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A big weekend of Big Ten volleyball awaits in Lincoln, Nebraska; Kentucky gets on a roll in the SEC; and the Pac-12 is full of juice. Sink your teeth into these storylines.Cornhuskers return to familiar perchAnother week, another new No. 1.Or more appropriately, we have an old No. 1. Defending national champion Nebraska (16-1) returned to the top spot in this weeks American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.For the third straight week, the No. 1 spot has rotated. Nebraska was on top through the first six polls until being bounced by Ohio State in Lincoln, giving way to Minnesota to take over on Oct. 3.The Golden Gophers fell to Penn State in their first week as No. 1, making way last week for Wisconsin to ascend to the top spot for the first time in program history.But yikes! Minnesota swept the Badgers before a sold-out home crowd in Madison, and Nebraska redeemed itself with a 3-1 defeat of the Buckeyes, so here we go again -- the Cornhuskers are back at No. 1.Guess whos coming to Big Red country this weekend? No. 4 Wisconsin (15-2) is in Lincoln on Friday night and No. 3 Minnesota (14-3) is there on Sunday afternoon. Thats all three teams that have been ranked No. 1 this season.If thats not enough drama, flash back to a year ago almost to the day, and the Cornhuskers lost in Lincoln 3-1 to both Wisconsin and Minnesota.But you remember what happened next. Nebraska never lost again, winning the 2015 national championship.Also notable, the Cornhuskers snapped a string of three straight losses to Ohio State on Friday to win the programs 12th straight road match. Kadie Rolfzen, who was named Big Ten player of the week, tied her career high with 21 kills with just two errors, hitting .413 and adding 11 digs. Ohio State (13-7) remained at 19 in the poll.No. 11 Michigan State (16-4) upset Minnesota in East Lansing, 3-2, behind Alyssa Garvelinks first career double-double, 18 kills and 10 blocks. The Spartans dropped the first set 25-12 but won the second and third and survived the fifth, 15-13. Setter Rachel Minarick finished one assist shy of her career best with 54.Huskies atop Pac-12, but its a mess from thereEight games into the Pac-12, its a jumble at the top.No. 7 Washington (16-2, 6-2) doesnt have to look hard to find its closest pursuers in the conference race -- all seven of them.Thats right, seven teams are within a game of the first-place Huskies, who nosed in front by sweeping Colorado on Sunday for their fifth straight victory.Utah, Washington State, Arizona, UCLA, USC, Oregon and Stanford all check in with 5-3 records. As for which team has the momentum, well, that depends on which day you ask.For example, Washington State shot out to a 5-0 conference mark, only to drop its next three over an eight-day span. Oregon was 5-1 before consecutive home losses to USC and UCLA. And Arizona turned heads by knocking off ranked USC, UCLA and Stanford, all on the road, only to stumble in five Sunday at California (8-10, 2-6).A lot of coaches tout the competitiveness of their league by insisting anyone can beat anyone.Thats not just rhetoric in the Pac-12. Stay tuned as the teams continue sorting things out. Among the featured matches this weekend: Oregon at Utah and Stanford at UCLA.Kentucky makes it a dozen with weekend sweepTwelve straight victories, including 10 sweeps. How about those Kentucky Wildcats, who are ranked 21st?The surging Wildcats (15-4, 8-0) made it a dozen straight wins Sunday by shutting out Ole Miss behind 55 kills, a program record for three sets in the 25-point rally scoring era.With the victory, the Wildcats stayed perfect in the SEC, one-half game ahead of Missouri (16-3, 7-0). On Sunday, the Tigers maintained their unbeaten conference mark by rallying from two sets down to oust Alabama.Coming from behind hasnt been necessary for Kentucky, which hasnt lost since a 3-1 setback to Marquette on Sept. 9. Only Mississippi State and South Carolina have taken as much as a set from the Wildcats since. And the highlight of their winning streak was a 3-0 blanking of then-No. 5 Florida in Gainesville.Despite this run of success, Kentucky coach Craig Skinner seems intent on focusing not on what his Wildcats have done but on how much more they can do.We need to continue to get better blocking behind the setter and terminating out of the back row, Skinner said. I think its there, and weve had rhythm with it as the season has gone on. We just need to continue to trust it and go with it and keep running it because it can happen.The Wildcats will look to make it 13 in a row on Friday when they host South Carolina. Then on Sunday, Kentucky will visit Missouri in a potential battle of conference unbeatens.Oral Roberts Milos a star in any leagueCheck the NCAA