NCAA Women
November 23, 2024
This is going to be a fun volleyball Saturday.
Not only does No. 6 Wisconsin go to No. 2 Nebraska in the Big Ten, automatic NCAA Tournament bids will be claimed by winners in six conferences.
The only upset Friday was by No. 23 Florida State, which defeated visiting AVCA No. 15 Georgia Tech in the ACC. Ninth-ranked SMU had to go five to get past NC State in the ACC and No. 25 Missouri had to go five to beat Ole Miss in the SEC.
Lines of the day:
UT Arlington’s Brianna Ford had 29 kills in her team’s five-set WAC semifinal victory over California Baptist, hitting .293 with three assists, two aces, 14 digs and four blocks, one solo.
Samford lost to The Citadel in five in the SoCon tourney in a match with some staggering numbers. The Citadel had 145 digs and Samford a school-record 161 and the individual leaders are listed below. But Samford’s Kaleigh Merritt had career-best 27 kills in 89 swings, an assist, an ace, a solo block and a career-high 35 digs.
26 was the other number.
Florida Atlantic’s Valeria Rosado had 26 kills in her team’s American Athletic upset of East Carolina. She hit .312 and had an assist, 16 digs and two blocks.
Adriana Rhoda’s Middle Tennessee lost in four to Kennesaw State in Conference USA, but she had…
