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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Ali Hausfeld tossed up 46 assists and knocked down a career-high six service aces to lead the 14th-ranked Duke volleyball team to a 3-0 (30-19, 30-26, 34-32) victory over Boston College Friday evening at Power Gymnasium.

Hausfeld, the nation’s leader in assists per game, notched a double-double with 11 digs and contributed six kills on eight errorless attacks for a team-high .750 hitting percentage. The senior setter also helped out on two of Duke’s 12 blocks and led the Blue Devils (17-4, 12-1 ACC) to a collective hitting percentage of .287. Sophomore Rachael Moss led all players with 19 kills, while senior middle blocker Carrie DeMange posted her 14th consecutive double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs.

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HONOLULU - The No. 11 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (17-4, 11-0 WAC) had a season-high 17.5 blocks as they swept through the No. 13 New Mexico State Aggies (19-4, 10-2) 30-26, 30-28 and 30-22 in front of a season-high crowd of 7,538 at the Stan Sheriff Center Friday.

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Senior setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) handed out 45 assists and posted nine digs on Friday night to lead the No. 10 University of Florida volleyball team to a 3-0 (30-20, 30-17, 30-18) win over LSU in front of 2,715 fans at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

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Despite a late-match surge by Indiana, the eighth-ranked Wisconsin volleyball won a five-game thriller in Bloomington, Ind. The Badgers edged the Hoosiers 30-23, 30-20, 29-31, 28-30, 16-14 to improve to 18-2 overall and 10-1 in the Big Ten Conference.

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LOS ANGELES - Freshman Geena Urango (Los Alamitos/Los Alamitos HS) registered a season-high 21 kills Friday as the No. 6 USC Trojans outlasted the No. 9 California Golden Bears, 3-2 (30-21, 37-39, 30-26, 33-35, 15-10), in a Pac-10 Conference match at the Galen Center. Senior All-America outside hitter Asia Kaczor (Wroclaw, Poland/College of Southern Idaho) added 24 kills and tied a career high with 17 digs as the Trojans improved to 5-0 this season in five-game matches.

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SEATTLE - The fourth-ranked Washington volleyball team overcame a season-low hitting percentage on Friday night against visiting Washington State on their way to a sweep of the Cougars in Pac-10 action at Bank of America Arena. Despite hitting just .203, the Huskies ran their school-record winning streak at home to 39, winning the games by scores of 30-25, 30-21, 30-24. Becky Perry hit .526 and led all players with 13 kills as the UW improved to 20-1 overall and 9-1 in the Pac-10. WSU fell to 9-15 and 0-10 in Pac-10 play.

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Los Angeles, Calif. - Junior outside hitter Cynthia Barboza was among four Stanford players in double-figures, turning in her 12th double-double of the year, as the third-ranked Stanford women's volleyball team (20-1, 9-1 Pac-10) topped the No. 7 UCLA Bruins (16-5, 6-4 Pac-10) on their home court, 30-20, 28-30, 30-22, 30-27. The win was No. 20 on the year for Stanford.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., - Sophomore outside hitter Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) racked up 19 kills on .607 hitting with 12 digs for her 22nd career double-double to lead the second-ranked Penn State women's volleyball team to a three-game win (30-21, 30-25, 30-15) victory at Minnesota Friday night. The Nittany Lions improve to 19-2 and 11-0 in the Big Ten while the Golden Gophers fall to 12-9 and 5-6 in league action.

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ITHACA, N.Y – Head Coach Kerry Carr won her 200th career match and the Penn volleyball team won its fifth in a row as the Quakers defeated Cornell, 3-0 (30-23, 30-22, 34-32). Freshman Julia Swanson pounded in 14 kills and senior Anna Shlimak had 11 to lead the team. The Quakers improve to 14-7 (7-2) and continue to position themselves for a run at the Ivy League title.


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SAN LUIS OBISPO – The No. 24 Cal Poly volleyball team pounded its way to an early lead and used a dominating final game to keep a firm stranglehold on first place atop the Big West Conference standings with a 30-15, 28-30, 30-20, 30-15 victory against UC Davis Saturday evening in Mott Gym.

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