The NCAA Division I volleyball spotlight shines on Madison on Friday when Nebraska, No. 2 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, plays at No. 7 Wisconsin. Nebraska, which is 20-1 and 10-0 in the Big Ten, has won 17 in a row. Wisconsin (15-4, 9-1) has won nine in a row.
The only undefeated team, South Dakota State, won in four at Omaha on Thursday to extend its unbeaten record to 21-0 as the Jackrabbits took a two-game lead in The Summit League loss column.
In the only match between ranked teams, No. 13 Arizona State won in five at No. 20 BYU in the Big 12.
Lindenwood fell out of first place in the Ohio Valley when it was knocked off by Morehead State.
Athletes Unlimited begins the start of the last round of its five-week season when Team (Madi) Kingdon Rishcl plays Team (Bethania) De La Cruz–Mejia at 8 p.m. Eastern in Mesa, Arizona, followed by Team (Brittany) Abercrombie vs. Team (Dani Drews). Both matches can be seen on the FanDuel Sports Network and Volleyball World TV.
Many of the AU players also are on Pro Volleyball Federation rosters and Thursday the PVF, which begins it second season in January, released its composite schedule.
It’s all in this edition of Volleyball Today:
NCAA volleyball Friday
Nebraska-Wisconsin is the top rivalry in college volleyball these days and the matches rarely disappoint. From Wisconsin: “Big Ten rival Nebraska leads the Badgers overall, 20-13-1. Before the five-set heartbreaker last season in Lincoln, the Badgers had won ten in a row against the Huskers. UW has not lost at home to Nebraska since the 2013 season.”
It’s worth noting that Penn State (21-1, 11-0) has won 13 in a row and is alone in first in the Big Ten.
Also in the B1G, speaking of Penn State, the Nittany Lions play host to Iowa, No. 10 Purdue is at Maryland, No. 14 Minnesota is at Michigan State, Illinois is at Northwestern and Indiana goes to Rutgers.
In the SEC, Missouri, which has won six in a row, goes to No. 9 Texas, No. 16 Kentucky goes to South Carolina, Tennessee is at Georgia and Alabama is at Texas A&M.
There are eight ACC matches but none involving two ranked teams. No. 1 Pittsburgh is at Virginia, No. 4 Louisville is off, AVCA No. 6 Stanford is at Miami, No. 11 SMU is at Virginia Tech, No. 16 Georgia Tech is at Duke, No. 23 Florida State is home for Cal, No. 25 North Carolina is home for Clemson and Boston College is at Wake Forest.
The three Big 12 matches…
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