Volleyball Today: Jackrabbits lose; Huskers roll; UW upsets Minnesota

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Oregon’s Noemie Glover left and Onye Ofoegbu put up the block against Nebraska’s Harper Murray/Eric Evans, GoDucks.com photo

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St. Thomas scored a huge Summit League upset Thursday night, knocking off South Dakota State, the last unbeaten team in NCAA Division I volleyball this season. The Jackrabbits (22-1, 11-1 Summit) were down 14-8 in the fifth but sided out and then continued on a 5-0 run to tie it at 14. But St. Thomas (15-10, 7-6) regrouped to win the next two points and come away with a 22-25, 25-22, 25-16, 15-25, 16-14 victory.

Second-ranked Nebraska keeps on rolling. The Huskers traveled to No. 12 Oregon for their first Big Ten match in Eugene and made short work of the Ducks 25-12, 26-24, 25-18 for their 20th win in a row.

Washington went in the other direction, playing its first B1G match not only at No. 13 Minnesota but also against its former coach. The Huskies scored a four-set upset.

The only other ranked team in action was No. 18 TCU, which swept at UCF in the Big 12.

Loyola Marymount is alone atop the West Coast Conference after beating second-place Pepperdine17-25, 25-19, 32-30, 36-34 — for its eighth victory in a row.

Five teams are within a game of each other in the loss column atop the Big West after UC Riverside, which is not…

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