On Saturday evening, after a pair of semifinal demolitions at the Paris Elite16 kudos of Ana Patricia Silva and Duda Lisboa (21-16, 21-12 over the Netherlands), and Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth (21-13...
No. 15 Penn State kept its Big Ten “0” intact before a hostile house of more than 5,000 in a tense four-setter with No. 13 Minnesota in the only match involving teams ranked in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll.
It must be the chocolate. Or maybe it’s the pizza. Perhaps the black magic of coach Drew Hamilton back home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That’s what Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth will tell you, anyway, when asked about the secret sauce to their undefeated run at this week’s Paris Elite16.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Things learned Friday at Purdue: — The Nebraska freshmen, talented as they are, probably now believe people when they say how tough it is on the road in the Big Ten. — Purdue is scrappy as ever.
Stanford, the No. 3 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, handed Arizona State its first defeat by completely overwhelming the Sun Devils. No. 7 Oregon lost the first set and then overpowered Washington.
Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth are claiming to have quite a bit of fun in France at the Paris Elite16 — and, with a 3-0 start, a bye into Saturday’s quarterfinals, and all of the hot chocolate Nuss can drink to celebrate, why shouldn’t they be?
Texas lost the first set, but then stormed back to beat visiting BYU is the first of their two — and only — Big 12 matches in Austin. They’re back at in Gregory Gym on Friday. Washington State kept rolling with a Pac-12 sweep at Oregon State.
