10.
A showdown between the top two teams in the Southern Conference sees undefeated The Citadel (17-0, 3-0) entertain red-hot Wofford (14-2, 5-0).
Four teams hope for first victories when 0-17 Lamar goes to Nicholls in the Southland, 0-17 St. Peter’s hosts Canisius in the Metro Atlantic, 0-14 Le Moyne is at Saint Francis of Pennsylvania in the Northeast Conference and 0-8 Hampton has a home-court Coastal Athletic match against Stony Brook.
Want to watch? We have the conference-by-conference schedule with viewing links for any match that is being shown in our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
Under Coach Brent Crouch’s guidance, Auburn (13-3, 3-2 SEC) has risen from the depths of 0-8 during the 2021 COVID season to 13-15 in 2021 to 22-9 last year, earning an NCAA Tournament bid. The season before Crouch arrived on the Plains, the Tigers were 7-22.
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