Pitt passes Uk; Louisville ousts Stanford; Nebraska-Wisconsin, Creighton-Penn County toward Week-end

The brand new ACC as well as two-top-seeded teams, Pittsburgh and Louisville, took spots Friday on the NCAA volleyball federal semifinals and will gamble one another Thursday.

Week-end, the top Ten is guaranteed a minumum of one put on the newest other hand of one’s bracket whenever Nebraska performs Wisconsin. But will the newest winner play a different Huge Ten class in the Penn Condition? And/or Large East’s Creighton?

Lynn off Boca Raton, Florida, overcome San francisco bay area State when you look at the five so you’re able to earn the fresh NCAA Section II national tournament, and you will Bowling Eco-friendly taken out of an opposing sweep and knocked out St. John’s to advance toward NIVC title meets, in which it takes on Washington to the Saturday.

NCAA Event Sunday

ABC saved new Sunday step three p.meters. East slot to own Nebraska additionally the network could not has actually questioned for much more, as Huskers (32-2) gamble host to Wisconsin (26-6) within the fiercest rivalries – and one the general public almost certainly understands best – on college game.

Nebraska swept one another the meetings, 25-21, 25-22, 25-19 in Madison towards the elizabeth Devaney Activities Cardiovascular system flooring. Nebraska prospects the brand new most of the-time series twenty two-step one4-step one.

Next get a nap, because in the 8:30 p.meters. East on the ESPN, Penn Condition (32-2) plays host to Creighton (32-2). Penn Condition have won nine a row, Creighton 25, together with a few programs haven’t starred each other.

Penn Country’s a couple loss: They got swept from the Pitt with the September 18 and you may got swept at the Wisconsin with the November 9. Creighton’s a few beats: During the five within Nebraska into the Sep ten plus in four at Louisville with the Sep fifteen. The Bluejays went 18-0 in the Large Eastern and you may won one another its appointment tourney matches.

NCAA Event Monday

PITT step 3, KENTUCKY 0: When they finally got to the third place Tuesday nights, Pitt did not you desire people rallies otherwise comebacks. Zero, the new Panthers steamrolled going to Kentucky to clinch a place about NCAA federal semifinals with the fourth year consecutively.

Have a tendency to it be the 12 months that the better-seeded Panthers ultimately get to the NCAA Department I Volleyball Title finally suits?

Kentucky (23-8) might imagine thus just after Pitt (33-1) swept twenty-five-twenty-two, 25-23, 25-17 as the Panthers strike .five hundred in the 3rd set which have fourteen kills and one mistake when you look at the twenty five symptoms. He’s now obtained 17 consecutively.

ACC member of the season Olivia Babcock led Pitt having thirteen eliminates along with just one 2nd-lay error for the thirty two shifts hitting .375 and you will added an adept and you may about three reduces. Bre Kelley got 7 eliminates having one to error in the 14 periods hitting .500 along with a beneficial look and you will four stops. Valeria Vazquez Gormez got 7 kills and you may five digs, and you will

Torrey Stafford got six eliminates – such as the suits champ – seven digs and you can an unicamente block. Setter Rachel Fairbanks had a murder in her only was, 30 assists, an ace, four digs and two reduces. Her people hit .333.

Kentucky, and that hit .167, had twenty two eliminates out-of SEC member of the year Brooklyn DeLeye. She hit .325 and had an adept and two digs. Megan Wilson got seven eliminates, five digs as well as 2 stops. Brooke Bultema got half a dozen eliminates, an assistance and two prevents, one to solamente. Erin Lamb got four kills but four problems and you may Jordyn Dailey had around three kills and you can around three problems and five blocks. Emma Grome got 37 facilitate, four digs and about three stops.

LOUISVILLE step three, STANFORD step one: Louisville (29-5) won a fierce twenty-two-twenty-five, 25-fourteen, 28-twenty-six, 25-20 battle with Stanford (28-5), and therefore forgotten into the an area final for the third year inside a-row.

And you will Louisville extends to stay-at-home with the 3rd week-end inside a row. The fresh new Cardinals, whom defeat il Condition and you can Northern Iowa wife Fort Worth, TX in USA on the downtown KFC Yum! Center, after that gone to live in Louisville’s Versatility Hallway having wins more than Purdue and you can Stanford. Today they enjoy Pitt from inside the Yum! Center on Thursday which have an opportunity to end up being the basic NCAA team so you’re able to win all the half a dozen matches in the home.