19 sty Pitt passes United kingdom; Louisville ousts Stanford; Nebraska-Wisconsin, Creighton-Penn County with the Weekend
Brand new ACC as well as one or two-top-seeded groups, Pittsburgh and you may Louisville, took areas Saturday on NCAA volleyball federal semifinals and certainly will gamble both Thursday.
Weekend, the top Ten was guaranteed one put on the new other side of the class whenever Nebraska plays Wisconsin. But commonly brand new champ play a different sort of Huge Ten team when you look at the Penn State? Or the Larger East’s Creighton?
Lynn off Boca Raton, Florida, beat San francisco bay area State inside the four to winnings the newest NCAA Section II national tournament, and Bowling Green pulled out of a contrary sweep and you may knocked out St. John’s to progress to the NIVC label matches, where it plays Washington toward Saturday.
NCAA Tournament Week-end
ABC spared the new Weekend 3 p.yards. East slot getting Nebraska together with system could not enjoys questioned to get more, since Huskers (32-2) gamble place of Wisconsin (26-6) in one of the fiercest rivalries – and one individuals almost certainly knows ideal – from the school game.
Nebraska swept both the group meetings, 25-21, 25-22, 25-19 from inside the Madison on e Devaney Recreations Heart floors. Nebraska guides the brand new all the-day collection twenty-two-step 14-1.
Then get an excellent nap, given that at 8:30 p.m. East for the ESPN, Penn State (32-2) performs host to Creighton (32-2). Penn County features obtained nine a row, Creighton twenty five, together with a couple of programs have not played each other.
Penn State’s one or two losses: It got swept from the Pitt towards the September 18 and you may got swept at Wisconsin on November nine. Creighton’s two defeats: Into the five during the Nebraska for the Sep 10 as well as in four within Louisville to your Sep 15. The fresh new Bluejays ran 18-0 in the Larger Eastern and obtained each other the meeting tourney fits.
NCAA Event Monday
PITT step 3, KENTUCKY 0: After they in the long run got to the 3rd set Monday night, Pitt don’t you would like one rallies or comebacks. No, new Panthers steamrolled going to Kentucky to help you clinch somewhere in the NCAA national semifinals to the fourth year in a row.
Commonly so it be the seasons your most readily useful-seeded Panthers ultimately make it to the latest NCAA Office I Volleyball Championship latest match?
Kentucky (23-8) may think very immediately after Pitt (33-1) swept twenty five-22, 25-23, 25-17 just like the Panthers strike .five hundred about third set that have 14 eliminates plus one mistake for the 25 symptoms. They have now acquired 17 in a row.
ACC athlete of the year Olivia Babcock provided Pitt that have thirteen eliminates together with a single next-lay error when you look at the thirty two swings hitting .375 and you will added an ace and you may around three stops. Bre Kelley had eight eliminates which have you to definitely mistake inside the fourteen symptoms going to .five-hundred and had good search and you will four reduces. Valeria Vazquez Gormez got 7 eliminates and you may five digs, and you can
Torrey Stafford got half dozen eliminates – for instance the meets winner – 7 digs and you may an unicamente block. Setter Rachel Fairbanks got a kill in her just are, 29 helps, an adept, four digs and two prevents. Their particular class strike .333.
Kentucky, and this hit .167, had twenty-two kills away from SEC player of the season Brooklyn DeLeye. She struck .325 along with an ace as well as 2 digs. Megan Wilson had eight kills, five digs and two stops. Brooke Bultema had six kills, a support and two blocks, that solamente. Erin Lamb had five kills but five problems and you will Jordyn Dailey had three eliminates and you may around three mistakes and four reduces. Emma Grome got 37 helps, four digs and about three blocks.
LOUISVILLE step 3, STANFORD 1: Louisville (29-5) obtained a fierce twenty-two-25, 25-fourteen, 28-twenty six, 25-20 struggle with Stanford (28-5), and therefore destroyed from inside the a nearby finally on third season from inside the a-row.
And you will Louisville reaches stay home with the third week-end for the a row. The new Cardinals, just who overcome il Condition and you can Northern Iowa about downtown KFC Yum! Heart, following gone to live in Louisville’s Freedom Hall to possess wins over Purdue and Stanford. Today it enjoy Pitt from inside the Yum! Target Thursday with an opportunity to end up being wife Vichy the basic NCAA team to help you win all the six suits at home.