Just seven teams in this week’s AVCA Division I Coaches Poll are unbeaten as the NCAA women’s volleyball season heads into the third weekend.
We have a list below of all the teams that remain undefeated, and, a credit to all the tough scheduling, there are not that many.
Just one ranked team was in action Tuesday as No. 23 Marquette beat visiting Loyola Chicago in four.
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE: The showcase match of the day is in Omaha when No. 17 Creighton of the Big East and second-ranked Nebraska of the Big Ten face off in their annual meeting. We featured two of the players, best friends Norah Sis of Creighton and Lindsay Krause of Nebraska on Tuesday.
Top-ranked Texas of the Big 12 is home for UC Davis of the Big West.
The SEC’s Missouri plays the Big 12’s Kansas State, which is off to a 5-1 start; the Missouri Valley’s Drake, also 5-1, goes to Iowa State of the Big 12; and 4-0 Kansas of the Big 12 goes across the state line to play at Kansas City of the Summit League.
Two of the better teams in the Northeast play when St. John’s of the Big East goes to MAAC power Fairfield. In all there are 17 matches on the schedule.
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AVCA POLL: Texas (4-0) and Nebraska (5-0) stayed 1-2 in this week’s poll. Minnesota moved up a spot to third, trading places with Louisville, which lost to this week’s No. 8, Ohio State.
Georgia Tech (5-0) stayed at No. 5, Wisconsin stayed No. 6 and Pittsburgh moved up from 10th to No. 7.
The other unbeatens in the top 25? Purdue (6-0) at No. 9, Oregon (4-0) at No. 18, Kansas (6-0) at No. 19, and Penn State (6-0) at No. 20. Oregon plays at Minnesota on Friday before playing Penn State on Saturday, so at the best there will be just six unbeatens next week.
Pepperdine moved in at No. 24; Illinois (1-3), the only team with a losing record in the poll dropped from 19th to No. 25; and USC, which took losses to No. 17 Creighton and No. 14 Kentucky, dropped out.
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AVCA POW: The national player of the week is Logan Eggleston, the senior outside hitter for Texas who is tearing it up. Eggleson last week averaged 5.43 kills in seven sets. She also averaged 1.86 digs in a four-set win over Minnesota and sweep of Stanford, which is up to No. 11 this week. Eggleston had 22 kills, four aces, six digs and two blocks against Minnesota and 16 kills, an assist, three blocks and seven digs against…
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