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NCAA volleyball: Belmont wins, big numbers in the Valley, all the recaps, AVCA polls
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Monday was full of interesting results and big-time performances in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball.
In the Ohio Valley, where things are tight at the top, Belmont got its first victory and Murray State’s Jayla Holcombe had 26 kills in a win over UT Martin.
Brooklyn Cink and Amelia Flynn combined for 49 kills in Missouri State’s Missouri Valley Conference win over Evansville, whose Melanie Feliciano and Alondra Vazquez combined for 48 kills. Also in the Valley, Hayley Bush (no, not the one who plays for Purdue) had 30 kills in Drake’s loss to Valpo, which got 26 kills from Jillie Grant.
Tuesday’s schedule is light, but if you want to watch a match, we’ve got the links in the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
AVCA women — The top six teams stayed the same in the AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Women’s Poll: Wisconsin (idle), Texas (which finally played this spring), Kentucky (idle), Nebraska (idle), Minnesota (idle), and Baylor (also back in action).
Washington, which beat Utah twice, moved up two spots to No. 7. Florida (idle) stayed at No. 8, and Utah dropped two spots to No. 9. Penn State (idle) stayed at No. 10.
UCLA moved up three spots to No. 12. BYU dropped three spots to No. 15. Pepperdine, which split two matches with BYU and lost at Baylor, is in at No. 25 and Missouri dropped out.
Hawai’i, not playing this season, no longer received votes on two or more ballots.
Click here for the complete AVCA women’s poll.
AVCA men — Hawai’i moved up a spot to No. 1 in the AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Poll, while BYU, which took a loss, dropped to No. 2. Pepperdine moved up three spots to third, UC Santa Barbara, which hasn’t played this season, dropped a spot to fourth, and Lewis fell two spots to No. 5. Grand Canyon, the team that beat BYU, moved up three spots to No. 6, and at No. 7 McKendree (8-0) is assumedly the highest it’s ever been.
Click here for the complete AVCA men’s poll.
BIG SKY — Northern Colorado (9-3) hit .316 and swept at Idaho State (4-8, 2-8). Taylor Muff led with 13 kills as she hit .323 and had an assist, five digs, and two blocks, one solo … Northern Arizona (8-2) swept visiting Southern Utah (4-7. 4-6) for its fourth win in a row. Taylor Jacobsen and Lyla Hollis had 13 kills apiece. Jacobsen hit .385 and had an assist, a block, and eight digs. Hollis had one error in 20 attacks to hit .600 and had an ace, two blocks, and eight digs. SUU’s Stacey Hone had 11 kills, an ace, and three blocks, one solo … Idaho (5-5, 4-4) hit .323 and won in four at Montana (2-10). Kennedy Warren led with 18 kills, hitting .429, and had an assist, nine digs, and eight blocks, one solo. Allison Munday had 15 kills with one error in 30 swings, an assist, four blocks, and three digs. Nicole Ball had 10 kills with no errors in 17 attacks, an assist, and six blocks, one solo, and Bea Whitling had four kills and nine blocks, one solo. Amethyst Harper led Montana with 13 kills, an assist, a block, and 1 dig.
CONFERENCE USA — Rice (9-3, 8-0) hit .376 and stayed unbeaten in league play with a sweep UTSA (3-9, 1-5). Nicole Lennon led a balanced attack with 11 kills as she hit .348 and had an assist, two aces, nine digs, and six blocks, two solo …
Paige Briggs had 21 kills and 17 digs as Western Kentucky improved to 11-0, the best start in program history, 6-0 in the conference, with a four-set win at Marshall (5-3, 3-3). Lauren Matthews had 13 kills, three digs and two blocks, one solo. Marshall’s Macy McElhaney had 11 kills, three blocks, and two digs …
Old Dominion (6-4. 4-2) beat visiting Florida Atlantic (1-6 1-4). Hailey Duncan had 12 kills and five blocks, one solo. Ashley Peroe had 11 kills, an ace, a block, and 13 digs, and Alessia Sgherza had 10 kills, three blocks, and 12 digs. Camryn Vogler and Scherine Dahoue had 12 kills each for FAU … Charlotte (7-4 5-3) hit .410 and beat visiting Middle Tennessee (1-6, 1-4) in four. Sydney Rowan led with 14 kills as she hit .406 and had two assists, an ace, eight digs, and two blocks, one solo. Amani McArthur had 11 kills with one error in 15 attacks and six blocks, two solo. Kayla Henley had 14 kills for MTSU as she hit .500 and had an assist, four digs, and four blocks, two solo … And UTEP (5-4, 4-2) won in five at North Texas (5-7, 2-4) as six players had nine or more kills. Cheyenne Jones led with 17 as she hit .364. Paulina Perez Rosas had 16, hit .324, and had two aces, 10 digs, and two blocks, one solo. Rhett Robinson led UNT with 24 kills, three blocks, and five digs.
