Top-ranked Wisconsin was having none of it the second night at Arkansas and took it to the No. 21 Razorbacks.
Ninth-ranked Oregon beat San Diego State in four on Thursday, No. 9 BYU swept McNeese, No. 24 Tennessee topped San Diego, and Purdue, ranked No. 25, escaped in five from Kansas.
Pre-conference play continues Friday with a massive slate.
There’s a showcase match between No. 10 Pittsburgh of the ACC and the SEC’s No. 15 Kentucky. Also in the ACC, fourth-ranked Louisville plays South Dakota and Boston College plays Tennessee of the SEC.
Purdue of the Big Ten is back at it in Kansas, this time with No. 19 Marquette of the Big East. Other ranked Big Ten teams in action include No. 12 Ohio State playing Georgia Tech and No. 14 Penn State taking on No, 22 Western Kentucky,
No. 18 Rice of the AAC goes to No. 16 Baylor of the Big 12 in a battle of Texas schools (we are there). Also in Texas, No. 13 Houston plays North Texas.
Among the SEC teams in action, 3-0 Mississippi State plays 4-0 UCF of the Big 12 and Arkansas gets no rest as it takes on Colorado State of the Mountain West for its third match in as many days.
No. 6 Oregon is the only ranked Pac-12 team playing when the Ducks face UC Santa Barbara.
No. 20 Creighton of the Big East is home for Ball State while another unbeaten Big East team, 3-0 Xavier, plays Colorado of the Pac-12.
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Wisconsin (4-0), coming off its tenuous five-set win at Arkansas (2-2) on Wednesday, hit .345 and crushed the Razorbacks 25-22, 25-16, 25-17.
Five Badgers had eight or more kills, including Sarah Franklin with 12. She had an assist and 11 digs. Devyn Robinson had 11 kills, hit .409, and had an assist, a block and a dig. Anna Smrek had 10 kills with one error in 16 attacks, four digs and four blocks, two solo. Temi Thomas-Ailra had nine kills, five digs and two blocks, one solo. And Carter Booth had eight kills with one error in 11 swings.
Jillian Gillen had 15 kills and hit .351 for Arkansas to go with an assist, an ace, a block and 13 digs. But her teammates combined for 19 kills and 12 errors. Taylor Head had nine kills but nine errors …
Oregon (4-0) won 25-19, 25-15, 22-25, 25-10 over San Diego State (1-3). Mimi Colyer had 13 kills, four aces, two blocks and 10 digs. Gabby Gonzalea…
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