Creighton wins at Minnesota; 35s for Briggs, Cassaday; big matchups Sunday

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The pre-conference season finishes with a flourish Sunday with three big-time matches as No. 1 Wisconsin goes to No. 3 Florida in a battle of unbeatens on ESPN, No. 5 Stanford goes to unbeaten No. 2 Louisville on ESPN2, and unbeaten No. 4 Nebraska is home for No. 20 Kentucky on the Big Ten Network.

This puts a bow on four weekends of competition for which the coaches of top teams should be commended for scheduling each other and providing a fantastic month of NCAA Division I women’s volleyball.

Two other ranked teams are in action Sunday, with No. 7 Oregon at Marquette and No. 10 Georgia Tech playing San Diego.

There was one upset Saturday, when No. 14 Creighton won in five at No. 9 Minnesota. 

Nine other ranked teams won Saturday and all but one swept. 

Arizona State, Cal, The Citadel and Wyoming all won to stay undefeated. Virginia Tech and Brown took their first losses.

Army West Point has non-conference losses, but the Black Knights are atop the Patriot League  — which got an early start at 2-0.

35: Paige Briggs had 35 kills for Western Kentucky and Kayley Cassaday had 35 kills for Tulsa.

And the other team in the Nebraska Volleyball Day…

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