The second day of the NCAA volleyball season didn’t have the volume of major upsets as day one, but it had plenty of big-time offensive performances. Saturday was also marred by a racial incident at BYU.
Most notable was the that AVCA preseason No. 2 Texas won again at No. 7 Ohio State, while No. 3 Wisconsin lost in five at No. 16 Baylor.
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Logan Eggleston had 18 kills, hit .312, and had had seven digs, three blocks and three aces as Texas, which swept the Buckeyes on Friday, won in four Saturday.
Baylor, which lost to No. 5 Minnesota on Friday, bounced back by beating defending national-champion Wisconsin. Lauren Harrison had 18 kills, five blocks and seven digs for the Bears. Minnesota was the only team to leave Fort Worth 2-0 after it swept TCU on Saturday.
Top-ranked Nebraska improved to 3-0 with a sweep of Pepperdine despite hitting .120. Pepperdine hit .009. No. 4 Louisville swept Missouri and No. 6 Pittsburgh bounced back after being upset on Friday by San Diego by sweeping Hawai’i. No. 25 San Diego left the Iron City 2-0 with a sweep of Texas A&M. Eighth-ranked Washington also rebounded as the Huskies, knocked off at Arkansas on Friday, beat the Razorback in four on Saturday.
Oregon survived a five-setter against Long Beach State as Brooke Nuneviller had 28 kills. Morgan Chacon, a Florida State transfer, had 26 for the Beach. No, 9 Georgia Tech swept No. 17 Illinois. Rachelle Rastelli had 25 kills for St. John’s in a five-set win over App State. Tulane beat Lamar in five and Mackenzie Martin had 29 kills.
Results of note where Power 5 teams lost include ASUN victories over Big Ten schools as Jacksonville State Indiana and FGCU beat Maryland. Also, Bowling Green beat Tennessee, in a battle of UNCs, Northern Colorado outhit the Tar Heels 419 to .109 and beat North Carolina, UC San Diego beat Cal, Toledo beat Arizona State, Wichita State beat Iowa State, Rice beat LSU, and Portland State beat Oregon State.
A handful of teams are 3-0 for the first time in a long time, not the least of which is Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights swept The Citadel to win their first three matches for the first time since 1998.
There was also the racial incident Friday at BYU when a fan sitting in the BYU student section yelled…
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