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S. Dakota rallies, big win for UNLV, Fighting Camels roll on, SD faces BYU

S. Dakota rallies, big win for UNLV, Fighting Camels roll on, SD faces BYU

South Dakota hit .117, but no worries for the Coyotes, because they have Elizabeth Juhnke. She had 24 kills, 12 digs and seven blocks as South Dakota pulled off a reverse sweep and ended the night still a game up in the loss column in The Summit League over Omaha and North Dakota State.

UNLV won the big Mountain West showdown — and yes, these are the scores, 30-32, 25-19, 25-21, 39-37 — handing San Jose State its first conference loss to force a tie in the loss column atop the standings.

In the Big South, the Campbell Fighting Camels are 9-0 after beating Charleston Southern in four.

James Madison took a one-game lead as it beat Coastal Carolina in match pitting the top two teams in the Sun Belt East.

And Ole Miss has an interim head coach.

The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at the Friday NCAA Division I volleyball schedule.

Coach Jen Petrie talks to her San Diego team earlier this season at Portland/Stephen Burns photo

There is only one match Friday in the West Coast Conference, but it’s the one we’ve been waiting for: No. 4 San Diego (17-1, 8-0) is home for No. 17 BYU (14-4, 7-1) in the first of two matches that annually decide the WCC title. San Diego has won 14 in a row, while BYU is coming off a stunning five-set upset by Pacific last Saturday. 

There are seven ACC matches, including No. 2 Louisville at Virginia, No. 8 Pittsburgh home for Notre Dame and No. 10 Georgia Tech is home for Boston College. Virginia Tech is at Florida State, Syracuse is at Clemson, Wake Forest is at Miami and North Carolina is at NC State.

No ranked teams play each other in the Big Ten, as No. 5 Wisconsin is home for Michigan State, No. 6 Ohio State is home for Iowa, No. 13 Penn State goes to Maryland in the Terps’ first match since sweeping at Purdue, No. 25 Michigan is home for Indiana and Northwestern goes to Rutgers.

Six Pac-12 matches include No. 7 Stanford home for UCLA, No. 15 Washington home for Arizona State, No. 20 Oregon home for Utah, USC at Cal, Arizona at Washington State and Colorado at Oregon State.

The five-match Big East slate includes No. 18 Creighton at Villanova and No. 19 Marquette home for Seton Hall.

In Conference USA, the two teams tied for the lead at 7-0 are in action when No. 21 Rice is home for FIU and No. 23 Western Kentucky is at Charlotte.

First-place and No. 24 Houston plays an American Athletic match at home against Wichita State, while UCF tries to keep pace at Cincinnati.

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