The battle of the unbeatens delivered, as No. 2 Nebraska defeated No. 1 Wisconsin by the slimmest of margins.
And it happened in front of yet another record crowd as attendance marks continue to be broken in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball. In this case, Nebraska’s five-set victory over visiting Wisconsin was played before 9,198, a Devaney Center record crowd since the arena was reconfigured for volleyball in 2013.
The Citadel won again, although the Bulldogs had to win their SoCon match in five over Chattanooga to get to 22-0.
And Saint Peter’s dropped to 0-24 when the Peacocks lost their MAAC match in four to Rider.
The line of the day: Alabama A&M beat Florida A&M in five in the SWAC as Saldy Amparo-Smith had a career-high 34 kills and hit .483 after having five errors in 60 attacks. The 6-foot-1 junior outside from the Dominican Republic, added an assist, two aces, 12 digs and two blocks, one solo.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Sunday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
There’s a big Pac-12 matchup at Oregon when the No. 9 Ducks play host to No. 3 Stanford. No. 4 Washington State, coming off its loss at USC, goes across Los Angeles to UCLA. No. 14 Arizona State is at Colorado, USC is home for Washington, Arizona is at Utah and Cal is at Oregon State.
The big match in the SEC has No. 7 Arkansas at AVCA No. 20 Kentucky. AVCA No. 23 Auburn is home for South Carolina, LSU is at Alabama, Georgia is at Texas A&M and Ole Miss is at Mississippi State.
In the ACC, No . 7 Pittsburgh is off, but No. 5 Louisville is at Georgia Tech and No. 13 Georgia Tech is home for North Carolina. Florida State entertains Syracuse, Notre Dame is at Wake Forest, Virginia is at NC State, Duke is at Clemson and Boston College is at Miami.
The Big Ten has VBM No. 11 Penn State home for AVCA No. 19 Purdue, Michigan State at Minnesota and Illinois at Rutgers.
TCU plays at AVCA No. 14 Kansas in the Big 12.
Hampton, 0-13, tries again when it plays host to UNC Wilmington, which it lost to on Saturday in the CAA.
Want to watch? We have the conference-by-conference schedule with viewing links for any match that is being shown in our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
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