Volleyball Today: Dayton rolls on in A10; hurricane affecting schedules

Dayton, ranked No. 22 in the AVCA top 25, had 20 aces and won its 25th Atlantic 10 match in a row Tuesday when the Flyers won at Duquesne.

Dayton was the only ranked team in action on a night when High Point swept at Brown, winning the third set 37-35.

Wednesday, there were 22 matches on the schedule, including a big one in the ACC when SMU goes to Pittsburgh, but some matches have already been canceled or postponed because of the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton. Liberty’s Conference USA matches at FIU on Tuesday and Wednesday were postponed.

And Friday’s Iowa State at UCF Big 12 match has been canceled. Iowa State noted that the match will be considered a no contest in the standings and will not be made up.

This is an all-NCAA edition of Volleyball Today:

NCAA volleyball Wednesday

The showcase match of the day is in the ACC, when undefeated Pittsburgh (14-0, 4-0), ranked No. 1 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, is home for No. 14 SMU (12-3, 4-0). Their first ACC meeting can be seen on the ACC Network. 

Both Big Ten matches are on the Big Ten Network when No. 11 Oregon (11-2, 3-1) is at No. 16 USC (11-3, 3-1) and UCLA (7-6, 1-3) plays at Washington (13-1, 3-1). 

The two Arizona teams play each for the first time as members of the Big 12 when Arizona (12-3, 1-3) goes to No. 12 Arizona State (14-2, 3-1). Also in the Big 12, Iowa State (8-6, 2-1) is at Houston (7-7, 2-2). 

There are three matches in the SEC, AVCA No. 19 Florida (10-4, 1-2) home for Mississippi State (7-6, 1-2), Texas A&M (11-2, 2-1) at Ole Miss (12-3, 2-1) and Missouri (9-5) home for Southeast Missouri State (7-9) of the Ohio Valley Conference.

NCAA volleyball Tuesday

Dayton (15-1, 5-0 A10) won 25-11, 25-17, 22-25, 25-20 at Duquesne (11-6, 2-3) as the Flyers had a program-record 20 aces, eight by Taylor Russess, who also had 10 kills with two errors in 21 attacks to hit .381 to go with two blocks and four digs. Lexie Almodovar led with 13 kills but hit .093 and had an assist, an ace, a block and nine digs. Alayna Yates had eight kills with no errors in 18 tries and three blocks, one solo. Setter Alyssa Smith had four kills, 41 assists, three aces, a block and 12 digs, and libero Karissa Kaminski had three aces, 13 digs, four assists and a kill in her only attempt … Also in the A10, VCU swept at Davidson 25-18, 25-23, 33-31. Julia Rienks had 18 kills, hit .560 and had two solo blocks and Anja Kujundzic…