NIVC Day 1 Features Seven Five-Setters
Seven of the eight host institutions won, including two in five-sets on night one of the NIVC Tournament. In total, seven of the 16 matches went the distance.
American Athletic Conference Sends Two Teams to NCAAs, Four to NIVC
Six American Athletic Conference volleyball teams earned postseason bids, as No 21 UCF and Cincinnati prepare for the NCAA Tournament, while USF, Tulane, Tulsa and Wichita State were each selected to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) field.
VolleyMob Player of the Week: Andie Shelton, Duke
Duke setter/outside hitter Andie Shelton averaged 5.7 assists, 2.9 kills, 1.8 digs and 1.10 blocks per set on a .377 hitting clip, while guiding the Blue Devils to a .287 effort in a pair of five-set wins and on to an NCAA Tournament at-large berth.
Cincinnati’s Thompson, Wichita State’s Civita Garner AAC Week 14 Recognition
Cincinnati’s Jordan Thompson and Wichita State’s Giorgia Civita receive final weekly volleyball honors with offensive and defensive player of the week nods.
Five AAC Teams Enter November on Heels of Weekend Sweeps
American Athletic Conference volleyball teams will begin their November slates on Thursday, as home teams went 11-1 through the final weekend of October.
AAC: #25 UCF Avoids Upset from Houston; (RV) Cinci, USF, Tulane, Tulsa, WSU Win
#25 UCF escaped a huge upset from Houston to stay atop the AAC standings.
Tulsa Survives Five Set Marathon Against Wichita State
Tulsa stunned Wichita State in five sets to give Shockers their first loss in the American Conference.
ECU, Tulsa Sit Atop American Athletic Conference Heading into Week 6
Five American volleyball teams—UCF, Cincinnati, SMU, Tulsa and Wichita State—remain undefeated in conference play after the first week of league action. ECU and Tulsa will each take on a midweek nonconference opponent before the race to the top of The American standings continues over the weekend.
Cincinnati’s Thompson Earns 4th AAC Honor; Civita Tabbed for Defense
The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly volleyball honors for the week ending on September 23, giving Cincinnati’s Jordan Thompson her fourth straight Offensive Player of the Week nod and tabbing Wichita State’s Giorgia Civita for defense.
Giorgia Civita Joins 1,000-Dig Club for Wichita State
Wichita State redshirt sophomore Giorgia Civita surpassed the 1,000-career digs threshold with 29 digs in Sunday’s sweep of Memphis. She is the 11th player to reach the milestone in Shocker volleyball history.