HORIZON — UIC (8-0) stayed a game back in the loss column behind idle Wright State with a four-set win over visiting Oakland (5-4). Paola Santiago had 19 kills, an assist, a block, and 19 digs, and Martina Delucchi had 15 kills, an assist, two blocks, and nine digs. Oakland’s Jamie Walling had 18 kills as she hit .44 and had three blocks and three digs. Lindsay Wightman had 27 digs and two assists … Northern Kentucky (4-3, 3-3) swept at Youngstown State (2-4). Anna Brinkmann led with nine kills, an ace, nine digs, and a block … Purdue Fort Wayne (8-3) won in four at Green Bay (3-8) as Katie Crowe and Madelyn Wurster had 13 kills apiece. Wurster hit .407 and had four blocks, one solo, and Crow had 16 digs, two aces, and a block. Green Bay’s Alexandra Zakutney had 20 kills, two aces, and 13 digs … Cleveland State (6-5) swept visiting Robert Morris (0-9). Peyton Bloomer had 13 kills, hit .393, and had a dig and a block. Emily DeGeorge added 12 with no errors in 31 attacks and she had an assist, two aces, 14 digs, and a block.
MISSOURI VALLEY — Brooklyn Cink had 25 kills and Amelia Flynn 24 as first-place Missouri State (11-2, 7-1) beat visiting Evansville (3-9, 2-8) in five. Cink’s total was a career high as she had six errors in 66 attacks to hit .288 and added an ace, a block, and 12 digs. Flynn hit .291 and had an ace and 21 digs. Melanie Feliciano had 25 kills for Evansville, hitting .368, and she had 12 digs. Vazquez had 23 kills, three assists, two aces, and 10 digs. Rachel Basinski had 31 digs and six assists …
Hayley Bush had 30 kills for Drake (6-5, 4-4), but the Bulldogs lost in five to visiting Valparaiso (6-6, 5-5). Valpo’s Jillie Grant had 26 kills, four assists, and 21 digs. Haley Hart had 16 kills, three digs, and three blocks, two solo. Peyton McCarthy had 14 kills, hit .333, and had an ace, six digs, and three blocks, one solo. Victoria Buhlman had five kills, 57 assists, an ace, a block, and 26 digs. Bella Ravotto had 38 digs and nine assists. Drake’s Bush hit .303 after having seven errors in 76 attacks. She had six digs and two blocks, one solo. Emily Plock had 10 kills, an ace, 22 digs, and five blocks, two solo. Jada Willis had 10 kills, two assists, 20 digs, and four blocks, one solo. And Kylee Macke had 33 digs, two assists, and three aces …
Bradley (7-3) won its sixth in a row, beating visiting Southern Illinois (2-10, 1-9) in four. Hannah Thompson led with 17 kills, four assists, an ace, and 11 digs. Karagan Coggin and Raeann Bergman had 12 kills each. SIU’s Tatum Tornatta had 13 kills and hit .323 and Taylor Morgan had 11 kills and hit .450 and she had 10 digs … UNI (6-7, 6-4) beat visiting Indiana State (4-7, 4-6) in four. Emily Holterhaus led with 17 kills, hitting .318, and she had two assists, an ace, two solo blocks, and 12 digs. Carly Spies had 10 kills and hit .381 and had three blocks, one solo, and Kaylissa Arndorfer had 10 kills, two assists, an ace, four blocks, and six digs … Illinois State at Loyola was postponed.
OHIO VALLEY — Jacksonville State and Morehead State won again to stay atop the standings at 8-0.
