NCAA volleyball: Penn St. wins again; Stanford knocks off Minnesota; Towson stuns Pitt

MINNEAPOLIS — Penn State did it again. 

The No. 20 Nittany Lions left Minnesota with their second five-set victory over a Pac-12 team in as many days, this time 25-21, 15-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-9 over No. 18 Oregon. Penn State and first-year coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley are 8-0 after three weekends of the NCAA volleyball season.

In the second match in the Maturi Pavillion, No. 11 Stanford bounced back from losing to Penn State by overpowering No. 3 Minnesota 25-20, 25-18, 22-25, 15-12.

But while the two victories by Penn State and Stanford’s upset win may be surprising, what Towson of the Colonial Athletic Association did Saturday at No. 7 Pittsburgh was stunning.

The Tigers improved to a nation-best 10-0 with two victories, a sweep of American in the morning and then a 25-12, 25-23, 16-25, 25-18 upset of Pittsburgh in the evening.

Late Saturday, No. 12 San Diego beat Utah in five and Hawai’i pulled off a reverse sweep to beat visiting USC.

We couldn’t get them all, but hit almost every match from Saturday. All the matches are still non-conference, so categorizing them is difficult, but we grouped some of the major conferences. Recaps and top performances follow.

There are 17 matches Sunday, highlighted by No. 8 Ohio State at No. 5 Georgia Tech.

Among the others are Milwaukee going across town to No. 23 Marquette and 7-0 Colorado playing 6-1 Arkansas. Also, there’s Wake Forest at Texas State, Auburn vs. North Florida, Miami (FL) vs. UNCW, Tech Tech vs. Rice, Oklahoma vs. Fresno State, and UCF vs. UIC.

You can find the viewing links on the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings page.

BIG TEN: Penn State got 16 kills from Long Beach State transfer Kashauna Williams, who tore it up at Minnesota. She had two digs and five blocks, two solo. 

The Nittany Lions 13 kills from Zoe Weatherington, the Utah transfer who is playing on the right side. She hit .286 and had an assist, three digs and five blocks. Anjeline Starck had nine kills, an assist, an ace and six digs. Seleisa Elisaia had four kills, 41 assists, 11 digs and three blocks. Her team hit .226. Gilliam Grimes had 22 digs and five assists and an ace.

Oregon dropped to 4-2. The Ducks, who hit .184, got 16 kills from Brooke Nuneviller. But she hit .091 and had an assist, 16 digs and a block. Mimi Colyer had 13 kills, an ace, five digs and three blocks and Gloria Mutiri had 12 kills with no errors in 27 attacks, a dig and three blocks. Colby Neal had nine kills,…