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NCAA volleyball: WSU pulls off reverse sweep of USC

NCAA volleyball: WSU pulls off reverse sweep of USC

Louisville’s Anna DeBeer attacks against North Carolina/Adam Mouchrani, Louisville Athletics

Washington State went from a season on the brink Sunday to a remarkable victory as the ninth-ranked Cougars, who had lost three of their last four matches and five of seven, pulled off a reverse Pac-12 sweep of visiting USC. 

Nebraska, Louisville, Florida State, Kentucky and Tennessee were among the other winners.

And two teams finished their respective seasons winless as Hampton ended 0-19 and Saint Peter’s went 0-30.

MONDAY-TUESDAY: There are five matches on the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule on Monday, including the start of the SoCon Championship when UNC Greensboro faces East Tennessee State.

On Tuesday, there are handful of regular-season matches and it’s the start of the Patriot League Championship when Navy plays Bucknell and Loyola Maryland plays American. 

Want to watch? We have the conference-by-conference schedule with viewing links for any match that is being shown in our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.

It’s all eyes on Elena Scott as the Louisville libero plays the ball against North Carolina/Adam Mouchrani, Louisville Athletics

ACC: Fifth-ranked Louisville swept visiting North Carolina and Florida State beat visiting Miami in four to remain tied for first at 14-2, puling a half game over idle Pitt. Charitie Luper led Louisville with 10 kills in 20 errorless attacks, six digs and two blocks. FSU git 18 kills from Audrey Koenig, while Miami’s Grace Lopez had 27 kills, hit .429 and had an assist and 15 digs. … NC  State won in four at Virginia Tech and Virginia beat visiting Notre Dame in five as Brooklyn Borum had 21 kills.

BIG TEN: Top-ranked Nebraska built its lead to two games over idle Wisconsin with a four-set win over visiting Illinois as five Huskers had nine or more kills, 12 by Bekka Alick, who hit .474 and had five blocks. Andi Jackson had nine kills in 11 errorless attacks and three blocks. Raina Terry had 20 kills for Illinois … AVCA No. 16 Purdue beat visiting Michigan State in four as Chloe Chicoine had 18 kills, two assists, four aces, nine digs and three blocks. Tayem Holdem had 23 kills for Michigan State … Minnesota won in five at Indiana, which got 24 kills from Camryn Haworth, who added three aces, 10 digs and three blocks. Julia Hanson had 19 kills for the Gophers … Maryland swept visiting Ohio State and Northwestern swept at Iowa.

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