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We started last week with six unbeaten volleyball teams, and by Sunday afternoon, we were down to three.
Portland won its first 12 but opened West Coast Conference play by losing two last week to Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.
Michigan completed its nonconference schedule by winning 33 of the 34 sets it played. In the Wolverines' Big Ten opener at Nebraska, Michigan managed a set, but the Huskers took the other three, limiting Michigan to .135 hitting.
In a match in West Lafayette, Indiana, Illinois played spoiler on a night when Purdue celebrated "Dave Shondell's Luau in Holloway," a sold-out gym where the first 500 students were gifted with Hawaiian-themed shirts.