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The cutoff for a hardship is 30 percent of matches their team plays. Most teams play anywhere from 28-32 matches so 15 is well above that number.

Ressue: Keegan Cook's masterclass is why Gophers volleyball is winning despite injury-riddled roster As injuries have taken a toll on the Minnesota volleyball program, coach Keegan Cook and setter Stella Swenson have helped the Gophers to a 13-2 record (8-0 at home).

Because she's played in 15 matches, if she is out for the year, Acevedo will not be eligible for a medical hardship.

The Gophers have already lost three players for the season due to injury.
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Per the Star Tribune, Minnesota will likely be without outside hitter Alex Acevedo for a while and perhaps the rest of the season.

She suffered a knee injury after landing awkwardly against Northwestern on Sunday. While they are awaiting final diagnosis, it doesn't look good.

Nebraska coach Dani Busboom Kelly confirmed that Nebraska will soon unveil a new Teraflex court. She doesn’t know if it will be used to is weekend because they haven’t practiced on it.

She had a hand in the design process. Her first choice was Herbie, but instead went with the state outline.

Natalia Valentin-Anderson challenged Omaha-area fans for Week 2 of Athletes Unlimited:
“They’re the best fans, and they need to show out. I haven’t seen it yet. I’m going to challenge them because it depends on them if AU happens again here next year.”
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Purdue outside hitter Kenna Wollard was named the AVCA Division I WVB Player of the Week.

The junior helped the Boilermakers pick up a pair of Top-25 road wins in Big Ten play against USC and UCLA. She averaged 6.12 kills per set and 6.69 points per set.

Purdue and Wollard host Nebraska on Sunday.

Check out the latest polls for NCAA & high school volleyball See what college and high school teams are ranked in the latest AVCA Coaches Polls all season long.

After Central Oklahoma lost last week, Nebraska-Kearney moves up a line to No. 2 in the Division II poll. The Lopers are 17-0 and 1 of 3 undefeated teams left, and earned 3 first-place votes. Central OK and UNK play Oct. 18.

Wayne State (13-3) fell two spots to No. 11.
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Also considered:
Miami (14-1)
Indiana (13-1)
BYU (14-2)
Colorado (13-2)

Kansas (11-7)
Auburn (12-3)
USC (10-4)
North Carolina (11-2)

My ballot:
1 Nebraska (14-0)
2 Texas (12-0)
3 Pittsburgh (12-2)
4 Kentucky (10-2)
5 Louisville (12-2)
6 Stanford (11-2)
7 Wisconsin (11-1)
8 Arizona St (12-2)
9 SMU (10-4)
10 Texas A&M (12-2)
11 TCU (13-3)
12 Purdue (12-2)
13 Creighton (11-5)
14 Tennessee (12-1)
15 Baylor (9-4)
16 Minnesota (13-2)

In this week's @900squarefeet Media Poll, there are a lot of ties and newcomers. Stanford has as many points as Wisconsin at No. 6, while Texas A&M and Purdue are knotted at No. 9.

Hello Miami, Indiana, Tennessee and Kansas, the last two are tied at 16.
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Team Hentz shines in opening weekend of Athletes Unlimited The top six point scorers were all part of Morgan Hentz's team, but will be split up in next week's draft

Team Hentz dominated in Week One of Athletes Unlimited as it finished with the top six point scorers, led by Jordan Thompson and Natalia Valentin-Anderson.
Libero Morgan Hentz and Claire Hoffman will also serve as captains next week.
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🚨New Pod presented by Alumni Hall

🏐Breaking down Nebraska's dominant win over Penn State with BTN & NPM's Larry Punteney
🏐 Being John Cook's TV partner
🏐 What makes this year's Huskers stand out
🏐 Plus National & Big Ten recaps

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In an only Athletes Unlimited quirk, Team Abercrombie won two of the three sets (18-25, 25-23, 25-21), but lost the match becasue Team De La Cruz-Mejía outscored them 69-68 in total points.

We almost had a golden set tiebreaker, but De La Cruz won a challenge on match point.

👀 Sneak peek at tomorrow's pod with BTN/NPM broadcaster Larry Punteney.

🏐 Nebraska's passing has been shaky at times this season, but the back row had an awesome night to spark the Huskers in Friday's record-setting win at Penn State. #NCAAVolleyball #NCAAWVB

Huskers Allie Sczech and Skyler Pierce have joined the crowd at LFCU Arena for Team Abercrombie and Team De La Cruz-Majía.

