The rankings in this report refer to the AVCA Coaches Poll from a week ago.
What a week it’s been since.
When the new poll comes out later Monday, the likely Nos. 1 and 2 will be Pittsburgh and Stanford.
After that?
Good luck to the respective directors of ops and/or sports information directors who vote for their head coaches.
Since that poll was announced last Monday, No. 1 Texas lost (twice), No. 2 Nebraska lost, No. 3 Louisville lost, and, well, you get the idea.
Sunday was no exception, with another couple of upsets as unranked Auburn knocked off No. 15 Florida State and Western Michigan beat No. 24 Marquette, and there was the usual array of reverse sweeps, including 5-0 Washington over Colorado.
Lines of the day: Temple lost in five to Presbyterian, but Taylor Davenport had 33 kills and Sydney Jones had 22. Dartmouth’s Kauany Gutz had 30 kills in a five-set win over Northeastern.
The Power 4 conferences
Let’s start with Auburn of the SEC, which improved to 6-0 with its 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20 victory over previously unbeaten Florida State (4-1). Madison Scheer led with 15 kills and seven blocks. Lauren Dreves and Bella Bell had 11 kills each. Audrey Koening had 19 kills and three blocks for FSU, which got 11 kills from Khori Louis, who had four blocks. Auburn, which had a 17-9 blocks advantage hit .209 and FSU .124 …
Another SEC school, No. 10 Florida (5-1) also rallied from losing the first set and defeated visiting Ohio State (3-2) 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21. Isabel Martin had 14 kills but 11 errors and added two aces, nine digs and two solo blocks. Florida, which hit .291 and had 12 aces, got 12 kills apiece from Amaya Thomas and Jaela Auguste, who had one error in 15 attacks and four blocks. Emily Londot led Ohio State, which hit .218, with 15 kills, an assist, an ace, five digs and five blocks …
Also in the SEC, No. 9 Kentucky hit .413 and swept Ball State …No. 21 Arkansas improved to 7-0 with a sweep of Little Rock … Georgia went five to beat Fresno State, which got 28 kills from Ella Rud, who hit .355 and had five aces, eight digs and a block. Georgia’s Sophie Fisher had 18 kills, two assists, four digs and 10 blocks … South Carolina swept North Carolina as Anadi Oby had eight kills in 11 errorless swings, a dig and three blocks … Mississippi State rallied after losing the…
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