Fourth-ranked San Diego left no doubt about who rules the West Coast Conference as the Toreros swept visiting No. 17 BYU on Saturday for their 15th win in a row.
A couple of ranked teams lost, as Arizona State won in five at No. 15 Washington in the Pac-12 and Indiana beat No. 25 Michigan in the Big Ten
Recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Saturday’s NCAA Division I schedule.
In the Big Ten, No. 12 Purdue, coming off back-to-back defeats — both sweeps — goes to No. 9 Minnesota. Third-ranked Nebraska, sure to move up to at least a spot if it wins Saturday, is at Illinois and Northwestern is at Maryland.
Top-ranked Texas, coming off its first defeat of the season, a Big 12 loss at Iowa State, is home for last-place West Virginia and No. 14 Baylor goes to Kansas State.
In the Big East, No. 18 Marquette is home for St. John’s and No. 19 Creighton is at Georgetown.
There are three SEC matches when No. 16 Kentucky is at Texas A&M, Alabama goes to Georgia and Missouri is at Ole Miss.
In WCC, the four-match slate includes No. 22 Pepperdine at Gonzaga.
The top two teams in the Big West square off when UC Santa Barbara is at Hawai’i.
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SAN DIEGO SWEEPS BYU: San Diego (18-1, 9-0) not only swept visiting BYU (14-5, 7-2) but the Toreros built their lead in the West Coast Conference to two games with their 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 victory.
In the only WCC match of the day, Katie Lukes led USD with 15 kills, an assist, an ace and nine digs. Breana Edwards had 13 kills with one error in 28 attacks to hit .429 and had a block and a dig. Grace Frohling had eight kills, two aces, two digs and three blocks. Gabby Blossom had two kills in six errorless tries, 36 assists, a block and seven digs. Her team hit .288.
BYU, which hit .182 and had 36 kills total, got 11 kills from Erin Livingston, who had an assist, two blocks and six digs. Heather Gneiting had 10 kills, three assists, an ace and seven blocks, two solo.
ACC: Seven matches, all sweeps. Second-ranked Louisville, likely to move up to No. 1 this week, swept at Virginia. No. 8 Pittsburgh swept visiting Notre Dame and No. 10 Georgia Tech swept visiting Boston College. It sets up Sunday’s match when Louisville (18-1, 9-0) goes to Pittsburgh (19-2, 9-0). Also, Florida State swept Virginia Tech, Syracuse swept at Clemson, Miami swept Wake Forest, and North…
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