The rankings in this report refer to the AVCA Coaches Poll from a week ago.
What a week it’s been since.
When the new poll comes out later Monday, the likely Nos. 1 and 2 will be Pittsburgh and Stanford.
After that?
Good luck to the respective directors of ops and/or sports information directors who vote for their head coaches.
Since that poll was announced last Monday, No. 1 Texas lost (twice), No. 2 Nebraska lost, No. 3 Louisville lost, and, well, you get the idea.
Sunday was no exception, with another couple of upsets as unranked Auburn knocked off No. 15 Florida State and Western Michigan beat No. 24 Marquette, and there was the usual array of reverse sweeps, including 5-0 Washington over Colorado.
Lines of the day: Temple lost in five to Presbyterian, but Taylor Davenport had 33 kills and Sydney Jones had 22. Dartmouth’s Kauany Gutz had 30 kills in a five-set win over Northeastern.
The Power 4 conferences
Let’s start with Auburn of the SEC, which improved to 6-0 with its 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-20 victory over previously unbeaten Florida State (4-1). Madison Scheer led with 15 kills and seven blocks. Lauren Dreves and Bella Bell had 11 kills each. Audrey Koening had 19 kills and three blocks for FSU, which got 11 kills from Khori Louis, who had four blocks. Auburn, which had a 17-9 blocks advantage hit .209 and FSU .124 …
Another SEC school, No. 10 Florida (5-1) also rallied from losing the first set and defeated visiting Ohio State (3-2) 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21. Isabel Martin had 14 kills but 11 errors and added two aces, nine digs and two solo blocks. Florida, which hit .291 and had 12 aces, got 12 kills apiece from Amaya Thomas and Jaela Auguste, who had one error in 15 attacks and four blocks. Emily Londot led Ohio State, which hit .218, with 15 kills, an assist, an ace, five digs and five blocks …
Also in the SEC, No. 9 Kentucky hit .413 and swept Ball State …No. 21 Arkansas improved to 7-0 with a sweep of Little Rock … Georgia went five to beat Fresno State, which got 28 kills from Ella Rud, who hit .355 and had five aces, eight digs and a block. Georgia’s Sophie Fisher had 18 kills, two assists, four digs and 10 blocks … South Carolina swept North Carolina as Anadi Oby had eight kills in 11 errorless swings, a dig and three blocks … Mississippi State rallied after losing the first two sets to force a fifth but lost to visiting Notre Dame, which got 20 kills from Sydney Palazzolo. Palazzolo, who left the match briefly when a ball hit her, causing a bloody nose, had three assists, three aces, 16 digs and a block. State’s Kailin Newsome had 25 kills, 22 digs and two blocks … Missouri lost in four to South Dakota …
Other ACC teams in action included No. 4 Louisville sweeping at Northern Kentucky and Wake Forest losing in five to 6-0 Illinois. Raina Terry led the Illini with 20 kills, two assists, two aces, six digs and a block. Wake Forest (3-3) has gone to five sets on four occasions this season, winning two of them …
Other Big Ten teams included Washington, which beat Colorado 24-26, 19-25, 25-17, 25-19, 15-13. Kiune Fletcher led the Huskies with 13 kills and six blocks. Colorado’s Ana Burilovic had 25 kills, two aces, two blocks and 12 digs … Oregon hit .360 and swept Central Arkansas … Michigan State beat Loyola Chicago in four …. Maryland hit .361 and swept North Texas as Samantha Schnitta had 16 kills, hit .565 and added an assist, three aces, seven digs and two blocks …
Two other Big 12 teams played Sunday. No. 16 Arizona State improved to 6-0 with a sweep of St. John’s. Shania Cromartie had 11 kills, hit .450, and had seven digs and two blocks, one solo. Claire Jeter had 11 kills with no error in 15 attacks, three assists, an ace, a dig and three blocks, one solo … West Virginia lost to North Dakota in five.
Around the nation
Key results and top performances:
The Presbyterian Blue Hose beat Temple 27-25, 13-25, 29-27, 22-25, 17-15, rallying from a 14-12 fifth-set deficit. While Presbyterian had four played with 10 or more kills, Temple’s Tayor Davenport went off for 33 kills, hitting .355, and had an ace and 10 digs, and Sydney Jones had 22 kills, five aces, a block and 13 digs. It was the first time since 2012 that a Temple player got 30 or more kills …
Western Michigan dealt Marquette a 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 25-22 as Mary Clare Brusek had 20 kills with one error in 32 attacks to go with two assists, three digs and a block, and Keona Salesman had 19 kills, hit .320 and had three digs and a solo block …
San Diego (1-4) broke through by pulling off a reverse sweep over visiting UC Santa Barbara as the incredibly named Nemo Beach had 18 kills, an assist, six digs and two blocks in the 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-7 victory …
No. 22 Dayton swept UMBC to improve 6-0 as Lexie Almodovar continued to lead the Flyers, this time with 18 kills while hitting .326 to go with three aces, two digs and a block … FIU beat Davidson in five as Jillian Huckabey had 21 kills, hit .348 and had two assists, two aces, 15 digs and a block …
Colgate thought it won its five-set match, 17-15 in the fifth, with Stony Brook but coach Kristen Belzung challenged, won the in-the-net call, and the Seawolves came away with a 25-20, 23-25, 27-29, 25-18, 19-17 victory. Kali Moore had 21 kills, two assists, two aces, 13 digs and three blocks as her coach got her 100th career victory …
Dartmouth’s Kauany Gutz had 30 kills in a five-set win over Northeastern, hitting .344, and had an ace, 17 digs and four blocks, one solo. Gutz, a junior from Brazil, had a total of 27 kills in Dartmouth’s first two matches … Canisius hit .356 in a sweep of Mercyhurst. Kara Zaucha had 12 kills, hit .429, and had six digs and a block … UConn is 6-0 after beating Buffalo in four … Colorado State hit .362 in a sweep of GCU. Naeemah Weatheres had 10 kills in 15 errorless attacks and a solo block.