Lena Kindermann, a junior from Germany, had 20 kills, hit .471, and had an assist, a block, and two digs as Jacksonville State beat visiting Tennessee Tech (4-4) in four. Kylie Milton had 15 kills, hit .400, and had nine digs. Madeline Furtado had 12 kills for Tennessee Tech …
Morehead State hit .382 and swept visiting Tennesse State (0-8). Olivia Lohmeier led with 15 kills as she hit .464 after having two errors in 28 swings to go with three aces, two blocks, and a dig …
Taylor Floyd went off for Belmont (1-8, 1-7) with 24 kills as the Bruins got their first spring victory, winning in five at Eastern Kentucky (2-6). Floyd had just one error in 37 attacks to hit .622 and had four blocks and five digs. Halee Van Poppel had 18 kills, two assists, threee aces, a block, and 16 digs, and Rachel McBride had 30 digs and eight assists. Molly Michalak had 18 kills and 17 digs for EKU. Jovana Bulatovic had 15 kills, an assist, three digs, and two blocks, one solo …
Freshman Jayla Holcombe had a career-high 26 kills and hit .444 as Murray State (4-4) swept visiting UT Martin (5-3). Holcombe added an ace, five digs, and three blocks, two solo. Callie Anderton had a kill, 48 assists, an ace, two blocks, and six digs, and Becca Fernandez had 23 digs and an ace …
Southeast Missouri (6-2) hit .337 and swept visiting SIUE (4-4) . Laney Malloy had 13 kills, three assists, an ace, a block, and 10 digs … Austin Peay (5-2) hit .409 and won in four at Eastern Illinois (0-7) as five players had 11 or more kills, 16 by Taylor McInerney, who hit .370 and had an assist, a block, and a dig. Laurel Bailey had 17 kills for EIU.
SWAC — Prairie View (7-2. 6-1) won in four at Houston rival Texas Southern (0-3) as Victoria Pearson had 14 kills with one error in 23 attacks, an assist, eight of her team’s 12 aces, two digs, and four blocks, two solo … Grambling (3-3, 2-2) swept visiting Southern (2-4) as Semira Fields had 11 kills, a solo block, and eight digs, and Gillian Jones had 10 kills with one error in 32 attack, a block, and two digs.
SOCON — Mercer (8-5, 8-2) won in four at Chattanooga (5-7, 3-7) to pull into a tie, albeit one game back in the loss column, for first with idle Samford (7-1). Mercer’s Jaida Howell had 12 kills and five blocks, one solo …
Wofford (7-2) kept pace with a four-set win over visiting The Citadel (3-10, 2-8) despite 20 kills by The Citadel’s Sharlissa de Jesus, who had an ace, 13 digs, and four blocks, two solo. Wofford’s Meghan Yaffa had 12 kills, two assists, a solo block, and 14 digs, and Sarah Barham had 12 kills, hit .370, and had a dig and six blocks, four solo … UNCG (2-8) won in four at Furman (3-5) and check out this scoreline: 27-25, 25-20, 16-25, 32-30. The Spartans faced four set points in the fourth before finally winning. Five UNCG players had eight or more kills, 12 each by Maria Esch and Hannah Knier, who hit .429 and had six blocks, one solo. Jenna Wiggs had 25 digs, three assists, and a ace … Merry Gebel had 23 kills as Western Carolina (5-6, 5-4) beat visiting ETSU (4-4) in four. Gebel hit .311 and had an ace, 14 digs, and two blocks, one solo. Julia Gardon had 14 kills, two assists, an ace, a block, and 18 digs. Four ETSU players had 10 or more kills, 14 by Sara Esposito, who had two aces, three blocks, and eight digs.
SUMMIT — South Dakota (8-4, 7-1) swept at South Dakota State (2-9, 2-8) as Elizabeth Juhnke got back in the lineup after a match off and led with 12 kills. She had one error in 29 attacks, an assist, two blocks, and 11 digs … Kansas City (9-1) stayed top the standings with a sweep at North Dakota (2-8. 2-6) as Melanie Brecka had 16 kills, hit .375, and had two aces and 11 digs … Omaha (8-7, 7-3) swept at Western Illinois (0-11) as Sadie Limback had 13 kills and three blocks … And Denver (7-1) won in four at Oral Roberts (2-8, 2-6) behind 14 kills by Lydia Bartalo, who had an assist, two aces, and five digs.
WAC — Tarleton (8-7, 4-5) swept at Chicago State (0-3) as Lauren Kersey had 17 kills with two errors in 30 attacks, a block, and nine digs … UTRGV (1-8, 1-6) got its first win of the spring, a sweep of visiting California Baptist (1-8, 1-6) . Victoire Nama had 13 kills, hit .323, and had two assists, an ace, two blocks, and 10 digs. Mackenzie Coates had six kills, hit .556, and had 34 assists, an ace, three blocks, and 11 digs. Cali Hoye had 13 kills and 12 digs for California Baptist … Dixie State (6-6, 5-6) beat visiting Utah Valley (7-3, 7-2) in five as six players had seven or more kills, led by Chayse Daugherty, who had 14. Megan Treanor had 10 kills, 23 assists, a block, and 16 digs. Kazna Tanuvasa had 17 kills for UVU and an assist, two blocks, and nine digs. Seren Jardine had 37 digs and six assists … Seattle at NM State was postponed.
