Sixth-ranked Ohio State beat visiting No. 4 Nebraska on Sunday for its 14th Big Ten win in a row and moved into a first-place tie with Wisconsin.
No. 14 Oregon and No. 20 Washington both claimed Pac-12 victories.
Towson won at Hofstra again and claimed the CAA regular-season title and Liberty won the top seed in the ASUN.
The recaps and top performances follow.
There are three matches Monday, two in the SWAC when Alcorn plays Prairie View and Southern plays Texas Southern. UNC Greensboro and Furman play in the SoCon.
Tuesday, there are also three matches. Indiana State goes to Evansville in the Missouri Valley, CSU Bakersfield goes to Cal Poly in the Big West, and Colorado State plays a Mountain West match at Wyoming. Wyoming’s Chad Callihan announced last week that he is stepping away as head coach at tne end of the season after 10 years at the helm. Callihan is the winningest coach in program history.
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BIG TEN: Ohio State (19-5, 15-1) came away with hard-fought 31-29, 25-21, 26-28, 25-16 victory over visiting Nebraska (22-3, 14-2) in an NCAA Tournament-like atmosphere before a sold-out crowd.
Emily Londot led with a season-high 23 kills — 12 in the first set — and hit .353 to go with four blocks and a season-high 21 digs. She had 26 digs in her previous four matches combined. Gabby Gonzales had 18 kills, an assist, a block and 20 digs and Jenaisya Moore had 12 kills, three blocks and seven digs.
Mac Podraza had three kills in nine errorless attempts, 55 assists, a block and 11 digs. Her team hit .254. Kylie Murr had 24 of Ohio State’s 101 digs, six assists and two aces.
Nebraska, which hit .168, got 15 kills from Ally Batenhorst, who had four digs and a block. Batenhorst had six kills in the first set. Madi Kubik had 14 kills, two blocks and 10 digs, and Whitney Lauenstein had 12 kills, an assist, an ace, two blocks and four digs. Nicklin Hames had 32 assists, two aces and 21 digs, and Lexi Rodriguez had 24 digs, eight assists and an ace …
No. 9 Minnesota (17-7, 12-4) swept visiting Indiana (13-15, 6-10) as the Gophers had just 33 kills in the 25-22, 25-9, 25-15 victory. Carter Booth had nine kills with one error and four blocks, one solo. The Hoosiers hit .031 …
Iowa (8-19, 2-14) swept visiting Rutgers (8-20, 2-14) to create a three-way tie for last with idle Michigan State (11-16, 2-14).
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