Third-ranked Florida continued to live on the edge, No. 2 Nebraska took it to No. 12 Minnesota, No. 7 Washington State escaped Arizona in five, No. 14 Tennessee overpowered No, 22 Kentucky, and Arizona State stayed unbeaten.
It was a busy Sunday in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball with the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC playing full schedules.
SEC: Last week Florida had to rally to win in five at Auburn. The Gators (10-1, 2-0) did it again Sunday, beating visiting Georgia (9-4, 0-1) 25-22, 22-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-11. Florida, which was down 6-2 in the fifth, got 16 kills from Sofia Victoria, who hit .302 and had a dig and four blocks, one solo. Georgia’s Sophie Fisher had 20 killls, two aces and nine blocks …
Visiting Tennessee (11-1, 2-0) took it to Kentucky (3-7, 1-1), beating the Wildcats for the first time since 2016. Morgahn Fingall had 17 kills in the 25-23, 25-18, 25-18 victory, Tennessee’s fifth sweep in a row. She hit .361 and had 10 digs and four blocks. UK hit .134 …
No. 16 Arkansas (12-2, 2-0) beat visiting Texas A&M (9-3, 1-1) in four as Jillian Gillen had 19 kills with three errors in 35 swings to hit .457. The 5-foot-7 outside also had two aces, 11 digs and a block. Taylor Head had 15 kills, an assist, two aces, 13 digs and three blocks. Logan Lednicky had 23 kills and hit .439 for A&M to go with five digs and four blocks … No. 24 Auburn (11-2, 1-1) beat Ole Miss (7-6, 1-1) in four as Akasha Anderson had 20 kills, an assist, an ace, nine digs and two blocks. Chelsey Hamon had six kills with one error in 12 attacks and eight blocks … Missouri (9-4, 1-1) beat South Carolina (6-5, 0-2) in four as Jordan Iliff had 21 kills with one error in 44 attacks to hit .455 and added two aces, 15 digs and two blocks … Mississippi State (8-4, 1-1) swept visiting Alabama (10-3, 0-2).
BIG TEN: Six of the seven B1G matches Sunday ended in sweeps.
Top-ranked Wisconsin (11-0, 2-0) swept Indiana (11-4, 1-1), which hit .098. Anna Smrek led Wisconsin with 10 kills … No. 2 Nebraska (11-0, 2-0) swept No. 12 Minnesota (5-5, 1-1) as Harper Murray led a balanced attack with 13 kills …
No. 15 Penn State (8-3, 2-0) hit .453 and swept Northwestern (6-6, 0-2). Jess Mruzik had 18 kills with three errors in 29 attacks and Camryn Hannah had 16 kills with one error in 20 swings … No 19 Purdue (8-3, 2-0) swept Rutgers…
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