Dayton, the only ranked team in action Tuesday, swept visiting Duquesne as Lexie Almodovar continued her fantastic season. She led the Flyers, ranked No. 15 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, with 22 kills, hit .425, and had an assist, two aces, three blocks and three digs. And Almodovar, a VolleyballMag fourth-team All-American in 2023, is 5-foot-8.
More on that match, Tuesday’s other results, and Wednesday’s schedule in this all-NCAA edition of Volleyball Today.
And, oh, yeah, there was a reverse sweep: Just two of Tuesday’s 21 matches went five sets, and in one of them, visiting Southeast Missouri came back from 0-2 to win at Little Rock in the Ohio Valley.
NCAA volleyball Wednesday
There are 20 NCAA Division I women’s matches, including third-ranked Penn State (20-1, 10-0) home for Michigan (16-5, 6-4) and No. 12 Oregon (16-3, 8-2) at Washington (16-4, 6-4) in the Big Ten. Penn State, which has won 12 in a row, is tied with idle Nebraska (also 20-1, 10-0) atop the B1G.
The lone ACC match has No. 4 Louisville (17-3, 9-1) home for Notre Dame (9-10, 2-8). Louisville is in a three-way tie for first with No. 1 Pittsburgh and No. 25 North Carolina. The Irish are trying to break a six-match losing streak.
Kansas (18-1, 9-0) holds a one-game lead over idle Arizona State in the Big 12. The Jayhawks, who have won nine in a row, go to Texas Tech. Baylor (13-6, 5-3), up six spots in the AVCA top 25 to No. 17 this week, is home for Iowa State (9-10, 3-5), and Cincinnati (11-8, 2-6) is at UCF (8-9, 1-7).
The two SEC matches show No. 24 Florida (14-5, 5-3) at Arkansas (14-6, 4-4) and Ole Miss (13-7, 3-5) at Auburn (14-6, 4-5).
Fairfield (13-10. 11-0), which holds a two-game lead in the MAAC, is at Sacred Heart, while second-place Quinnipiac (12-11, 9-2) goes to Merrimack. Also in the MAAC, Niagara is at Canisius, Siena is at Marist, Saint Peter’s is at Rider and Manhattan is at Iona.
North Florida plays Jacksonville and Central Arkansas faces North Alabama in the ASUN.
The only Big East match has UConn at Providence.
George Mason goes to George Washington in the A10.
NCAA volleyball Tuesday
Dayton (22-1, 12-0 Atlantic 10), cruised a 25-11, 25-15, 25-14 sweep of visiting Duquesne (13-11, 4-8) as the Flyers won their 15th match in a row. Almodovar, averaging 4.83 kills per set and hitting .316 for the season, is ranked sixth in the NCAA in kills per set…
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