Missouri, UCF Join AVCA Top 25, Pittsburgh Climbs into Top 5 on Week 9
The top four – BYU, Stanford, Minnesota and Penn State – remained the same in the AVCA Top 25 poll, but the Cardinal did pick up two additional first place votes on Week 9. New to the poll on Week 9 are Missouri, which jumped in at No. 24 with a five-set upset win over then No. 11 Florida on Sunday, and UCF, which garnered its first ever AVCA ranking at No. 25.
Post-Week 9 Notebook: Big Ten, Big 12, UCF
Is Penn State the second best team in the Big Ten? And what’s the importance of that?
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 9): Illinois Back in the Top 5
Illinois made a jump back into the top five following a wild week of play.
Eastern Michigan Sweeps MAC West Week 9 Honors
Eastern Michigan swept the MAC West honors, while players from Ohio, Buffalo and Kent State were honored from the West East.
Fink, Miljacic, Galabova, Tyus Honored by NEC
LIU Brooklyn’s Viktoria Fink, St. Francis Brooklyn’s Vanja Miljacic, Central Connecticut’s Gala Galabova and Saint Francis’ Madi Tyus were tabbed for Northeast Conference Week 9 honors.
UCF’s Melville, SMU’s Watts Receive #AAC Weekly Nods
The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly volleyball honors, naming UCF”s McKenna Melville as Offensive Player of the Week and SMU’s Montana Watts as Defensive Player of the Week.
Sacramento State’s Nocetti, NAU’s Akin Honored by Big Sky
Sacramento State’s Mikaela Nocetti and Northern Arizona’s Abby Akin were recognized as the #BigSkyVB Players of the Week. Nocetti was named the Offensive Player of the Week, while Akin earned Defensive Player of the Week recognition.
Charleston’s Rachel Notches Third CAA Weekly Honor of 2018
Charleston’s Devon Rachel was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season while Elon’s Maddie Jaudon earned CAA Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in 2018.
Patriot League Tabs Colgate’s Stein, Kurowski for Week 9 Honors
The Colgate Raiders swept this week’s volleyball awards as junior outside hitter Alex Stein was named Patriot League Volleyball Player of the Week and teammate freshman setter Julia Kurowski was selected as rookie of the week
UMKC’s Lukes, New Mexico State’s Hart Tabbed with WAC Weekly Awards
Kansas City senior middle hitter Tyrecia Lukes and NM State junior middle blocker Megan Hart have been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Volleyball Players of the Week, respectively, for the week of Oct. 15-21.
