Arkansas rallies; Texas, EIU clinch titles; Arkansas St., App State advance in Sun Belt

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Sarah Martinez of Arkansas State gets the pancake against Georgia State in the Sun Belt Championship/Bobby McDuffie, McDuffie Images

Arkansas, tied for 10th in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, lost the first two sets and then stormed back to win at Ole Miss on Wednesday night in the SEC. 

In the Big 12, No. 6 Texas battled to a four-set win over visiting Iowa State in the Big 12, where AVCA No 19. Kansas swept No. 23 Baylor and No. 21 Houston swept TCU.

In the Sun Belt Championship, Arkansas State and App State both won in four and play as the tournament continues Thursday.

The Summit League ended its regular season with a four-way tie for first as Kansas City and Denver won, tying them with Omaha and South Dakota. Kansas City got the top seed for the conferece tournament.

Eastern Illinois wrapped up the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title.

There was MACtion, which included victory No. 18 in a row for Western Michigan, and in the Missouri Valley, Northern Iowa won its 19th in a row.

Lines of the day: Eastern Michigan’s Callie Minshew had 31 kills in a five-set MAC loss to Central Michigan. Ohio State’s Emily Londot had 30 kills in a five-set Big Ten loss to Illinois.

The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at…

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