leaders and youll find the name Laura Milos multiple times.The Oral Roberts outside hitter, a junior who hails from Croatia, leads the nation in aces per set (0.80) and ranks second in attacks per set and fourth in points. She plays all six rotations, and though Milos stands only 5-foot-10, coach Sheera Sirola promises her star would thrive in any conference.She can do anything, Sirola said. Shell find something to score off. Even her tipping is phenomenal. She makes it so it will go right down your neck, and theres no way you can pick it up.Credit Bowling Green coach Danijela Tomic for the assist in Oral Roberts landing a player of Milos caliber.Tomic didnt need a setter at Bowling Green three years ago, so she turned Sirola on to Croatian Lucija Bojanjac. Sirola, a fellow Croat, immediately liked what she saw of Bojanjac on a recruiting trip back to her home country. As always, she dropped in on a club team in her hometown, Porec, and spotted Milos.Much to Sirolas delight, Milos told her she and Bojanjac had been pals since childhood and had played together on the junior national team and would relish being college teammates at Oral Roberts.I knew Laura was a special player, Sirola said. But in Europe, if youre not 6-2 or above, people dont look at you.Milos, whose nickname is Lucky, weathered a trying freshman year at Oral Roberts that included a root canal infection, homesickness, food poisoning and a lack of English skills, but she stuck it out to be named the Summit League freshman of the year.Five times Sirola was the leagues player of the week last season, though not Summit League player of the year, which continues to eat at Sirola, who said, Maybe the coaches in the conference were not looking at the right thing.Milos achievements continue this year. She was named Summit League athlete of the month on Oct. 7 after leading the nation in kills per set, aces per sets and points per set in addition to have a triple-double over Central Arkansas. Her season also includes a 35-kill, 25-dig outing against Stephen F. Austin.Portland records program firstPortland had never beaten a team ranked as high as 11th until last Thursday, when the Pilots stunned then-No. 11 Brigham Young in front of a program-high 1,113 fans.Reghan Pukis helped orchestrate the biggest win in program history with a career-high 27 kills while Hannah Troutman added 22 kills and 22 digs.But the momentum didnt carry over to Saturdays match. Although the Pilots beat San Diego a year ago, their first-ever win over a ranked opponent, the No. 5 Toreros swept the Pilots to extend their Division I-best winning streak to 16. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Wholesale Jerseys 2020 . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. https://www.wholesalejerseysaaa.com/ . 24 Baylor in a Big 12 clash between teams trending in opposite directions. 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By stumps on day four, a South Africa victory was all but assured. It was a day of great South African entertainment, most notably fielding magic from Temba Bavuma and bowling brilliance from Kagiso Rabada.Perhaps the least surprising element of the day was the decision of Faf du Plessis to delay his declaration, allow his lower order to provide some entertainment with late lusty blows, and grind Australia down further and further. For more than nine years - until the tour of India last November - South Africa had not lost a Test series away from home. At the heart of this remarkable feat was a certain conservatism, a determination first not to lose, and only then to consider winning.So when du Plessis had his lower order bat on and on, their lead passing 400, then 450, then 500, and nearing 550, it was not a great shock. He also had to factor in the absence of his best and most experienced bowler Dale Steyn, who suffered a serious shoulder injury earlier in the match. With that in mind, you could understand why he would set Australia 539, requiring them not only to break the record for the highest successful Test chase, but to break it by more than 100 runs.By stumps, they were 4 for 169, still 370 runs adrift of their target, with only the wicketkeeper and bowlers still to come. Usman Khawaja was well set on 58, but will need to re-establish his innings on the fifth morning. Mitchell Marsh, under pressure to justify his ongoing position in a Test top six, was on 15. The ball was jagging off cracks, jumping, staying low, spinning - doing all the things that make batting most difficult. Australias task was monumental.South Africa have dominated the past three days at the WACA, a most impressive accomplishment given the injury to their spearhead before that ascendancy really began. But the rest have displayed true Steyn-less steel, which has only added to the