As women’s volleyball squads round out their conference schedules — and a week removed from the DI Committee’s second in-season poll — here’s where Michella Chester ranks her Power 10 teams:
1. Nebraska (Previous: 1) | 2. Wisconsin (2)
There’s no movement in the top two spots, but that’s because Nebraska just narrowly escaped Penn State on Friday in its first reverse sweep of the season. The Nittany Lions had a stellar first set, hitting .552 and posting no errors, and continued to out-hit the Huskers in the second set, killing 18 to Nebraska’s 14. The Huskers garnered some momentum in the third to keep the match alive, and didn’t let off the gas until the end of the fifth set, which the Huskers nearly took, 15-13. Merritt Beason killed a career-best 27 balls on .426 hitting with five digs and three blocks to usher the Huskers to victory. On Sunday, it was business as usual as Nebraska swept Rutgers on the road.
As for Wisconsin, a four-set win over a top-20 Purdue squad and a straight-set win over Illinois summed up their week. Wisconsin’s point of weakness was revealed in the second set of the Purdue match, during which the Badger offense was held to…
