Volleyball Today: NCAA streaks and big numbers; big men’s move; AVP, AU updates

Let’s go Peay!

There were no upsets Saturday in NCAA Division I volleyball, but streaks continued and a long one wsa broken, and there were some impressive numbers put up around the country.

The Jackrabbits are 22-0: South Dakota State, the only team left unbeaten in NCAA Division I volleyball, swept at Kansas City in The Summit League.

The Govs are 2-22: Austin Peay broke its 21-match losing streak with a 25-19, 19-25, 26-28, 27-25, 15-12 ASUN victory over visiting Bellarmine to give interim head coach Connor Crawford a victory in his second match at the helm after the school fired Taylor Mott last week. It was also senior night and the Govs’ final home match.

Lexie Almodovar and No. 15 Dayton keeps rolling in the Atlantic 10: She had 27 kills, 13 digs and a solo block in the Flyers’ four-set win at George Mason as the Flyers won their 16th match in a row. 

There was, of course, a reverse sweep, as UIC won a wild one at Missouri State in the Missouri Valley, 25-27, 24-26, 25-13, 25-15, 15-8.

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In Utah Tech’s five-set WAC win over visiting Utah Valley, Kennedi Knudsen had a program-record 34 kills, hit .355, and had two assists, four aces, seven digs and two blocks.

Evansville won its Missouri Valley Conference match in five against visiting Bradley and NCAA kills leader Giulia Cardona went off again, this time for 31 kills, an assist, 10 digs and two blocks. 

James Madison lost to visiting South Alabama in four in the Sun Belt, but Bre Reid had 30 kills, hit .328, and had two assists, two aces, 17 digs and a solo block.

In an OVC sweep at Little Rock, Keyana Cruise of Western Illinois had 23 kills, hit .377, and had an assist, four aces and 25 digs.

Jayln Stout, the incomparable setter for Coastal Carolina, had 16 kills in a four-set Sun Belt win over visiting Georgia Southern, hitting .400, and had 17 assists and 19 digs. It’s her 15th triple-double of the season, breaking the record of 14 she set last year as a freshman.

Loyola Chicago lost its men’s volleyball coach to UCLA when John Hawks went back to Los Angeles. Speaking of going back, Loyola re-hired Shane Davis, who went to coach the Northwestern women after winning back-to-back NCAA men’s titles at Loyola.

That and AVP and Athletes Unlimited updates follow in this edition of Volleyball Today:

NCAA, AVP, AU Volleyball Sunday

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