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NCAA volleyball: Oregon, Minnesota, S. Carolina, Rutgers get big wins

NCAA volleyball: Oregon, Minnesota, S. Carolina, Rutgers get big wins

NCAA Division I volleyball got turned on its ear again Sunday. To wit:

Oregon not only beat visiting No. 5 Stanford, but the No, 21 Ducks swept.

Eighth-ranked Minnesota swept visiting No. 6 Wisconsin.

No. 12 Florida lost in five at South Carolina.

Rutgers went down 2-0 to Michigan State before beating the visiting Spartans in five.

There are five matches Monday, three in the SWAC. 

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BIG TEN: Minnesota (6-4, 1-1) bounced back from being swept at Purdue with a surprising sweep of Wisconsin (7-3, 1-1). Taylor Landfair had 17 kills in the 25-21, 25-16, 29-27 victory. Landfair hit .394 and had five assists, a block and five digs. Mckenna Wucherer had nine kills, hit .333, and had four blocks. The Gophers hit .346.

Wisconsin got 14 kills from Sarah Franklin, who had an assist, five aces, a solo block and a dig. Julia Orzol had 11 kills and three digs. Wisconsin hit .204 … 

Rutgers (7-7) is 1-1 in the B1G after its 17-25, 25-27, 25-13, 25-20, 15-7 win over Michigan State (9-4, 0-2). Taylor Humphrey led with 14 kills, an assist, two aces, 11 digs and two blocks, one solo. Tina Grkovic had 11 kills, an ace, a dig and five blocks, one solo. Megan Vernon had eight kills and 11 blocks, two solo, and Lauren DeLeo had two kill and eight blocks, one solo. Rutgers, which hit .200, held a 19-9 blocks advantage. Michigan State, which hit .044, got 14 kills from Maradith O’Gorman and 13 from Aliyah Moore … 

Purdue’s Eva Hudson hits against the Iowa block of Edina Schmidt, left, and Amiya Jones/Stephen Mally hawkeyesports.com

No. 11 Purdue (11-1) won in four at Iowa (6-7). Eva Hudson led with 19 kills as she hit .310 and had an ace, seven digs and a five blocks, one solo. Raven Colvin had 10 kills, an ace, a dig and seven blocks. Iowa’s Amiya Jones had 17 kills and hit .481 to go with two aces, two digs and five blocks, one solo …  Indiana won in five at Maryland as Mady Saris had 20 kills, three aces and five digs. Maryland’s Sam Csire had 14 kills, two aces, 10 digs and four blocks. 

ACC: Second-ranked Louisville is 11-1 after sweeping at Florida State. Claire Chaussee led with 12 kills, an assist, an ace, four digs and two blocks … 

No. 10 Pittsburgh is 11-2 after beating visiting NC State in four. Courtney Buzzerio had 15 kills and Chiamaka Nwokolo and Serena Gray 14 each. Gray, who hit .522, had an ace and six…

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