Ninth-ranked Oregon laid the hammer down on Hawai’i on Sunday, Northwestern upset No. 13 San Diego and No. 18 Creighton, coming off its big win over Purdue, lost in five to Duke.
And No. 16 Purdue is reeling. The Boilermakers, who opened with a four-set win over Duke, got swept by Creighton on Saturday and then lost in five to Loyola Chicago.
A handful of teams coming off tough losses bounced back Sunday, and Louisville improved to 3-0 as the No. 4 Cardinals lost the first set at home to Wright State before winning in four.
There are just two matches on the Monday NCAA women’s volleyball schedule, including UCLA of the Pac-12 taking advantage of its trip to Louisiana by heading to Northwestern State of the Southland Conference. UCLA split with LSU this past weekend, with each winning five-setters. The Lady Demons are 0-3. As Northwestern State, located in the town of Natchitoches, said in its news release, “For the first time in program history, Northwestern State will host a former NCAA national championship program on its home court inside Prather Coliseum.”
Also Monday, Florida Atlantic is at Miami (FL).
Oregon went 3-0 on its trip to Honolulu and finished with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-15 win over host Hawai’i.
Oregon, which had a 10-5 blocks advantage and hit .252 while the Rainbow Wahine struggled to a a .113 percentage, got 17 kills from Mimi Colyer. She had an ace, three digs and two blocks, one solo. Gabby Gonzales, the Ohio State transfer, had eight kills, two assists, two aces, three blocks and eight digs. Baylor transfer Kara McGhee had seven blocks, two solo, to go with four kills. Caylen Alexander had 10 kills for Hawai’i. Offensive leader Amber Igiede was helo to seven kills.
Also in the Pac-12, No. 21 Washington State hit .476 and swept Troy. Iman Isanovic had 15 kills with two errors in 24 attacks to hit .542 and had two aces, three digs and a block.
No. 22 USC, bounced back from two losses to start its Houstson trip by sweeping Southern Miss. Skylar Fields had 17 kills and hit .424 to go with an assist, an ace, nine digs and two blocks. The daughter of Southern Miss coach Jenny Hazelwood, Allie, got in for USC and had two assists. Arizona State swept Ole Miss and Colorado hit .417 as it did the same to North Texas.
Northwestern, which opened with losses to Hawai’i and Oregon, beat San Diego…
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