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Barcelona News Roundup: Barca midfielder returns to training ahead of schedule, Haaland and Mbappe rumours branded ‘irresponsible’ and more – 2 March 2021
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Barcelona have received a major boost as one of their injured players has resumed training.
Barcelona have been rocked by the arrests of club officials and others, including former president Josep Maria Bartomeu, as new details of the BarcaGate scandal come to light. There is plenty going on both on and off the field as the club continues to find itself in a difficult financial condition in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 2 March 2021.
Jean-Clair Todibo seeking permanent Barcelona exit
Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo is currently on loan with Ligue 1 outfit OGC Nice. He has now admitted that he does not care about the goings-ons at his parent club.
Todibo has admitted that he would like to see Nice and Barcelona strike a deal for him as he doesn’t want to return to Catalunya. Speaking to the press ahead of Nice’s game against Nimes, Todibo said he strongly hopes he can stay at Nice.
He said:
“I don’t know if it is sorted (for next season), but it is an ambition of mine. So I strongly hope it happens. My individual performances will determine if I stay here or not. Nothing is done.”
On what is happening at Barcelona, Todibo said:
“Without lying to you, I am not strongly interested in what’s going on. I watch matches from time to time when my French colleagues play like Ousmane Dembele, Clement Lenglet or Samuel Umtiti. I watch just because I consider them to be friends. But aside from that I am not necessarily following them.
“I am focused on OGC Nice, that is most important for me. What good does it do to dream of the Barcelona defence when at the weekend I play vs Rennes or Nimes?
“The most important thing is to focus on those matches. They are matches that will bring points for Nice. Today I am a Nice player, I am not a Barcelona player.”
Former Barcelona vice-president says Haaland-Mbappe links are ‘irresponsible’
Rafael Yuste, who used to be vice-president under Joan Laporta in the past, has spoken out against Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe rumours, drawing attention to the club’s precarious financial condition.
Yuste has urged the club to focus on retaining Lionel Messi, whom he hailed as the ‘best in the world’. Barcelona’s presidential hopefuls have already made tall claims about potential transfer targets but Yuste, who is looking to return to the role of vice-president, has dismissed those promises as ‘irresponsible’.
He told Mundo Deportivo:
“Today, with a debt of 1,173 million, it would be irresponsible to say that we are going to sign Haaland or Mbappe. In addition, we have a squad that can give a lot of joy to the members and a brave coach who bets on young people.
“As we turn around the situation and generate resources, there will be a choice, but now let’s support what we have and see how far we can go. Right now we already have the best in the world called Leo Messi.”
Pedri returns to training
Barcelona midfielder Pedri had to be taken off in the game against Sevilla due to a calf problem and it was reported that he is set to miss out for at least a couple of weeks. However, in a surprising turn of events, Pedri has returned to training.
Ronald Araujo, however, is still training individually for the second consecutive day. Pedri’s return to training could mean he might just make it to the squad for Barcelona’s Copa Del Rey second-leg fixture against Sevilla on Wednesday.
Published 02 Mar 2021, 18:38 IST
Sheffield United vs Aston Villa preview, team news, stats, prediction, kick-off time
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Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Sheffield United vs Aston Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday (kick-off 6pm).
Team news
Sheffield United remain down to the bare bones for their home clash with Aston Villa.
Blades boss Chris Wilder will not have any of his injured players back in time for Wednesday night’s game. Jayden Bogle (shin), Chris Basham (hamstring), Jack Robinson (foot), Jack Rodwell, John Egan (toe), Jack O’Connell (knee) and Sander Berge (hamstring) are still out.
Iliman Ndiaye and Frankie Maguire were named among the substitutes against Liverpool on Sunday and the youngsters might be involved in the match-day squad once more.
Villa skipper Jack Grealish misses out for a third game due to a lower leg injury, with boss Dean Smith on Tuesday saying: “We’re looking at whether we can get him on the training pitch by the end of this week.”
Emiliano Martinez is “fine” to continue in goal after groin tightness that affected his kicking during the 1-0 win at Leeds on Saturday.
Matty Cash (hamstring) and Kortney Hause (foot) have been doing some running as their recoveries continue, and Wesley, out since January 2020 due to a knee injury, has been in full contact training.
