Unranked Northwestern knocked off reeling No. 12 Purdue in the Big Ten, Utah swept USC in the Pac-12, and Elizabeth Juhnke padded her NCAA kills lead with 28 more for South Dakota as the Coyotes extended their Summit League lead to a full game.
Recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at key matches on Saturday’s Division I schedule.
There are three matches in the Big Ten, all involving ranked teams. Sixth-ranked Ohio State is at No. 11 Penn State, top-ranked Nebraska is home for Maryland, and No. 9 Minnesota is at No, 5 Wisconsin.
The SEC slate includes No. 14 Florida home for Arkansas, No. 20 Kentucky home for Auburn, Georgia back at Missouri and Mississippi State at LSU.
Both ranked West Coast Conference ranked teams are in action as No. 3 San Diego is home for Gonzaga and No 17 BYU entertains Portland.
In the only Conference USA match, No. 23 Western Kentucky is home for Louisiana Tech.
The American Athletic, ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 are off and so are No. 15 Creighton and No. 16 Marquette in the Big East.
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ACC: Fourth-ranked Louisville swept visiting Duke, No, 7 Pittsburgh swept at b, Julia Bergmann had 21 kills and hit .366 as No. 10 Georgia Tech won in four at North Carolina, Grace Turner had 22 kills as Virginia won in five at Virginia Tech, Boston College beat visiting Miami in five, NC State swept visiting Clemson and Florida State won in four at Syracuse.
BIG 12: Second-ranked Texas won in four at Kansas State as Logan Eggleston and Madisen Skinner had 17 kills each … Iowa State beat visiting TCU in four.
BIG TEN: Northwestern (16-7, 5-6) beat a ranked team for the third time this season as the Wildcats continue to break new ground with their 25-23, 23-25, 25-18, 17-25, 15-11 victory over visiting No. 12 Purdue (15-6, 6-5). Northwestern matched its best win total since going 16-16 in 2018.
Temi Thomas-Ailara led with 25 kills as she hit .327 and had a solo block and 10 digs. Hanna Lesiak and Kathryn Randorf both had 13 kills and 11 errors. Randorf had six blocks and three digs. Megan Miller had 30 digs and five assists. Sienna Noordermeer had a kill, 57 assists, two aces and eight digs. Her team hit .158.
Purdue, which has lost four in a row and five of six, hit .190. Eva Hudson led with 19 kills, five blocks and six digs. Maddy Chinn had 12 kills, a block and a dig. Maddie Schermerhorn had 23…
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