Purdue should be used to going five sets. The No. 20 Boilermakers did it again Saturday and beat visiting No. 19 Kentucky 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 12-25, 18-16 to improve to 5-2 and 3-1 in five-setters.
There were 12 matches Saturday involving AVCA ranked teams in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball and that was the only one in which a lower ranked team won.
At Stanford, the No. 5 Cardinal beat No. 10 Minnesota in four after No. 6 Oregon did the same to No. 15 Ohio State.
Third-ranked Florida, No. 4 Nebraska and No. 11 Georgia Tech all swept.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Sunday’s schedule that includes No. 2 Louisville playing host to No. 12 Penn State.
Georgia Tech puts its 6-0 record against Florida A&M, ninth-ranked Pittsburgh plays Loyola Chicago, No. 14 Baylor plays Pacific, No. 16 Creighton plays Iowa State and No. 18 Tennessee plays No. 24 Marquette.
Other matches Sunday include Western Michigan (8-1) vs. Kennesaw State (6-2), Virginia (5-2) against UMBC (5-2), Mississippi State (5-2) vs. Wake Forest (6-2) and UCLA (6-1) at Hawai’i (5-2).
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