Volleyball Today: Badgers end UW’s unbeaten start; TCU upsets Baylor; AU wraps first week

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Wisconsin’s Anna Smrek gets ready to unload against Washington/Zach Schuster photo

Just two teams, both 14-0, remain unbeaten in NCAA Division I volleyball after Wisconsin swept visiting Washington on Sunday: No. 1 Pittsburgh, which swept Syracuse in the ACC, and idle South Dakota State (14-0) of The Summit League. 

AVCA No. 22 TCU upset Baylor, No. 15 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, and unranked Texas A&M knocked off No. 24 Auburn.

And in their first SEC meeting, No. 7 Texas won the first set 25-23 but then overpowered No. 18 Florida 25-18, 25-14.

Every other ranked team in action swept, except No. 17 SMU, which was taken to the limit at Boston College before getting out of Chestnut Hill with a five-set victory.

Lines of the day: Nia Washington of Ole Miss had 28 kills in a four-set SEC win over visiting LSU. She hit .404 and had two aces, seven digs and a block. Jayden James had 25 kills for Jackson State in its five-set SWAC win over Prairie View. She hit .327 and had 10 digs. Aniya Madkin of Arkansas had 25 kills and hit .385 in the Razorbacks’ four-set SEC win at Oklahoma to go with four digs and a block. And TCU’s Melanie Parra, a frequent visitor to the Line of the Day, had 25 kills, an assist, two aces, a block and 11 digs in that win over Baylor.

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