The AVP announced the teams for its new league and there will be Paris Olympians in Austin, Dallas, New York. Palm Beach and San Diego. The full list follows.
There are 47 matches on Thursday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule but surprisingly few between unbeaten teams in only the season’s second week. The schedule was light Wednesday but including No. 5 Stanford sweeping at No. 24 Marquette, No. 13 Kansas sweeping Wichita State and Furman pulling off a reverse sweep at USC Upstate.
Texas State beat UTSA in four sets, which included coming back from being down 24-16 in the first set.
We have a really cool thing that Indiana coach Steve Aird is doing this season with his challenges, and the latest NAIA poll.
AVP announces teams for new beach league
The AVP is trying something new with its league. The first set of matches is September 14-15 at the UCLA Tennis Center, followed by seven more stops, culminating with the championship November 9-10 in Los Angeles. Click here for the complete schedule and more details.
Here’s the breakdown of the league teams:
— Austin Aces: Paul Lotman, Billy Allen, Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth
— Brooklyn Blaze: Seain Cook, Cody Caldwell, Terese Cannon, Megan Kraft
— LA Launch: Tim Bomgren, Troy Field, Betsi Flint, Julia Scoles
— Miami Mayhem: Trevor Crabb, Theo Brunner, Alix Klineman, April Ross
— New York Nitro: Phil Dalhasser. Avery Drost, Brandie Wilkerson, Melissa Humana-Paredes
— San Diego Smash: Miles Evans, Chase Budinger, Geena Urango, Toni Rodriguez
NCAA women’s volleyball
Thursday’s schedule
We mentioned that there are very few matches Thursday between unbeatens. One is Cal vs. No. 8 Purdue of the Big Ten, both 3-0, at Utah. Cal later plays Utah, also 3-0, in a battle of former Pac-12 teams. The Big Ten’s No. 20 USC (2-0) is at Creigton of the Big East (3-0).
Other Big Ten teams in action include No. 2 Nebraska at home for The Citadel, No. 25 UCLA vs. No. 17 Tennessee, Rutgers vs. No 21 Arkansas, Indiana at No. 1 Texas and Northwestern at Long Beach State.
SMU, coming off that upset of Nebraska, plays host to Milwaukee. Two 3-0 teams face off when Arizona plays at Alabama State, Lipscomb goes to No. 14 BYU, and Auburn, receiving votes, is home for Cal Poly, the coaches’ pick to win the Big West.
Wednesday’s results and top performances
Stanford (4-0) won 25-18, 25-17,…
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