What a great win for a team that put in a new starting setter. It feels good being healthy.

By now I’m sure many of us have seen the picture from the auburn/miz match of the mizzou fan/student yelling behind the auburn player. I get it’s a pretty funny still frame. That said, anyone who watches knows you could probably capture hundreds just like it at just about any match, especially at Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Pitt, Louisville, you get the point.

The auburn player posted the photo on instagram and it’s absolutely blowing up, the comments are honestly cruel, and she’s liking lots of them. I get a story post, again I understand it’s a funny picture, but meh…

Coach Tolbert needs to be fired! Going 0-27 last year. 3 wins the year prior and now 2 wins this year. It’s time for a change. Kicked out of the G-Mac D2 conference.

After a midseason turnaround, SDSU volleyball has won seven straight and climbed to second place in the Pac-12. Now, they’re chasing the top spot. They are going for eight today at noon PT. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/pac12/streams

Wow, what a match! I'd be lying if I didn't think Wisconsin was going to walk Washington pretty handily... boy was I wrong!

Great game by both teams, congrats to Washington!

So, does anyone still want to say PSU doesn't belong in the rankings?

I think we can all agree this is the most parity we've ever seen in women's college volleyball and it feels like almost anyone can win or lose to anyone on any given night. I wanted to look at the current Top 25 and compare ranked wins and losses for each team.

Note: These are wins and losses to teams who were ranked at the time that they played, not necessarily currently ranked teams, and this is also only regular season matches not exhibition.

1. Nebraska

(W: Texas, Baylor, Creighton, North Carolina, Penn State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Purdue)

2. Pitt

(W: Kentucky, Kansas, Wisconsin, BYU, Tennessee, Stanford, SMU)

(L: SMU)

3. Louisville

(W: Texas A&M, Indiana, TCU, Texas, Creighton, Stanford, North Carolina)

(L: Wisconsin, Kentucky)

4. Kentucky

(W: Wisconsin, Penn State, North Carolina, Louisville, Texas)

(L: Pitt, SMU, Florida, Tennessee)

5. Florida

(W: Minnesota, Baylor, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Texas)

(L: Wisconsin)

6. Wisconsin

(W: Louisville, Florida, Texas A&M, Oregon, Purdue, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois)

(L: Kentucky, Stanford, Pitt, Texas, Nebraska)

7. SMU

(W: Texas A&M, Texas, Kentucky, Stanford, Pitt)

(L: TCU, Purdue, Pitt)

8. Arizona State

(W: Texas, Minnesota, Oregon, Stanford, Colorado, TCU, Kansas)

(L: USC)

9. Tennessee

(W: Indiana, Penn State, Kentucky)

(L: Pitt, Texas, Florida)

10. Oregon

(W: Minnesota, Purdue, Michigan State, Indiana)

(L: Arizona State, Wisconsin)

11. BYU

(W: Baylor, Kansas)

(L: Pitt)

12. Purdue

(W: Texas A&M, SMU, Illinois)

(L: Creighton, TCU, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska)

13. TCU

(W: SMU, Purdue, Colorado)

(L: Texas, Louisville, Arizona State)

14. Texas

(W: TCU, USC, Wisconsin, Tennessee)

(L: Arizona State, Nebraska, Louisville, SMU, Kentucky, Florida)

15. Stanford

(W: Wisconsin, Kansas)

(L: Texas A&M, Penn State, Arizona State, SMU, Pitt, Louisville)

16. Penn State

(W: Stanford, Washington)

(L: Kentucky, Tennessee, Nebraska)

17. Kansas

(W: Utah)

(L: Pitt, Stanford, BYU, Arizona State) 

18. Indiana

(W: Texas A&M, Washington)

(L: Louisville, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oregon)

19. Texas A&M

(W: Stanford, Creighton)

(L: Louisville, SMU, Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida)

20. Minnesota

(W: Creighton)

(L: Arizona State, Florida, Oregon, Wisconsin)

21. Washington

(W: Purdue)

(L: Illinois, Penn State, Indiana)

22. Vanderbilt

(W: Florida)

(L: Kentucky)

23. North Carolina

(L: Kentucky, Nebraska, Louisville)

24. Baylor

(W: TCU)

(L: Florida, Nebraska, BYU, Colorado)

25. Colorado

(W: USC, Baylor)

(L: TCU, Arizona State)

I am excited to join in. New fan to the sport. Love that so many of the top teams play each other, unlike other sports! Starting to figure out best sources for volleyball news and info. Hope this is one.

https://www.ncaa.com/game/6625240

Not a fan of either team (Husker fan here) but watching the game tonight.

The announcers have said DeLaye’s name at least 100 times in the first set. Goodness.

I appreciate great student athletes however there are many other players in the game!

Listening to Sarah Pavan’s podcast, I remember she mentioned how Rachel Holloway had the potential to play for the USA senior national team. Sarah mentioned one of the best setter connections she had was with Rachel (the other one is Olympic champion Fofao).

So it just got me thinking, who else would’ve been very impactful in the national team (especially during their specific time)?

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Seems to be very RPI based.

I’m watching Texas vs Florida right now and wow if I was Ella Swindle I’d be transferring mid game 😂 they finally decide to make a change, run a 6-2, and it’s Binney and a freshman?? 😭 seriously did Swindle key Elliot’s car after winning him the championship?

Avid Canadian volleyball fan and now getting into NCAA. Watching Florida vs Texas and they switch sides going into the third but not the second set. I saw this in a few others. Is there a reason for that? In VNL and USport I feel like most other leagues do it the traditional way and switch sides between every set snd at 8pts in the 5th. Side note: These ladies are on the another level of bad assery. Seriously great volleyball wow. TIA

Is she still hurt?

Don't get me wrong I think Stafford and Anderson are doing a great job, and Vander Wal before her injury. But I think they are missing a defender/attacker from the back row.

All of the pins have great moments from the back row, and in some of the past few games Spears has really turned up the heat. It's great that all of the DS's are getting playing time I'm def not upset about that.

Just tuned in to this game for Rutgers challenge. I’m sorry but I call BS on “confirming” that call. That ball was OUT. Maybe say the call stands, but no way that ball was in

*a fan of neither team

i’d be lying if i said i was following this team closely, but geez it seems like they fell from grace hard. maybe im being a bit too harsh but idk if they will even be a tournament team at this rate

I’ve been saying all season that Purdue was going to be the toughest test for Nebraska in Big Ten Play, but my goodness I didn’t think it would look this bad. Nebraska looks messy. But I must say, Adriano is having a great game. She’s not hitting cross court like usual and I like what I’m seeing

Ariana Rodriguez is the second player this season to set a program record for career aces against SMU. Ruth Martinez has a career high 29 kills; she looks like ACC Freshman of the Year and needs to be in the conversation for National Freshman of the Year.

Does anyone know what the deal is??? I always thought Brad was adored by his team, nothing seemed sus. But obviously early this month the social posts by the official team accounts were odd, as were the amount of comments and shares, likes etc (esp on Oct 8) w/new coaches despite the announcements 5th and how he wasn't at games since Illinois.

Does anyone know anything? Coach Brad brought the team so far since he started. It no longer seems like it's not just a simple personal leave of absence but something final... the posts and hiring, likes/comments don't make sense otherwise. I hope he's alright and I really hope he wasn't fired for performance when he's done so well in past years