The AVCA Poll got a complete shakeup, we’ve got POWs, and plenty of news and notes in this NCAA volleyball roundup.
AVCA POLL: The only teams in the same place they were last week are No. 1 Texas, No. 18 Washington and No. 19 Marquette.
Louisville moved up a spot to No. 2, trading places with Nebraska. San Diego is No. 4, the highest ranking for the Toreros since they were No. 2 in 2013. The fifth spot belongs to Stanford, up four spots from No. 9.
Three Big Ten teams dropped two spots each, Wisconsin to No. 6, Ohio State to No. 7 and Minnesota to No. 8. Another B1G team, unbeaten Penn State, jumped two spots to No. 9 and Pittsburgh is down two spots to No. 10.
Big drops include Georgia Tech from seventh to No. 12, and Creighton, from 17th to No. 22. Big jumps were made by Florida, up four spots to No. 12, and Pepperdine, up five notches to No. 17.
Kansas and Illinois dropped out as Rice moved in at No. 23 and UCF entered at No. 25.
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TUESDAY: The CAA and Metro Atlantic began conference play this past weekend. Others get underway Tuesday, including Colorado State opening Mountain West play against Wyoming. UC Riverside is at UC Davis to start Big West action, there are four Horizon League matches, and two more in the MAAC.
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MONDAY: UTEP (6-7) of Conference USA swept UT Rio Grande Valley (11-4) of the WAC. Sara Pustahija led with 16 kills as she hit .382 and had an ace, five digs and two blocks, one solo. Torrance Lovesee had 14 kills, hit .522, and had three blocks and three digs. Hula Crisostomo had 18 digs and five assists … Mississippi Valley (1-8) of the SWAC lost to Miles (6-4) in four. Miles is a member of the NCAA Division II SIAC.
AVCA NATIONAL POW: This week’s honoree is Louisville outside hitter Claire Chaussee. The junior from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, had 16 kills in Louisville’s win over Kentucky and 19 against Stanford. She hit .338 in the two matches.
CONFERENCE POWs: Louisville’sChaussee and Pitt right side Courtney Buzzerio are co-ACC players of the week. Buzzerio, an Iowa transfer, had 29 kills and hit .391 in sweeps of Tennessee and Ohio State …
The Big Ten POW is Temi Thomas-Ailara of Northwestern, a senior outside who averaged 4.75 kills, 1.67 digs and .67…
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