Unranked Xavier beat Creighton for the first time, knocking off the No. 11 Bluejays in five Saturday in the Big East. It was Xavier’s first win over a ranked team since 2007.
In the only matchup between ranked teams, No. 10 BYU blasted visiting No. 18 Baylor in their Big 12 match.
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— Coastal Carolina’s Jasmine Rivest had 36 kills, 17 digs and three blocks — two solo — in a five-set Sun Belt win at Georgia State.
— Evansville’s Giulia Cardona had 36 kills, 11 digs, and a block in a four-set Missouri Valley win at Belmont.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Sunday’s key NCAA Division I women’s volleyball matches.
Saturday was an off day for the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC and all four leagues are out in force Sunday.
There are seven ACC matches, including No. 5 Louisville home for Boston College, No. 8 Pittsburgh at North Carolina and No. 13 Georgia Tech home for NC State. GT is 10-1 and NC State is 11-1.
The Big Ten also has seven matches, including top-ranked Wisconsin home for Indiana, No. 2 Nebraska home for Minnesota, No. 15 Penn State at Northwestern, No. 19 Purdue at Rutgers and No. 21 Ohio State at Iowa.
In the Pac-12 the six-match…
