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Northern Iowa staged a tremendous battle with Drake and came away with a 25-20, 19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-13 victory that gave the Panthers the Missouri Valley Conference title and the league’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
Sixth-ranked Stanford clinched the Pac-12 championship; No.7 Pittsburgh ralled to beat No. 13 Georgia Tech in the ACC; action got underway in the Big East, Big Sky and Mountain West tournaments; and what would the holidays be without a coaching change?
Thanksgiving Day? Why not have some volleyball?
In Fort Collins, the Mountain West Championship continues with top-seeded UNLV, which has won 17 in a row, playing fourth-seeded Utah State, and second-seeded San Jose State vs. No. 6 San Diego State. SDSU knocked out Colorado State on Wednesday and ended the career of retiring coach Tom Hilbert. MWC recaps follow.
The Summit League tournament gets underway Thursday in Omaha with fourth-seeded Denver facing South Dakota State (the winner gets top-seeded South Dakota on Friday) and third-seeded North Dakota State playing No. 6 North Dakota (with the winner getting Omaha).
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ACC: Georgia Tech is 19-7, 12-5 in the conference and, well, if it weren’t for Louisville and Pittsburgh … The Yellow Jackets have lost twice to No. 4 Louisville — the second time in five — and now twice to No. 7 Pittsburgh, the second time in five.
Wednesday night the Panthers (26-3, 16-1) came away with a 25-21, 22-25, 23-25, 25-22, 19-17 against visiting Georgia Tech after fighting off two match points. The match ended on back-to-back blocks by Chiamka Nwokolo and Rachel Fairbanks of GT’s Julia Bergmann.
Valeria Vazquez Gomez had 22 kills for Pitt — five on errorless swings in the fifth set — and hit .347 to go with an assist, three aces, 14 digs and two blocks, one solo. Courtney Buzzerio had 20 kills — eight in the first set — hit .340 and had an ace, four blocks and six digs. Julianna Dalton had 10 kills, an assist, a block and eight digs. Nwokolo had nine kills, hit .389 and had six blocks, two solo. Fairbanks had five kills, 39 assists, two aces, 12 digs and…
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