NCAA volleyball: Texas, Ohio St., Minnesota, GT, Wisconsin, UW, UCLA win

There may have only been 16 matches in NCAA women’s volleyball Sunday, but they involved 10 ranked teams with some exciting outcomes.

That included No. 1 Texas sweeping No. 12 Stanford, No. 8 Ohio State getting its first win with a four-set victory at No. 3 Louisville,  No. 4 Minnesota beating visiting No. 13 Florida in four, No. 6 Wisconsin sweeping High Point, No. 14 Washington topping No. 19 Illinois, No. 23 UCLA rallying to win in five at Hawai’i’, and No. 5 Georgia Tech cruising.

There were only three matches on the Monday schedule, but one of them, Northern Arizona at Southern Utah was canceled. There is a story on the SUU website but it gives no reason. Boise State plays at Idaho State and Sacramento State plays at UC Davis.

Texas (4-0) hit .365 and won 25-18, 25-18, 25-20, before 4,059 at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion. The Longhorns, 0-7 in their previous trips to The Farm, held Stanford (3-1) to a .192 hitting percentage.

Logan Eggleston continued to lead Texas, this time with 16 kills, an assist, three blocks and seven digs. Molly Phillips had 10 kills with no errors in 18 attacks, three blocks and three digs. Madisen Skinner had 10 kills, hit .300, and had a block and a dig. Asjia O’Neal had nine kills, hit .438, and had five blocks and two digs. Bella Bergmark had four kills and three blocks. Setter Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres had two kills in three errorless tries, 43 assists, a block and 11 digs. Zoe Fleck added 10 digs, an ace and two assists. 

Kendall Kipp led Stanford with 14 kills, an assist, an ace, two blocks and four digs. Caitie Baird had nine kills, two blocks and four digs. Elena Oglivie had 13 digs and three assists …

Ohio State (1-3) hadn’t won, but the Buckeyes’ losses were twice to Texas and then to No. 15 San Diego. They broke through with a 17-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17 victory at previously unbeaten Louisville (5-1). Ohio State, which hit .372, got 15 kills apiece from Jenaisya Moore and Emily Londot and 14 from Rylee Rader. Moore hit .429 and had a solo block and a dig, Londot hit .344 and had two aces and 12 digs, and Rader hit .500 and had an assist and four blocks, three solo. Mac Podraza had 45 assists, four kills, a block and seven digs, and libero Kylie Murr had a kill in two errorless tries, an ace and 13 digs.

Louisville, which .248, got 19 kills from Anna DeBeer, who hit .390 and had an ace and two digs. Claire Chaussee had 13 kills with one error in 29 swings to hit .414…