Saturday Roundup: 8 Sweeps, 3 Seeds Fall, Michigan Wins Marathon vs. Pitt
Saturday featured 12 matches with the winners earning a ticket to the Sweet 16 next weekend. Eight of the matches ended in sweeps, although two of those provided upsets as No. 9 Creighton and No. 11 USC fell to Washington and San Diego respectively.
BYU Hits .410, Jones-Perry Downs 20 Kills in Second Round Sweep of Utah
Fifty-four team kills led No. 4 seed BYU to a dominating 3-0 match win (25-16, 25-21, 25-18) over in-state rival Utah on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, advancing to its seventh Sweet 16.
BYU’s Jones-Perry, Lake, Gneiting, Olmstead Sweep 2018 WCC Awards
After spending the bulk of the 2018 season ranked No. 1 in the country, BYU volleyball swept the West Coast Conference major individual honors and placed five student-athletes on the All-WCC first team.
Perfect No More: No. 2 BYU Falls in Regular Season Finale at Loyola Marymount
The Loyola Marymount Lions swept BYU (27-1, 17-1 WCC) in straight sets, 25-23, 27-25, 25-20 to hand the previously-unbeaten Cougars their first loss of the year.
BYU Loses McKenna Miller to Season-Ending ACL Injury
The Cougars must now make their way through the remainder of the season without the junior outside hitter McKenna Miller as she suffered an ACL injury in Thursday’s match with Santa Clara.
WCC Tabs BYU’s Gneiting as Player of the Week
Freshman middle blocker Heather Gneiting had double-digit kills and six blocks in each of BYU’s two matches this week en route to WCC Player of the Week honors.
WCC: San Diego, Loyola Marymount Survive Five Set Thrillers
In WCC play, Loyola Marymount and San Diego won five set thrillers. #1 BYU took care of business by sweeping Gonzaga. In Malibu, Pepperdine swept San Francisco.
WCC: #1 BYU Overcomes Record-Portland Crowd; USD, LMU & Pepperdine Add Wins
Lyndie Haddock-Eppich surpassed 3,000 career assists as #1 BYU won against a record Portland crowd.
#1 BYU, Pepperdine Lead Day of Sweeps in the WCC
#1 BYU, Pepperdine, San Diego, and Loyola Marymount all pick up sweeps Saturday afternoon.
WCC: BYU Continues Dominance in League Action, Pacific Also Sweeps
BYU continues to show why it is the top team nationally with a dominant performance against Pepperdine to earn the sweep Tuesday night in WCC play. Pacific also notched a sweep over Santa Clara, while San Diego and Saint Mary’s turned in 4-set victories.
