This is a recurring Monday theme, where we say best of luck to our VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll voters.
You/we are gonna need it.
What to do, for example, with No. 16 Arizona State, which lost in five on Friday at Oregon State, which hadn’t won in the Pac-12 before that, but then Sunday not only won at No. 5 Oregon, it swept the Ducks.
Or No. 9 Tennessee, which not only lost to visiting AVCA No. 23 Kentucky, but got swept at home.
Or No. 12 Georgia Tech, which not only lost to Miami on its home court, but also got swept at home.
Otherwise, Sunday was upset free as No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Washington State, No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Pittsburgh, No. 8 Louisville and No. 13 Arkansas — now leading the SEC — all won.
But the voters have to consider Louisville’s sweep this past week of Pittsburgh, how Texas went to Houston and dominated two matches, if losing to Nebraska hurt No. 13 Penn State and, because it’s a poll, not the computer rankings, should 20-0 The Citadel get consideration?
Also in this roundup is Cal, which has two Pac-12 wins for the first time since 2019, and the line of the day belonged to Missouri’s Jane deMarrais, who had 30 kills.
Sunday’s recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Monday’s and Tuesday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
There are six matches Monday, featuring a Missouri Valley Conference battle between first-place Northern Iowa (14-6, 8-0) and second-place Drake (14-6, 7-1). Third-place Illinois State (8-12) is at last-place Bradley.
There are three SWAC matches, Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern, Alabama State vs. Mississippi Valley State and Grambling vs. Alcorn. And in the WAC, second-place Grand Canyon, a game back in the loss column of idle Stephen F. Austin, is at California Baptist.
There are 17 matches Tuesday.
In the Summit League, first-place Omaha goes for its eighth victory in a row when it plays at Oral Roberts.
In the MAC, East leader Buffalo plays host to second-place Akron, which is a game behind, West co-leader Ball State plays third-place Toledo, and West co-leader Western Michigan is home for Northern Illinois.
Wright State, tied for first in the Horizon League, plays Youngstown State, and Northern Kentucky, in a three-way tie for third a game back, is home for Robert Morris.
Among the other matches, Hawai’i is at UC Davis in the Big West, Air…
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