Surprising LSU did it again, this time knocking off visiting Auburn, and now there are just three unbeaten teams left in NCAA Division I volleyball.
One of them, Texas, swept TCU on Wednesday night. The other two, UCF of the American Athletic Conference, and Towson of the Colonial, are off until Friday.
Also Wednesday, No. 5 Purdue survived a five-set challenge from visiting Iowa, and No. 17 Baylor got away with a five-set win over visiting Oklahoma.
Other winners included No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 15 Florida.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s schedule.
Third-ranked Nebraska plays the only Big Ten match of the day at Michigan State.
There are five matches in the Mountain West, including UNLV at New Mexico.
There are four Big Sky matches, five in the Southland, four in the Summit, four in the Sun Belt and six in the WAC, including league-leading UTRGV at Sam Houston.
And in the something’s-gotta-give department, 1-13 Alcorn plays at 0-13 Southern in the SWAC.
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LSU, which previously had beaten Arkansas and won at Kentucky, improved to 10-6 and 4-2 in the SEC with its 25-22, 20-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-12 victory over visiting Auburn (14-1, 3-1).
Sanaa Dotson led LSU with 22 kills, three blocks and 13 digs. Paige Flickinger had 11 kills, two aces, a block and 11 digs. Hannah Jacobs had 10 kills, hitting .333. Josie Vondran and Maddie Waak combined for 51 assists, Waak had two aces, and Vondran had five blocks and nine digs. Jill Bohnet had 24 digs and three assists. LSU, which hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 2017, hit .202.
In the fifth set, LSU built a 9-1 lead but Auburn closed to 13-11 before LSU ended it on a kill by Jacobs.
Auburn, which hit .196, got 22 kills from Akasha Anderson, who hit .091. She had two assists, three aces, 11 digs and two blocks, one solo. Chelsey Harmon had 12 kills, hit .435 and had seven blocks. Madison Scheer had 12 kills, and Kendal Kemp had 10 kills, hit .471, and had four blocks, one solo. Sarah Morton had 21 digs and an assist and Fallan Lanham had 20 digs and an ace …
Also in the SEC, Florida (11-3, 3-1) won in four at Tennessee (8-8, 2-2). Marina Markova had 17 kills and hit .412 and Sofia Victoria had 13 kills and hit .429 in the 26-24, 25-23, 16-25, 25-20 victory. Erykah Lovett led Tennessee…
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