This Week in the Top 25: 8 Head to Head Matches, Two Top 10 Affairs
No. 12 USC has two Top 25 matches on tap for Week 14, with second place in the Pac-12 on the line. Meanwhile, No. 1 Penn State faces No. 7 Minnesota and No. 18 Wisconsin with the Big Ten title up for grabs.
Top 25 Roundup: Big Ten, Pac-12 Upsets Highlighted Week 13
Vote-getter Oregon State completed its first season sweep of the Washington schools since 1985, while unranked Michigan downed two Top 25 foes in No. 10 Michigan State and No. 18 Purdue.
Baylor Continues Quick Rise Into Top 10; VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 14)
Baylor continues to ascend the rankings – this time to the top 10 – with others losing and a hot streak continuing; VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 14)
Michigan Upsets #18 Purdue In First of Back-To-Back Matches
Michigan earned its second-straight top 25 win by defeating #18 Purdue on senior night.
#6 Minnesota Visits (RV) Illinois; November 18 Preview
#6 Minnesota faces a tough road test as they head to Champaign to face (RV) Illinois; November 18 Preview
241 Volleyball Players Honored with Academic All-District Selection
Ten returning Academic All-Americans, including Penn State’s Haleigh Washington and Missouri State’s Lily Johnson in Division I, were among those honored with CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades.
An Inside Look: Facing the Same Opponent Back to Back
In a unique scheduling setup, the 2017 slate will include 16 occurances of teams playing the same opponent back to back. VolleyMob talked to four involved coaches, including Michigan’s Mark Rosen and Purdue’s Dave Shondell, whose teams play Friday and Wednesday, to get their take.
#18 Purdue Wins Fourth Straight In Sweep Of Rutgers
#18 Purdue swept Rutgers in College Ave. Gymnasium to win their fourth straight.
Willingness, Flexibility, Maturity Guiding Cuttino, Purdue to Success
Purdue has found its footing as of late due to a change in offensive system behind hybrid middle blocker Danielle Cuttino, who has hit her stride back thanks to a second position change.
Six #1 NCAA Tournament Teams Have Won A National Title Since 2000
The past eight years have shown that volleyball is a momentum game and rankings don’t necessarily show off a team’s overall worth.
