Three teams are within a game of each other atop the Big Ten after first-place Nebraska and Penn State both won in four on Saturday and second-place Wisconsin swept at Purdue.
South Dakota State won again as the Jackrabbits, the lone unbeaten in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball, improved to 20-0.
Of course there were reverse sweeps. Hello Morehead State, which on Friday came back from 0-2 at SIUE in the Ohio Valley. Saturday, SIUE rallied for an 18-25, 12-25, 25-20, 26-24, 15-10 victory.
UT Arlington had to reverse sweep at Utah Valley to improve to 20-2, 10-0 in the WAC.
Line of the day: In American’s five-set Patriot League win over Colgate, setter Esma Sipahi had nine kills in 15 errorless attacks, 54 assists, five aces, four blocks and 10 digs.
In addition to a full Sunday slate in the NCAA, Athletes Unlimited has two matches when Team (Leketor) Member-Meneh plays Team (Bethania) De La Cruz at 4 p.m. Eastern and Team (Morgan) Hentz plays Team (Brittany) Abercrombie at 6:30. Both matches can be seen on the FanDuel Sports Network and Volleyball World TV.
And the AVP League continues with its seventh of eight weekends. The Palm Beach Passion play the San Diego Smash at 1 p.m. Pacific in Anaheim’s Honda Center, followed by the New York Nitro vs. the Austin Aces. The matches can be seen on CBS Sports Network. Larry Hamel will have a complete recap this week.
NCAA volleyball Sunday
The ACC has a full schedule. No. 4 Louisville tries to bounce back when it goes to No. 11 SMU, while No. 1 Pitt, coming off that win over Louisville, is home for Notre Dame. No. 17 Georgia Tech is home for Wake Forest, No. 19 Florida State goes to Duke and No. 25 North Carolina entertains Miami. Virginia Tech is at Syracuse, Virginia is at Boston College and NC State is at Clemson.
Two ranked Big Ten teams are in action when No. 12 Oregon is home for Rutgers and No. 15 Minnesota goes to Ohio State. Illinois is at Iowa and Northwestern is at Indiana.
In the SEC, AVCA No. 14 Kentucky is at Ole Miss, Auburn goes to South Carolina, LSU is at Georgia, Missouri is at Oklahoma and Arkansas is at Mississippi State.
The lone Big 12 match has Kansas State at Iowa State.
The NCAA announces its tournament bracket five weeks from Sunday.
NCAA volleyball Saturday
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