NCAA volleyball had another go-figure Friday.
Take Washington, for example. The No. 13 Huskies lost in four to No. 24 Pepperdine and then had to go five to beat Cal Poly.
Northwestern then beat Pepperdine.
We are at Minnesota where No. 20 Penn State knocked off No. 11 Stanford (see the recap here) and then the third-ranked Gophers won a fierce battle with No. 17 Oregon in a sold-out Maturi Pavillion.
In the Big 12, TCU beat Indiana but then lost to NC State, and West Virginia beat Northern Colorado but then lost to South Dakota.
Other outcomes of note: No. 3 Louisville swept visiting and previously unbeaten No, 9 Purdue, No. 6 Wisconsin swept at No. 14 Kentucky, No. 7 Pittsburgh swept American and Bowling Green to improve to 7-1, No. 8 Ohio State swept No. 10 BYU and No. 17 Creighton beat Florida State in five.
Colorado is not ranked, but the Buffs are now 7-0 and have won 14 sets in a row.
There were plenty of outstanding individual performances, too, and we will try to highlight them all, but with a Friday schedule that seemed to go on forever, it’s a tough task. Some of those big numbers included UMBC’s Kamani Conteh with a school-record 32 kills and Marist’s Sasha Van der Merwe getting 31. The Citadel’s Ali Ruffin had career highs of 24 kills and 32 digs. Mia Wesley had 31 kills.
Saturday promises more of the same.
Back here in Minneapolis, Penn State plays Oregon and Minnesota faces Stanford.
Also in the Big Ten, No. 2 Nebraska takes on visiting Long Beach State and No. 6 Wisconsin plays the Fighting Camels of Campbell. No. 25 Illinois plays both Villanova and host Dayton.
In the ACC, the match of the day pits Miami against UCF in a battle of Florida teams. Third-ranked Louisville plays Lipscomb and No. 7 Pittsburgh plays Towson, which is 8-0.
The SEC’s Kentucky is back at it as the No. 14 Wildcats play Indiana State and LSU plays at No. 23 Marquette.
The Pac-12 slate includes Utah playing host to No. 12 San Diego and USC back at Hawai’i. You can find the viewing links on the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings page.
BIG TEN: Taylor Landfair put on a show with a career-high 28 kills while hitting .328 as Minnesota came away with a 25-20, 25-22, 18-25, 27-25 victory over Oregon that left both teams 4-1. Landfair added an ace, five blocks and nine digs. Jenna Wenass had 12 kills, an ace, two blocks and nine digs, and Ellie Husemann had seven kills in nine errorless attacks and six blocks. Melani…
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