Northern State Tops AVCA Division II Poll
Northern State women’s volleyball is at the top of the heap in this week’s AVCA Division II Poll release. The Wolves, who collected 39 first place votes and 1,166 total points, went 3-0 last week.
Illinois Stays Steady at Number Three in the Oct. 15 RPI Rankings
Illinois remains steady at third in the latest RPI where the top three is the same and the rest is mostly shuffled.
Penn State Climbs Back Into AVCA Top 5, Kansas Joins Rankings at 22
Penn State jumped back into the AVCA Top 5, climbing five spots to No. 4 after topping No. 17 Purdue and No. 5 Nebraska. An upset in the Big 12, dropped Texas from No. 4 to No. 8 and earned the victor, Kansas, a spot in the poll at No. 22.
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Syracuse Freshman Polina Shemanova Makes History Sunday
In Syracuse’s 5-set heartbreaking home loss to Florida State on Sunday afternoon, Polina Shemanova made history with her 30-kill performance. She is the first freshman in program history to compile 30 kills in a match and the first Orange player overall to register 30 or more kills in a single match since the 2006 season.
Post-Week 8 Notebook: Illinois, Kansas, Penn State, UCF
Kansas scored a huge victory to potentially change the trajectory of the Big 12 this season.
Stanford’s Plummer, Hentz; USC’s Lazaro Tabbed as Pac-12’s Best
Stanford’s Kathryn Plummer and Morgan Hentz and USC”s Raquel Lazaro notched their third, fifth and fourth Pac-12 weekly nod of 2018 for their Week 8 efforts.
Thompson, Pingel Garner AAC Player of the Week Nods
The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly volleyball honors for the week ending on October 14: Cincinnati’s Jordan Thompson and UCF’s Jordan Pingel.
Szczepanski, DeMaar Tabbed as SoCon’s Best of Week 8
Chattanooga’s Dani Szczepanski and Furman’s Meg DeMaar have been named the Southern Conference offensive and defensive players of the week.
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 8): Penn State Makes a Massive Jump
Behind the return of Nia Reed, Penn State spikes up the rankings into the top five.
