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.
Nebraska Walks Over Missouri Into Sweet 16 Behind Foecke’s 16 Kills
In her final home match, senior All-American Mikaela Foecke had 16 kills without an error to lead the No. 6 seed Nebraska volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-22, 25-18 sweep of No. 24 Missouri in the NCAA second round.
SEC: #9 Florida and #19 Kentucky Stay Flawless in Conference Play
9th-ranked Florida and 19th-ranked Kentucky stayed perfect in SEC action with 8-0 and 6-0 marks, respectively. LSU, Texas A&M and RV Missouri all chalked up conference wins on Sunday as well.
SEC: #10 Florida Blocks RV Georgia’s Upset Bid
10th-ranked Florida registered 20 blocks, the 2nd-highest total recorded in the rally-scoring era, to halt RV Georgia’s upset bid 3-2 on Sunday afternoon. The Gators remain undefeated in SEC action, as Taelor Kellum and Mia Sokolowski notched career-high block totals.
SEC: Texas A&M Upsets RV Georgia, Otherwise Favorites Prevail
Texas A&M knocked off RV Georgia in 5 sets, otherwise favored SEC programs earned victories to close out opening weekend. RV South Carolina, Missouri, 11th-ranked Florida and Texas A&M are all off to 2-0 conference starts.
Penn State Rolls to Elite Eight Behind .432 Hitting Effort
No. 1 Penn State used an efficient offense to move past unseeded Missouri in a sweep on Friday afternoon to earn its eighth NCAA Elite Eight appearance since 2006.
Efficient Offense Lifts No. 11 Kentucky Past Mizzou in SEC Opener
MATCH STATS No. 11 Kentucky def. Missouri 3-1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19) Kentucky moves to 10-2, 1-0 SEC; Missouri drops…
