Top 25 Wrapup: 11 Upsets, 6 by Unranked Teams, Highlight Week 4

  0 Wendy Mayer | September 18th, 2017 | ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News, Pac 12, SEC, WCC

With only nine matches featuring Top 25 teams against other ranked foes or vote getters, the week appeared to be fairly pedestrian, but due to injuries and upsets, it was anything but.

It all started on Tuesday with vote-getter Northern Iowa knocking out #23 Iowa State in a five setter. A rivalry win for #17 BYU at #14 Utah followed on Thursday.

The first unranked upset of the week came from upstart Maryland, which downed #15 USC in a sweep Thursday. Santa Clara registered a Top 10 upset, downing #8 Kansas in five sets Friday. Notre Dame joined the upset parade with a sweep of #19 Michigan State, while Western Kentucky took out vote getter Ohio State 3-0.  Four more rankings busters followed Saturday. Vote-getter Northern Iowa upset #11 Nebraska, but later fell to unranked Kansas State. Unranked Colorado came back from a 2-0 deficit to upset No. 18 Colorado State in Fort Collins Saturday night.

No. 7 Creighton had the most struggles of the ranked teams, falling to vote-getter Wichita State on Friday and then to #23 Iowa State on Saturday, a match for which All-American setter Lydia Dimke was regulated to the bench with injury.

 

Date Winner Loser Result
Sept. 12 #22 San Diego San Diego State 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-16)
(RV) Northern Iowa #23 Iowa State 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 17-25, 15-11)
Sept. 13 #6 Texas Texas A&M 3-0 925-20, 25-18, 25-15)
#12 UCLA Loyola Marymount 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-19)
#24 Baylor LSU 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-14, 26-24)
Sept. 14 #4 Wisconsin (RV) Marquette 3-1 (19-25, 25-13, 25-21, 26-24)
#9 Washington Oklahoma 3-0 (25-8, 25-10, 25-23)
#17 BYU #14 Utah 3-2 (16-25, 25-13, 25-17, 20-25, 18-16)
Maryland #15 USC 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-21)
Sept. 15 #3 Minnesota Boise State 3-2 (25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 23-25, 15-12)
#3 Minnesota Oregon State 3-1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-7)
#2 Penn State Yale 3-0 (25-9, 25-21, 25-11)
#1 Florida Northern Kentucky 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-15)
#1 Florida Florida A&M 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-9)
#5 Stanford Pacific 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-19)
#9 Washington Maryland 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-18
Wichita State (RV) #7 Creighton 3-1 (25-20, 16-25, 25-19, 25-22)
Santa Clara #8 Kansas 3-2 (22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12)
#8 Kansas San Jose State 3-1 (25-10, 25-20, 18-25, 25-17)
#11 Nebraska Kansas State 3-0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-16)
#13 Kentucky Louisville 3-0 925-20, 26-24, 25-11)
#12 UCLA Long Beach State 3-1 (25-20, 18-25, 25-16, 25-15)
#17 BYU Weber State 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-22)
#16 Purdue Miami (Ohio) 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-19)
#14 Utah Utah Valley 3-1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-22)
#15 USC Oklahoma 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20)
#21 Michigan NC State 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-22)
#18 Colorado State Albany 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-12)
Notre Dame #19 Michigan State 3-0 (25-23, 28-26, 25-22)
Western Kentucky (RV) Ohio State 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-16)
(RV) Ohio State Northern Illinois 3-1 (25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 25-18)
(RV) Cal Poly North Dakota 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-10)
(RV) Cal Poly IUPUI 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-18)
#24 Baylor Texas State 3-1 (25-27, 25-10, 25-13, 25-21)
(RV) Washington State Missouri State 3-2 (18-25, 25-22, 25-15, 23-25, 15-12)
(RV) Washington State Tennessee State 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-17)
(RV) Northern Iowa Omaha 3-1 (25-15, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22)
(RV) Colorado Xavier 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 25-18)
(RV) Illinois Chattanooga 3-1 (25-14, 25-27, 25-16, 25-11)
(RV) Marquette Southern Miss 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-22)
(RV) Hawaii Northern Arizona 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-12)
Sept. 16 #1 Florida Lipscomb 3-1 (25-20, 25-16, 19-25, 25-16)
#2 Penn State Ohio 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-19)
#2 Penn State Wake Forest 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-11)
#3 Minnesota Idaho State 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-11)
#4 Wisconsin Southern Miss 3-0 (25-8, 25-10, 25-11)
#5 Stanford St. Mary’s 3-0 (25-22, 28-26, 25-13)
#23 Iowa State #7 Creighton 3-2 925-21, 22-25, 25-16, 19-25, 15-8)
#8 Kansas Idaho 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-15, 26-24)
(RV) Northern Iowa #11 Nebraska 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 14-25, 25-21)
#11 Nebraska Omaha 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-13)
#13 Kentucky Kennesaw State 3-1 (25-17, 24-26, 25-15, 25-19)
#17 BYU Utah Valley 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 26-24, 25-17)
#20 Florida State Auburn 3-2 (25-19, 18-25, 27-25, 19-25, 15-12)
#21 Michigan Cincinnati 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-18)
#21 Michigan Milwaukee 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-17)
#18 Colorado State Xavier 3-0 (25-10, 25-19, 25-18)
Colorado #18 Colorado State 3-2 (21-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-14, 15-8)
#19 Michigan State Central Michigan 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 26-24)
#19 Michigan State Southern Illinois 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-20)
(RV) Ohio State Dayton 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-21)
(RV) Cal Poly Green Bay 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-19)
#24 Baylor UTSA 3-1 (25-18, 25-14, 18-25, 25-20)
#24 Baylor St. John’s 3-0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-21)
(RV) Washington State Chattanooga 3-0 (28-26, 25-20, 25-18)
Kansas State (RV) Northern Iowa 3-2 (25-22, 24-26, 29-27, 23-25, 15-6)
(RV) Colorado Albany 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-19)
(RV) Illinois Tennessee State 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-12)
(RV) Illinois Missouri State 23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-12)
(RV) Hawaii Northern Arizona 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-12)
Sept. 17 #16 Purdue Loyola (Chicago) 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-11)
#23 Iowa State (RV) Wichita State 3-0 (25-21, 37-35, 25-23)

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Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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