gloss of their performance. In Australias second innings it was Rabada who stepped up, dismissing Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith and Adam Voges, to finish the day with 3 for 49. He also had Khawaja dropped at slip.But first came Bavumas breathtaking run-out of David Warner, the one man who, because of his recent form and his incredible record at the WACA, might have made Australia believe in a possible win had he stayed at the crease for a few hours. Warner had 35 at better than a run a ball when he pushed a Rabada delivery to cover and Bavuma, fielding at point, raced to the ball and then in one fluid action picked up, dived and threw down the stumps at the bowlers end.Perhaps Bavuma is secretly a Rhodes scholar - a Jonty Rhodes scholar, that is - for there was more than a hint of that illustrious predecessor in this effort. Such was the surprise of the feat that Warner appeared not to be stretching to his full capacity to make his ground, perhaps believing nobody could possibly do what Bavuma did. Bavuma was even too quick for the umpire Aleem Dar, who had not had time to take an optimal side-on position.It was a key moment, though to call it match-turning would be unfair to South Africas outstanding work of the previous two-and-a-half days. Match-tuurning would have been if Warner had batted on until stumps and reached 150 at a run a ball.dddddddddddd Bavumas effort, brilliant though it was, simply ensured the match was not carried off in some unforeseen direction by Warner. South Africa had been on top, and Bavuma kept them there.Then came the reward for Rabada, who, later in the same over had Shaun Marsh caught at second slip for 15. Australia had tumbled from 0 for 52 to 2 for 52 within one over, and briefly the score was 3 for 52 in the next over when Khawaja was given out caught behind off Keshav Maharaj first ball, only to be reprieved on review when the third umpire found the ball had brushed the flap of his pad rather than his bat as he played back to cut.Still, the momentum was all with South Africa, and a 92-run stand between Khawaja and Smith did little to change that. Rabada was the man who broke that partnership, his persistent fourth-stump line and ability to nibble the ball around finally accounting for Smith, who drove outside off and tickled a catch behind for 34. Adam Voges followed in similar fashion in Rabadas next over.Rabada should also have had Khawaja caught behind on 41, a thick edge flying between the wicketkeeper and first slip. Hashim Amla moved low to his right and grassed the chance, but Quinton de Kock could have made it comfortably had he chosen to move to his left. Instead, Khawaja was given a life and went on to bring up his half-century, off precisely 100 deliveries.But then, a solitary fifty wasnt much good to Australia. South Africa had four batsmen who passed that milestone in their second innings, and two of those went on to post hundreds. The fourth day began with South Africa on 6 for 390 and Australia knew that with quick wickets, they might give themselves the slim chance of a gettable target. As it happened, South Africa batted on to add 150 to their total for the loss of only two wickets.Vernon Philander was the last man out, bowled by Smith, who had not introduced himself into the attack until the 159th over of the innings, for 73. Keshav Maharaj had struck three sixes and provided some late entertainment with 41 not out from 34 balls. And earlier, de Kock had struck 64 before he was caught at cover off Mitchell Marsh. His partnership of 116 with Philander had been the crowning frustration for Australia.Not that they helped themselves. Philander had been put down on 29 when he top-edged a hook off Mitchell Starc and at fine leg Josh Hazlewood ran around but parried the ball over for six, seemingly worried about stepping over the boundary. With just a little more awareness of his surroundings, he could have turned it into a moderately straightforward take. But it was symptomatic of Australias fielding in the second innings, during which several chances went down.There were also a couple of reprieves on review for de Kock, but Australia could not complain about those. In the end, du Plessis declared soon after lunch with South Africa on 8 for 540. Australia needed 539 to win. Only once in Test history has any team scored more than 500 in the fourth innings, and even that did not result in a win, for Englands 654 for 5 in the infamous timeless Test of 1939 came in pursuit of 696.The highest successful chase in Test history was the 418 scored by West Indies against Australia in Antigua in 2003, and Austraias highest was 404 back in 1948. The statisticians can close their books for now, because by stumps on day four, all of those records remained very safe indeed. ' ' '