There were no upsets Friday in NCAA Division I volleyball on a night when second-ranked Nebraska was taken to the limit by No. 9 Purdue and No. 4 Louisville had to win in five at No. 21 Florida State in the only matches between ranked teams.
There were, of course, reverse sweeps. Boston College did it at Cal, Jacksonville did it at West Georgia, Bryant did it to visiting New Hampshire and Drake did it to visiting Murray State.
Lines of the night: In Purdue Fort Wayne’s wild 26-28, 25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 28-25 Horizon League victory over visiting Oakland, Panna Ratkai had 30 kills for the third time in her career, hit .289 after having nine errors in 78 swings, and added two assists, three aces, 16 digs and three blocks. There were 20 ties and four lead changes in the fifth set!
Lipscomb’s Karlie McNabb had 28 kills and hit .480 in her team’s five-set ASUN win over North Alabama to go with an assist, two aces and seven digs. Drake’s Macy Daufeldt had 28 kills for Drake in its reverse-sweep win over visiting Murray State as she hit .355 and had an ace, 12 digs and two solo blocks. Chattanooga lost its SoCon match in five to visiting The Citadel,…
