Third-ranked Nebraska won the Big Ten showdown in Lincoln, holding off No. 7 Ohio State in five Saturday.
LSU, meanwhile, capped off its best regular-season week in 30 years with a stunning five-set upset at No. 15 Kentucky, which came on the heels of the Tigers’ upset of No, 20 Arkansas four days earlier.
Fourth-ranked San Diego had to go the distance to beat Loyola Marymount.
Unbeaten no more: Michigan knocked off No. 9 Penn State in an overpowering sweep. That leaves only Towson, Auburn, Texas and UCF still undefeated.
Caroline Meuth of Texas A&M had 30 kills and hit .563 in a five-set win over Tennessee and London Davis of Kansas had 22 kills in 34 errorless attacks in a five-set win at Kansas State
And something had to give in New York as Manhattan (1-10) won its MAAC match in five over visiting Saint Peters (0-14). Julia Menocal had 33 kills.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Sunday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule.
LSU is back at Kentucky on Sunday. The SEC’s other ranked team, No. 12 Florida, is back at South Carolina. Also, Auburn is back at Alabama and Tennessee is at Texas A&M.
In the ACC, the seven-match slate includes No. 2 Louisville is at Florida State and No. 10 Pittsburgh home for NC State.
The Big Ten shows another tough battle for reeling No. 8 Minnesota, which plays host to No, 6 Wisconsin. No. 11 Purdue, coming off its sweep of Minnesota, is at Iowa, Indiana is at Maryland and Michigan State is at Rutgers.
The three matches in the Pac-12 have No. 5 Stanford at No. 21 Oregon, No. 18 Washington at UCLA and Arizona State at Colorado.
No. 22 Creighton is home for Villanova in the Big East,
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BIG TEN: Nebraska (10-1, 2-0) beat visiting Ohio State (5-5, 1-1) as Madi Kubik had 16 kills, an assist, an ace, nine digs and five blocks in the 25-22, 24-26, 19-25, 25-20, 15-13 victory. Lindsay Krause added nine kills and two blocks as the Huskers hit .140. Ohio State, which hit .151, got 21 kills from Jenaisya Moore …
Penn State (12-1, 1-1) hit .105 in its 25-19, 25-17, 25-19 loss at Michigan (11-1, 2-0). Jess Mruzik led the Wolverines with 14 kills, an assist, an ace, nine digs and four blocks, one solo. Jacque Boney had nine kills and six blocks. Kashauna Williams had nine kills, two blocks and four digs for Penn State … Illinois (7-5, 2-0) swept visiting Northwestern (11-3,…
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