Second-ranked Louisville improved to 8-0 with a sweep of visiting No. 12 Penn State on Sunday. In the only other match between ranked teams, No. 18 Tennessee swept No. 24 Marquette.
UCLA won its seventh match in a row by winning in four at No. 23 Hawai’i and Davidson and Iowa State took their first losses.
The new AVCA top 25 comes out Monday afternoon and the top five — Wisconsin, Louisville, Florida, Nebraska and Stanford — should stay the same. After that, shakeup is inevitable with a few lower-ranked teams sure to drop out.
The only match on Monday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule is in Texas, where once-ranked Rice of the American Athletic Conference is at No. 7 Texas of the Big 12.
There are 30 matches Tuesday, including No. 4 Nebraska at No. 5 Stanford and No. 3 Florida at Florida State.
AVCA top 25
Louisville beat visiting Penn State of the Big Ten 25-17, 25-19, 25-16 despite hitting .186. Penn State (4-3) , however, hit .055. Anna DeBeer led the Cardinals with 10 kills, a block and 11 digs. Phekran Kong had seven kills, a dig and four blocks, one solo. Jess Mruzik had 12 of Penn State’s 27 kills …
No. 9 Pittsburgh (6-1) of the ACC swept Loyola Chicago (2-6) of the Atlantic 10 25-14, 25-22, 25-16. Olivia Babcock had 12 kills, hit .364 and had an ace, five blocks and four digs. Emma Monks had seven kill with one error in nine attacks, five blocks and five digs, and Chiamaka Nwokolo had six kills with one error in 11 attacks, an assist and seven digs, one solo. Loyola, which hit .055, got 11 kills from Addie Barnes …
Georgia Tech (7-0) of the ACC overpowered host Florida A&M (2-7) of the SWAC 25-15, 25-20, 25-15. The No. 11 Yellowjackets hit .354 and got 16 kills from Larissa Mendes, who hit .500 and had an ace, a block and a dig. Tamara Otene had 11 kills with one error in 25 attacks, two aces and six digs …
No. 14 Baylor (4-3) of the Big 12 hit .464 and swept Pacific (5-4) of the West Coast Conference 25-12, 25-23, 25-18 behind nine kills each by Kyndal Stowers and Elise McGhee. Stowers had one error in 20 attacks and seven digs, while McGhee had one error in 13 swings. Allie Sczech had eight kills with one error in 15 attacks and Manuela Bibinbe had eight kills with one error in 10 attacks …
No. 16 Creighton (7-2) of the Big East beat previously unbeaten Iowa State (7-1) of the Big 12 25-21,…
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