How to follow
Follow Sheffield United vs Aston Villa in our dedicated live match blog. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
Jones Knows prediction
In what is likely to be a bitty affair, set pieces may come to the fore. And only Leeds defend such situations worse than Sheffield United, highlighting an opportunity for the visiting Villa big men to get involved in front of goal.
That was the route that led to the only goal in the corresponding fixture where Tyrone Mings’ flick-on was headed home by Ezri Konsa for a 1-0 Villa win.
My eyes are drawn to the prices about Mings threatening Aaron Ramsdale’s goal. The England international has fired 16 shots on goal this season with a total expected goals figure of 1.49, putting him just behind the likes of Harry Maguire and Lewis Dunk in the most dangerous centre-backs category. His chances of firing two shots on goal are far more likely than the 17/2 on offer with Sky Bet. In recent weeks, Maguire, Antony Rudiger, Ben Mee and Adam Webster have all managed to register two shots on goal in a game against Chris Wilder’s leaky outfit.
JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 0-1
BETTING ANGLE: Tyrone Mings to have two or more shots (17/2 with Sky Bet)
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- Sheffield United have won their last two home league games against Aston Villa, last winning three in a row against them between 1968 and 1976.
- Aston Villa are looking to secure their first league double over Sheffield United since the 1993-94 campaign, following their 1-0 win against them earlier this season.
- Sheffield United have won their last two Premier League games played on a Wednesday, having won just one of their first 13 such games in the competition (D3 L9).
- Aston Villa have lost each of their three Premier League games played on a Wednesday so far this season, with these coming in three consecutive weeks between January 20th and February 3rd.
- Sheffield United have lost 10 home league games this season, only losing more in one season in their entire history, losing 11 at Bramall Lane in 2010-11 in the Championship.
- Aston Villa have kept more away clean sheets than any other Premier League side this season (8). The Villans have never kept nine clean sheets on the road in a single top-flight campaign before.
- After winning their opening four Premier League games this season, Aston Villa have won consecutive league matches just once since, doing so against West Brom and Crystal Palace in December.
- Sheffield United have lost 21 league matches this season, the most by a side managed by Chris Wilder since his Northampton team lost 21 in 2014-15 in League Two. In only one previous season in his managerial career has Wilder lost more than 21, losing 22 matches in 2003-04 as Halifax Town manager in the Conference (now National League).
- Sheffield United defender Enda Stevens hasn’t ended on the winning side in any of his 18 Premier League appearances this season (D2 L16) – the last player to play more matches in a season in the competition without winning was Alan Hutton in 2015-16 for Aston Villa (P28 D6 L22).
- Anwar El Ghazi is enjoying his best goalscoring season for Aston Villa in both the league (6) and in all competitions (7). Five of the Dutchman’s six Premier League goals this term have come away from home.
Introducing British Taekwondo Members Month! – British Taekwondo
British Taekwondo Members!
As a welcome back to club activity (after the very exciting news that lockdown restrictions will ease over the next couple of months), we would like to kick things off with the British Taekwondo Members Month!
British Taekwondo Members Month will run from the 8th – 26th March and will include a number of sessions specifically for our members, ranging from general fitness and Taekwondo basic classes to GB Athlete Q&A’s and mental wellbeing talks.
We are running these sessions for British Taekwondo members, as a thank you for your loyalty during this difficult period!
As long as you are a British Taekwondo member with up-to-date membership you are able to attend as many of these sessions as you like, free of charge!
We will be releasing the schedules 1 week in advance, so please watch out for this on further website posts and on our social media channels.
Introducing our schedule for Week 1 (please click on the table below):
How does Members Month work?
British Taekwondo will be running online zoom sessions alongside a number of BT coaches and professionals. All sessions are available to our members that have up-to-date membership. We will run an audit to ensure everybody who has signed up is an active British Taekwondo member (for insurance purposes), once this has been completed you will receive the zoom link containing the login details.
Can I attend?
Are you a British Taekwondo Member with up-to-date membership? Yes, of course you can!
If you need help with renewing your membership before you can sign up for a session, please email [email protected]
How do I sign up?
If you are interested in attending one (or all) of our sessions, please email [email protected] with the following information:
- The full name of the session you would like to attend (provided above)
- Your full name
- Your British Taekwondo Membership Number
Why do I need to have up to date British Taekwondo Membership?
Having up to date BT membership, will ensure that you are covered to take part in our sessions for insurance purposes.
We hope you are all as excited as we are, and we look forward to seeing you all in our upcoming sessions!
PS. Information for week 2 and 3 will be released over the coming days.