The match is available on ESPNU.

We are live tonight from Liberty First Credit Union Arena in Ralston for final night of Week 1 of Athletes Unlimited.

Team Hentz won the first against Team Kingdon Rishel 25-20.

Monday Digs: Emptying the Notebook on Husker Volleyball's Big Weekend Emptying the notebook - and my brain - from Nebraska’s weekend. I’ll try to do this more as the season goes along, when maybe our podcast schedule with Volleyba

💥Monday Digs | I emptied the notebook (and my brain) on Nebraska volleyball's weekend for @huskermax.bsky.social

🏐 How historic was the blowout of Penn St?
🏐 Bergen Reilly's very good season
🏐 Manaia Ogbechie demands your attention
🏐 Numbers that jump out

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Big Ten Weekly Award winners, Oct. 6

Player: Kenna Wollard, OH, Purdue
Defensive: Ryan McAleer, L, Purdue
Setter: Bergen Reilly, Nebraska
Freshman: Teodora Kričković, S, Indiana

Bergen Reilly wins the Big Ten Setter of the Week award.

The 6-foot-1 junior led the Huskers to a .437 hitting percentage against Penn State and .390 hitting percentage against Rutgers.

She amassed 41 assists in 4.5 sets on the week and added 10 digs, 5 blocks and 3 kills.

16 Baylor -1
17 Tennessee +3
18 Miami (FL) +4
19 Penn State -3
20 Indiana NR
21 BYU -2
22 Southern California -5
23 North Carolina +2
24 Colorado NR
25 Missouri -4

Dropped out Florida, UCLA

Oct. 6 AVCA Poll

1 Nebraska (58) —
2 Texas (3) —
3 Kentucky —
4 Pittsburgh +1
5 Louisville +1
6 Stanford -2
7 Wisconsin —
8 Arizona State —
9 Texas A&M —
10 SMU +1
11 TCU +1
12 Purdue +1
13 Creighton+1
14 Minnesota -4
15 Kansas +3

Nebraska is still No. 1 in this week's AVCA coaches poll and is followed by Texas at No. 2 with 3 first-place votes.

Indiana achieves its best-ever ranking at 19. Its previous high was 23rd in 2010.

For the first time since Sept. 1991 (556 weeks), Florida is not in the Top 25.

21. BYU 0.65007
22. Michigan 0.64957
23. Tennessee 0.64941
24. Baylor 0.64879
25. UTEP 0.64650

11. Stanford 0.69277
12. Wisconsin 0.69190
13. Indiana 0.69034
14. Illinois 0.68133
15. Arizona St. 0.67895
16. TCU 0.67573
17. Texas A&M 0.66937
18. Southern California 0.65377
19. Colorado 0.65249
20. South Dakota St. 0.65247

NCAA RPI Rankings 10/6

1. Texas 0.81374
2. Nebraska 0.75456
3. Pittsburgh 0.74961
4. Louisville 0.73371
5. SMU 0.72096
6. Kentucky 0.71557
7. Minnesota 0.70235
8. Creighton 0.69490
9. Purdue 0.62800
10. Miami (FL) 0.69405

No. 6 Louisville claims the fourth set 26-24 to earn a 3-1 road win against No. 4 Stanford.

Petersen led 4 Cardinals in double figures with 15 kills as she hit .361 with 14 digs. Cresse had 13k, 8b.

Rubin finished with 19 kills and 14 digs. Andrew hit .688 with 12 kills.

Stanford scored 5 in a row to tie the 3rd set at 20-all, but Louisville then answered by winning the next 5 rallies to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

Petersen is up to 13 kills and 10 digs while Chicoine and Cresse have 9 kills. Cresse also with 6 blocks.

Rubin has 15 kills.

No. 6 Louisville evens its match against No. 3 Stanford after taking the second set 25-18.

Cresse has 8 kills and 4 blocks for the Cardinals, which hit .400 in the second set.

Rubin leads the Cardinal with 9 kills. Harvey and Andrew have 7K each.

It's on ESPN.

The Sooners won the fifth set 15-9 to knock off Missouri.

Alexis Shelton put up 25 kills, 4 blocks and 3 aces while Emoni Bush added 18 kills. The Sooners hit .401 for the match as they had 26 more kills than the Tigers.

Alexander had 18 kills for Mizzou.