No. 7 Texas Rallies at No. 13 Tennessee as AVCA Top 25 Navigates Opening Conference Week

No. 7 Texas saved its finest for final, rallying from a two-set deficit in entrance of a report crowd in Knoxville to headline a full week of AVCA Coaches Poll Top 25 motion as main conferences opened league play Thursday by Sunday.

The up to date Week 5 rankings are scheduled for launch Tuesday, Sept. 29.

Friday, Sept. 25

Texas accomplished the primary reverse sweep of the Lady Vols’ season at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, taking a 3-2 determination over No. 13 Tennessee (21-25, 24-26, 25-18, 25-22, 15-11) earlier than 9,226 followers — the most important crowd in program historical past. Torrey Stafford posted 28 kills with 12 digs and 4 blocks. Rella Binney completed with 54 assists and a career-high 14 digs. Texas moved to 5-4 total and 1-0 in SEC play; Tennessee fell to 9-2, 0-1.

No. 4 Louisville opened ACC play with a commanding 25-9, 25-13, 25-18 sweep at Syracuse, shifting to 11-2 total and 1-0 within the convention.

No. 14 Penn State downed Michigan 3-1 (23-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-13) in Ann Arbor to open Big Ten Conference play 1-0.

Saturday, Sept. 26

No. 2 Nebraska posted a .440 hitting share within the third set and swept Ohio State 25-19, 25-10, 25-12 on the Devaney Center, shifting to 13-0 total and 2-0 within the Big Ten.

In a ranked matchup in Minneapolis, No. 20 Oregon topped No. 15 Minnesota 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 27-25), handing the Gophers their second consecutive Big Ten loss — Minnesota had additionally fallen at Illinois on Thursday to open convention play 0-2. Sjakkie Donkers and Alanah Clemente every logged 19 kills for Oregon; libero Reese Sheppard tied her profession excessive with 20 digs. Oregon improved to 10-2 and is 1-1 within the Big Ten. Minnesota fell to 6-4, 0-2.

No. 25 Creighton held off St. John’s at Queens to win their second consecutive Big East match.

Sunday, Sept. 27

No. 1 Pittsburgh swept Stanford at Victory Heights Arena to enhance to 12-0 on the season and 2-0 in ACC play. Stanford fell to 7-4.

No. 3 Kentucky drew 6,147 followers to Memorial Coliseum — the fourth-largest crowd in program historical past — and swept No. 7 Texas 25-23, 25-20, 25-21 to go 2-0 in SEC play. The Wildcats hit .269 whereas limiting Texas to .188. Torrey Stafford added 12 kills and 6 digs within the loss. Texas fell to 5-5, 1-1 within the SEC.

Michigan State handed No. 14 Penn State a 3-1 loss (25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19) in East Lansing. Hayley Ogden hit .400 with 13 kills for the Spartans. Kennedy Martin led Penn State with 19 kills, eight digs and 6 blocks. Penn State dropped to 9-3, 1-1 within the Big Ten; Michigan State improved to 11-1.

Wisconsin posted its finest defensive efficiency of the season in a 25-18, 25-15, 25-21 street sweep of Purdue, holding the Boilermakers to a .113 hitting share. Decelise Champion had 11 kills, 9 digs and 5 blocks; Anna Bardaro logged 12 digs — her tenth consecutive match in double digits. Wisconsin is 8-4, 2-0 within the Big Ten.

“This is a great win against a great team,” Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield stated. “We executed it in the way that we wanted to.”

No. 4 Louisville capped the weekend with a street sweep of Boston College to go 12-2 and 2-0 in ACC play.

Poll Outlook

Friday’s Big 12 Conference openers despatched three ranked packages to losses — No. 9 Arizona State, No. 17 Baylor and No. 21 Colorado — and all three are anticipated to fall in Tuesday’s up to date ballot. Minnesota’s 0-2 begin in Big Ten play and Penn State’s cut up weekend are additionally prone to set off motion within the ballot’s center tier. Results on the prime — Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Louisville and Kentucky all profitable — ought to go away the higher tier largely intact heading into Tuesday’s launch.