Post by nyline on Nov 5, 2015 16:23:24 GMT -5
We've posted another 15 Points, by Lionsfan. Here's the link: 15 Points: AVCA Split Decision; Huskies; Long Horned; B1G Statements . . . and more
Here's an excerpt:
1. Split Decision.
Losses by the top two teams in last week’s AVCA poll — USC and Texas — created a little chaos at the top of this week’s AVCA Poll, with the top four teams all getting first-place votes. When the dust had settled, Penn State (with two wins last week over then-#11 Ohio State) found itself at #1 with 27 first-place votes. It is the seventh poll this season that the Lions have been in the top spot—and the 87th time in history, the most of any program (Nebraska entered the season in the top spot and is now second with 85 times). Southern Cal also earned 27 first-place votes and landed in second, while #3 Washington earned eight first-place votes and #4 Minnesota earned two. (For the record, Russ Rose has: 1. Southern Cal, 2. Washington, 3. Penn State, 4. Minnesota, 5. Texas, 6. Nebraska).
2. Huskies: No Place Like Home.
Southern Cal was riding a 22-match win streak and four weeks as the #1 team, but a trip to Seattle ended both of those streaks with a surprising sweep loss. The Huskies extended their own streak of 25 straight Pac-12 home wins, and now trail the Woman of Troy by one game in the Pac standings. As noted by the Washington SID, it was the fourth straight home win for the Huskies over the Trojans, and the sixth win in the past seven meetings between the teams. It also echoed a match last year, when the Huskies ended #1 Stanford’s 28-match win streak. Washington moved up two spots to #3, while USC dropped to #2.
3. Long Horned.
How historic was Texas Christian’s surprise sweep of then #2 Texas? It was the Horned Frogs first win in the series (Texas leads 10-1); first ranked victory for TCU this season and the first since a 3-2 win over No. 24 Oklahoma on Nov. 5, 2014; and it was the school’s first win over a Top 5 opponent in program history. Texas is now tied for the lead in the Big 12 with Kansas at 9-1 (the two schools meet in Lawrence on Wednesday). Texas dropped to #5 in the poll.
