Nova’s Emma Decker Distributes 3,000th-Career Assist
Villanova junior Emma Decker surpassed the 3,000-career assists mark on Saturday in her team’s loss to 10th-ranked Creighton in 4 sets at home inside Jae Nevin Field House. The 6-3 setter distributed 42 assists against the Bluejays to raise her career total to 3,020, which ranks 6th in Wildcat volleyball history.
Big East: #10 Creighton Stays Perfect in Conference Action
10th-ranked Creighton remains alone atop Big East standings, earning its 8th-straight victory in 4 sets over Villanova Saturday.
Big Ten: Penn State, Purdue Win in Five; Minnesota Stays Perfect
Penn State ended a seven-match losing streak against Nebraska, winning in five sets at home, while Illinois picked up a key home win over Wisconsin in four. Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana also won on Saturday.
Seliger-Swensen Becomes Only Active Player with 5,000 Assists
Minnesota’s Samantha Seliger-Swenson is the NCAA’s active career leader in assists.
Sweeps by UC Davis, UC Irvine Highlight Big West Play on Saturday
Both UC Davis and UC Irvine earned sweeps on Saturday while Hawaii took down CSUN in four sets.
# 24 Baylor, #6 Texas Survive in Five; Kansas Still Unbeaten in Big 12
#24 Baylor and #6 Texas needed five sets Saturday to collect wins. Kansas and Iowa State both collected sweeps.
#2 Stanford Handles #16 Washington in Straight Sets
2nd-ranked Stanford extended its win streak to 14 in a row with a victory in straight sets against 16th-ranked Washington inside Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal, which has won 27 consecutive home matches, is perfect in Pac-12 play at 8-0.
#11 Penn State Tops #4 Nebraska for First Time Since 2014
Penn State’s five-set comeback win snapped a seven-match losing skid against the Huskers with the last win PSU coming on Nov. 29, 2014 in University Park.
Quade’s 26 Kills Leads #7 Illinois Past #5 Wisconsin
Illinois snapped an eight-match losing streak against the Badgers with the four-set win and evened the season series after falling 3-1 in Champaign on Oct. 3.
TCU Falls to Iowa State without McCall
Freshman outside hitter élan McCall missed her second straight match for TCU as the team fell to Iowa State on the road via sweep on Saturday.
