Big Ten Volleyball Breakdown: Week 3

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Big Ten Volleyball season is off and running in 2023. Perhaps the nation's deepest conference, the Big Ten offers a wide variety of physical and skillful teams that have a shot at making the NCAA Tournament this year.

After three weeks of action, here's how thing shake out in the conference.

BIG TEN WEEK IN REVIEW
• Wisconsin continued winning ways with sweeps of Miami and Arizona at home while Nebraska fended off Creighton and Long Beach
• Minnesota earned a big in at No. 7 Oregon before falling to No. 5 Stanford. Ohio State was beaten by both Pac-12 foes.
• Purdue earned big wins over SMU and No. 21 Kentucky while Penn State was swept at No. 2 Louisville.
• Northwestern and Indiana both won three matches in straight sets away from home.
• Illinois went winless on the weekend in losses to Notre Dame and Illinois.
• Michigan and Michigan State both beat UNC and lost to Duke.

AT A GLANCE
• Six Big Ten teams are ranked in the latest AVCA Top 25 poll including four in the top-13 (Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, Penn State)
• All six teams were ranked in the top-20.
• Nebraska and Wisconsin are the lone remaining undefeated teams.
• Only Michigan and Ohio State are below .500.

BIG TEN STAT LEADERS (Indiana)
Team
• Aces Per Set (1st, 2.10)
• Total Aces (2nd, 61)
• Opp. Hitting Percentage (3rd, .135)
• Total Blocks (3rd, 79.0)
• Blocks Per Set (5th, 2.72)

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Aces Per Set (3rd, 0.62)
• Assists Per Set (3rd, 9.62)
• Total Aces (T-2nd, 18)
• Total Assists (2nd, 279)

#32 Gary, Ramsey
• Total Digs (5th, 110)

# 18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• Hitting Percentage (8th, .390)
• Total Blocks (T-9th, 33)

SEASON IN REVIEW
August 29th
September 5th

WEEKLY AWARDS
September 11th
• Offensive Player of the Week: Chloe Chicoine, OH (Purdue)
• Defensive Player of the Week: Elle Stinson, L (Northwestern)
• Setter of the Week: Taylor Anderson, S (Purdue)
• Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine, OH (Purdue)

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN
Tuesday, September 12th
Illinois at Bradley (7:00 PM)
Nebraska at Stanford (10:00 PM)

Wednesday, September 13th
Marist at Rutgers (7:00 PM)
Wisconsin at Marquette (8:00 PM)
UIC at Northwestern (8:00 PM)

Thursday, September 14th
Ohio State at Texas (TBD)
Illinois at USC (5:30 PM)
High Point at Minnesota (8:00 PM)
UCF at Purdue (8:00 PM)

Friday, September 15th
Ohio State at Baylor (TBD)
Indiana vs. Stetson (11:00 AM)
Maryland vs. Le Moyne (4:00 PM)
Illinois vs. UCF (5:30 PM)
Minnesota vs. Creighton/High Point (6:00 PM)
Michigan State at UCONN (7:00 PM)
Yale at Northwestern (7:00 PM)
UMBC vs. Northwestern (7:00 PM)
Michigan at Bowling Green (7:00 PM)
Princeton at Rutgers (7:00 PM)
Iowa at Syracuse (7:00 PM)
Indiana vs. Miami (7:00 PM)
USC vs. Purdue (8:00 PM)

Saturday, September 16th
Eight More Matches

Sunday, September 17th
Four More Matches

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