NCAA volleyball: UCLA, Miami win; reshuffled AVCA Poll; POWs

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Not surprisingly after a topsy-turvy opening weekend, the AVCA Division I Coaches Poll had a lot of movement.

Most conferences announced players of the week and there were some stout performances.

There were two matches Monday as UCLA swept at Northwestern State and Miami (FL) beat visiting Florida Atlantic in four.

There are 18 NCAA Division I matches on the Tuesday schedule, two especially with current and postseason impacts. 

Stanford, up to No. 2, plays host to No. 8 Florida and No. 5 Minnesota is home for No. 7 Texas.

Stanford is coming off victories at Northern Colorado and Colorado State. Stanford is 9-5 all time against Florida, which it beat in Gainesville last year in the pre-conference season. Florida opened with wins over then-No. 8 Penn State and South Florida, but had to come back from a 2-1 deficit to win in five against USF.

Texas was the preseason No. 1, but the Longhorns opened the season with a stunning four-set loss at Long Beach State. They then swept Loyola Marymount. Minnesota beat TCU in four and swept then-No. 15 Baylor.

Rice, up to No. 18, plays host to Louisiana-Lafayette. No. 22 Western Kentucky plays host to Belmont. Among the other matches, Michigan plays Western Michigan, Illinois plays Valparaiso, and Temple, 3-0 for…

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