Athletes Unlimited, which begins its fourth season on Thursday, conducted the first draft of 2024 on Monday.
The AVCA has a new top 25, and in NCAA Division I, there were six matches Monday and 14 more Tuesday, just one involving a ranked team.
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The fourth season begins Thursday in Mesa, Arizona. The four captains — Morgan Hentz, Brooke Nuneville, Natalia Valentin-Anderson and Bethania De La Cruz — drafted their teams Monday.
Click here for the season schedule that begins Thursday. Both matches — Hentz vs. Valentin-Anderson at 8 p.m. Eastern, followed by Nuneviller vs. De La Cruz — can be seen on Bally Sports regional networks.
AVCA top 25
The AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll, like the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, continued to have Pittsburgh and Nebraska as 1-2.
Penn State and Louisville moved up a spot each, to 3-4, while Stanford dropped to No. 5 after getting swept by Louisville.
The rest of the top 10 showed Creighton, Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin and Purdue.
Auburn is in at No. 24 and Washington (12-0), one of the four unbeatens — along with South Dakota State (13-0), Pitt (12-0) and San Jose State (9-0) — is…
