Dayton, the only ranked team in action Tuesday, swept visiting Duquesne as Lexie Almodovar continued her fantastic season. She led the Flyers, ranked No. 15 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, with 22 kills, hit .425, and had an assist, two aces, three blocks and three digs. And Almodovar, a VolleyballMag fourth-team All-American in 2023, is 5-foot-8.
More on that match, Tuesday’s other results, and Wednesday’s schedule in this all-NCAA edition of Volleyball Today.
And, oh, yeah, there was a reverse sweep: Just two of Tuesday’s 21 matches went five sets, and in one of them, visiting Southeast Missouri came back from 0-2 to win at Little Rock in the Ohio Valley.
NCAA volleyball Wednesday
There are 20 NCAA Division I women’s matches, including third-ranked Penn State (20-1, 10-0) home for Michigan (16-5, 6-4) and No. 12 Oregon (16-3, 8-2) at Washington (16-4, 6-4) in the Big Ten. Penn State, which has won 12 in a row, is tied with idle Nebraska (also 20-1, 10-0) atop the B1G.
The lone ACC match has No. 4 Louisville (17-3, 9-1) home for Notre Dame (9-10, 2-8). Louisville is in a three-way tie for first with No. 1 Pittsburgh and No. 25 North Carolina. The Irish are…
