Top-ranked Nebraska, which swept Rutgers, is the lone unbeaten in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball.
The Citadel (23-1) won’t run the table, because the Bulldogs lost their SoCon match in five at Western Carolina.
Dayton is the first to 25 victories. The Flyers, ranked No. 16 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, swept their Atlantic 10 match at George Washington.
There were two Big Ten surprises, when Michigan State knocked off No. 13 Penn State in five for its first win over the Nittany Lions since 2013, and Illinois beat AVCA No. 16 Purdue in four.
Line of the day: Panna Ratkai had 33 kills, hit .305, and had five aces, 13 digs and a block for Purdue Fort Wayne in a five-set win at IUPUI. The Hungarian redshirt-freshman had 35 kills in a match eight days earlier.
There’s a showdown in the SEC as No. 10 Arkansas goes to No. 15 Florida. Arkansas (19-3, 9-1) is tied with idle Kentucky (11-7, 9-1) atop the standings, while Florida (14-4, 6-3) is alone in fourth. Third-place No. 12 Tennessee (17-3, 8-2) is home for Texas A&M, Mississippi State is at Georgia, South Carolina is at LSU and Missouri is at Ole Miss.
In the ACC, Miami (8-3), two games off the lead, has a…
