We’ve got the schedule, AVCA Poll and POW news, more POWs and some trivia in this NCAA report.
MONDAY-TUESDAY: There were three SWAC matches Monday as Alcorn beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff in four, Alabama A&M swept Mississippi Valley and Grambling swept Southern. In the Missouri Valley, UIC swept Valparaiso and in the Southland, Northwestern State swept UIW. The line of the night goes to UIC’s Mikala Henderson, who had 13 kills, hit .440, and had an assist, five digs and five blocks.
There are 25 matches on the Tuesday schedule, including four in the West Coast Conference, including No. 20 Pepperdine home for Gonzaga.
TRIVIA: Who leads the NCAA in kills? Answer below.
AVCA POLL: The top four teams — Texas, Louisville, Nebraska and San Diego — stayed 1-2-3-4 in the AVCA top 25.
After that?
A gentle reshuffling, but no one dropped out.
Purdue moved up six spots to No. 5, Ohio State went up a notch to No. 6, Minnesota went up a spot to No. 7, Wisconsin dropped two spots to No. 8, Stanford fell four spots to No. 9, and Pittsburgh stayed No. 10.
Oregon moved up from No. 21 to No. 16 and Kentucky went from No. 15 to 18th.
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AVCA POW: A Towson player won for the first time. The honoree is junior Nina Cajic, a junior from Subotica, Serbia, who had 32 kills with two errors in two sweeps at Stony Brook. Towson, 14-0 overall and 4-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association, is one of four unbeaten teams remaining in Division I. The Tigers are receiving votes in the AVCA Poll.
POWER 5 POWs: Auburn outside Madison Scheer is both the SEC player and freshman of the week. Scheer averaged 4.88 kills, hit .443, and averaged 1.13 blocks in two wins for Auburn, which is 13-0 overall and 2-0 in the SEC after beating Alabama twice. Caroline Meuth, a Texas A&M graduate-student outside hitter, is the offensive player, Auburn freshman libero Sarah Morton is the defensive player, and Mississippi State’s Gabby Coulter is the setter of the week …
In the Big Ten, there were co-POWs, Michigan sophomore middle Jacque Boney and Purdue freshman outside Eva Hudson. Boney averaged 3.83 kills, hit .528, and had 1.67 blocks per set in two wins. Hudson — also the top freshman — averaged 5.71 kills, 2 digs and a block in two wins. Hudson has been either the top freshman or player of the week in four of the five weeks…
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