NCAA Day 2 Rewind: Three Five-Setters, History Made
In first round matches, there were 20 sweeps in the 32 matches, but also three five-setters, which included two history making or ending efforts.
Rams Block Michigan’s Path, Stanford Sweeps CSUB; Palo Alto Pod (Rd 1)
Colorado State and Stanford both advanced to Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament in the Palo Alto pod.
#11 Utah Survives Purdue At Home, Move On To Sweet 16
#11 Utah outlasted Purdue in four sets to move on to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2008.
#14 Iowa State and Wisconsin Quickly Sweep Foes; Ames Pod (Round 1)
#14 Iowa State and Wisconsin quickly swept their foes Friday evening to meet on Saturday night in Round 2.
Bastianelli Takes Over 5th as Illinois Downs Hawaii; #8 Washington Sweeps LIU Brooklyn
Ali Bastianelli took over in the fifth set as Illinois overcame a late surge from Hawaii before #8 Washington swept through LIU Brooklyn.
Nebraska Gets By Stony Brook On Serves, WSU Powers Through FSU In Four
The fifth-seeded Nebraska Huskers cruised to a three-set sweep over Stony Brook to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Missouri Upset Breaks Brackets (Day 2 Bracket Contest Scores)
Only 13 brackets accurately predicted that Missouri would beat Kansas in the first round of the tournament, which represents about 10% of brackets entered.
Pitt Uses 4 Double-Doubles to Top VCU; No. 1 Penn State Wins in Four over Howard
Sophomore right side Nika Markovic notched a 17-kill, 13-dig double-double and four blocks to lead a quartet of Pitt players with double-doubles in Pittsburgh’s first round win. Meanwhile, Penn State held Howard to .085 in a four-set win in Match 2 in University Park.
Kranda Paces Michigan State, Creighton Wins in 4 to Set up NCAA Second Round Meeting
Brooke Kranda and Alyssa Garvelink turned in 12 kills apiece for Michigan State, while Marysa Wilkinson and Jaali Winters notched double-digit efforts for Creighton as both advanced to the NCAA Second Round in Omaha.
Wisconsin the Most Picked 2nd Round Upset; Examining the VolleyMob Bracket Challenge
Wisconsin is the most popular first/second round pod bracket buster while Penn State is the people’s National Champion; Examining the VolleyMob Bracket Challenge.
