Big Ten: Iowa Upsets #5 Wisconsin, #17 Michigan Survives in 5
Iowa upset #5 Wisconsin for the first time since 2009, while Michigan also escaped with a five-set home win, moving past Indiana. #4 Minnesota snapped #3 Nebraska’s 14-match win streak to claim the top spot in the Big Ten standings after Week 3.
Reaching 1,000: The Newest 1,000 Kill & 1,000 Dig Club Members
Six players joined the 1,000 kill club and six more registered their 1,000th dig on Week 6. Five players are approaching the even more elite 1,000-kill, 1,000-dig club.
VolleyMob Player of the Week: Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Minnesota
After leading No. 7 Minnesota past No. 3 Wisconsin and Indiana in sweeps, senior setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson has been selected as the VolleyMob Player of the Week.
Post-Week 6 Notebook: Big 12 & Big Ten
Texas is off to as good of a start as they could ask in their race to win another Big 12 title.
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 6): Minnesota Arrives Back in the Top 5
Minnesota had a big week to jump back into the top five in the latest VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings.
Minnesota, Penn State, Nebraska Earn Big Ten Honors
Minnesota’s Alexis Hart and Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Nebraska’s Lauren Stivrins, and Penn State’s Serena Gray and Kendall White earned Big Ten weekly honors for Week 5.
Samedy, Hart Pace #7 Minnesota to Sweep of #3 Wisconsin
No. 7 Minnesota made just seven hitting errors in an efficient .386 hitting performance and sweep of border rival No. 3 Wisconsin on Wednesday.
UNLV’s Mariena Hayden Tabbed as VolleyMob Week 5 Player of the Week
A stellar and efficient hitting effort coupled with a strong defensive stand earned UNLV outside hitter Mariena Hayden the Week 5 VolleyMob Player of the Week nod.
Minnesota, Nebraska, Maryland Players Earn Big Ten Week 5 Honors
Maryland’s Allegra Rivas, Minnesota’s Adanna Rollins, Stephanie Samedy and Samantha Seliger-Swenson, and Nebraska’s Mikaela Foecke and Nicklin Hames earned the weekly honors from the Big Ten for Week 5 action.
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 5): Pittsburgh Continues to Rack Up Wins
Pittsburgh continues to rack up wins and stay unbeaten as they slide up a spot in the latest VolleyMob Top 25.