Creighton has not only gotten over the hump, the ninth-ranked Bluejays made a statement Saturday with a sweep at No. 10 Kansas a day after knocking off No. 6 Purdue, which, like Kansas, was also unbeaten.
Second-ranked Stanford defeated No. 11 Kentucky in four.
The other eight ranked teams that played won Saturday.
Kansas was not the only undefeated team to go down. Texas A&M lost to Wisconsin.
The line of the day went to Princeton’s Kamryn Chaney, who had 34 kills in a five-set loss to High Point and then had 22 kills in a five-set to UMBC.
The pre-conference season finishes Sunday with 26 matches, highlighted by No. 5 Nebraska at No. 4 Louisville.
And good luck to us trying to sort it all out: The first VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll comes out Monday morning.
NCAA volleyball Sunday
Nebraska (9-1) of the Big Ten goes to Louisville (8-1) of the ACC for a 12:30 p.m. first serve in the KFC Yum! Center and it’s on ABC. Both teams are on six-match winning streaks; Nebraska’s lone loss was to SMU, while Louisville lost to Penn State.
Other ACC teams in action include two of the few undefeated teams remaining at No. 1 Pittsburgh plays Marquette and surprising 11-0 Syracuse plays Cornell. North Carolina (7-1) plays…
