Creighton laid down the hammer against visiting Marquette and created a three-way tie atop the Big East as the resurgent Bluejays won their ninth in a row.
Purdue got an important Big Ten victory over visiting Penn State in a match in which three players had 24 or more kills.
The Huskers road show brought out the best in New Jersey as Rutgers drew its biggest crowd by almost 5,000 fans, but still got swept by top-ranked Nebraska.
USC had the surprise of the day as it swept visiting Arizona State.
And they stayed winless: Saint Peter’s is 0-28 after getting swept by Canisius in the MAAC and Hampton is 0-18 after getting swept at Campbell in the CAA.
ACC: All four teams tied for first won. No. 3 Louisville (21-3, 12-2), coming off its lost at Georgia Tech, won 19-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-15 at Clemson (15-11, 6-8. Aiko Jones had 15 kills with two errors in 25 attacks to hit .520 and had two aces, two blocks and six digs. Anna DeBeer had 14 kills, hit .370 and had an assist, two aces and four digs … No.11 Georgia Tech (21-3, 12-2) swept visiting Notre Dame (10-12, 4-10), hitting .351. Tamara Otene had 16 kills, hit .448 andhad two aces, nine digs…
