Second-ranked Louisville improved to 8-0 with a sweep of visiting No. 12 Penn State on Sunday. In the only other match between ranked teams, No. 18 Tennessee swept No. 24 Marquette.
UCLA won its seventh match in a row by winning in four at No. 23 Hawai’i and Davidson and Iowa State took their first losses.
The new AVCA top 25 comes out Monday afternoon and the top five — Wisconsin, Louisville, Florida, Nebraska and Stanford — should stay the same. After that, shakeup is inevitable with a few lower-ranked teams sure to drop out.
The only match on Monday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule is in Texas, where once-ranked Rice of the American Athletic Conference is at No. 7 Texas of the Big 12.
There are 30 matches Tuesday, including No. 4 Nebraska at No. 5 Stanford and No. 3 Florida at Florida State.
AVCA top 25
Louisville beat visiting Penn State of the Big Ten 25-17, 25-19, 25-16 despite hitting .186. Penn State (4-3) , however, hit .055. Anna DeBeer led the Cardinals with 10 kills, a block and 11 digs. Phekran Kong had seven kills, a dig and four blocks, one solo. Jess Mruzik had 12 of Penn State’s 27 kills …
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