Volleyball Today: Wofford upsets Tennessee; AVCA Poll: big week for ACC
Tennessee, which moved up a spot to No. 15 in the new AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll when it came out Monday, then got upset by Wofford, which beat a ranked team for the first time in program history.
A handful of ranked teams are in action Tuesday, including No. 7 Wisconsin, which plays state rival Marquette, and the annual Sunshine State battle between No. 16 Florida and No. 18 Florida State.
Two undefeated teams play when 9-0 UT Arlington goes to TCU and 7-0 Washington goes to Oregon State.
1-5 stay the same in AVCA Poll
There was only mild shuffling in this week’s AVCA Poll as the top five teams — Pittsburgh (6-0), Stanford (7-0), Penn State (8-0), Louisville (7-1) and Nebraska (8-1) — stayed the same. Pitt got 33 first-place votes, Stanford 24, Penn State three and Nebraska one.
Purdue (8-0), one of the five unbeaten teams in the top 25, moved up a spot to No, 6. Wisconsin (3-3) moved up a spot to No. 7 and Texas (3-3) dropped two notches to No. 8.
Creighton (7-2) stayed at No. 9 and Kansas (7-0), the other unbeaten, moved up a spot to No. 10.
Miami, No. 20 last week, dropped out, and SMU is in at No. 22.
Click here for the complete AVCA top 25.
The VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll begins next Monday.
Wofford knocks off Tennessee
Tennessee, down two sets to one, rallied to force at fifth at Wofford in Spartanburg, South Carolina, but the Terriers regrouped to win the fifth. The 25-18, 25-20, 13-25, 19-25, 15-12 victory was the first time Wofford played host to a power-conference school its first win over an SEC team since beating Georgia in 2017.
Mary Emily Morgan led Wofford (6-4) of the Southern Conference with 18 kills to go with an assist, an ace, two solo blocks and nine digs. Bradley Brown had 14 kills with one error in 18 attacks to hit .722 and had an assist, an ace and a solo block. Sarah MacLean had 13 kills with two errors in 20 attacks to hit .550 and had two digs. Maddy Frazier had two kills in as many tries, 32 assists, three aces and eight digs. Laney Klika had 20 digs and 14 assists. Wofford hit .259 and had seven aces and 11 serving errors.
Tennessee (5-3), which hit .284, also had seven aces and 11 errors. Nina Cajic led the Vols with 17 kills, four aces and 10 digs. Keondreye Granberry had 13 kills, hit .455, and had an assist, two solo blocks and two digs. Paityn Chapman had 11 kills, hitting .529, with an assist and two digs, and Emily Beeker had nine kills, hit .500, and had two blocks, one solo.
Around the nation
There were just three other matches Monday.
Michigan State swept Eastern Michigan as Akasha Anderson had 17 kills, hitting .414 with an assist, an ace, nine digs and four blocks.
Chicago State beat UIC, which had 34 kills and 33 errors, in four, and Alcorn swept Tougaloo.
Big week for ACC volleyball
From the league, which deserves to beat its chest this week:
One of the most anticipated weeks in recent memory inside ACC Volleyball begins Tuesday with No. 18 Florida State visiting in-state rival No. 16 Florida at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. On Wednesday, three ranked matchups await ACC teams as No. 3 Penn State visits No. 1 Pitt at 7 p.m. ET on ACCN and No. 4 Louisville travels to No. 11 Kentucky at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. At 8 p.m., No. 2 Stanford hits the road to No. 5 Nebraska at 8 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
This weekend, Stanford hosts Kentucky on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, while on Sunday, Nebraska heads to Louisville at 12:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
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