UCLA's Andy Banachowski earned his 1,100th win as a head coach on Saturday against Stanford

Both of the remaining unbeaten teams faced stiff tests last week, but ended up turning in impressive victories. Second-ranked Texas traveled to No. 25 Texas A&M on Wednesday and came away with a 25-18, 25-14, 25-20 triumph in front of a record crowd of 3,856. Senior setter Ashley Engle led her offense to a .310 hitting mark in the match and had a match-high 13 digs and four blocks in helping UT hold the Aggies to .092 hitting. On Saturday, the Longhorns got 19 kills on .400 hitting from senior outside hitter Destinee Hooker en route to a 25-22, 26-24, 25-19 home win over eighth-ranked Nebraska in front of 4,009 fans. Engle set UT to a .326 mark in the match. Texas is now 13-0 in Big 12 play and holds a two-game lead atop the conference standings. The Longhorns have registered nine consecutive sweeps and have won a school-record 27 straight regular-season matches. They are also the first team to register back-to-back-to-back wins over Nebraska since Long Beach State did so between 1989 and 2001.

Top-ranked Penn State also had a pair of three-set wins, highlighted by a 25-14, 25-16, 25-17 drubbing of No. 7 Minnesota at home on Friday in front of a crowd of 3,512. Senior outside hitter and three-time first-team All-American Megan Hodge led the Nittany Lions with 19 kills on .429 hitting, while senior Alisha Glass set the offense to a .341 team mark. Junior libero Cathy Quilico had 12 digs and junior middle hitter Arielle Wilson was in on six blocks in helping the PSU defense hold the Gophers to 24 kills and 23 errors (.011 attack percentage). In addition to having won 68 straight at home and 57 in a row in Big Ten play, Penn State now has an overall winning streak of 88 consecutive matches. That ties the UCLA men's basketball streak from 1971-74 for the fourth-longest winning streak in Division I history in any sport. The NCAA DI record for longest winning streak belongs to the Miami men's tennis team, which won 137 in a row from 1957-64.

The Gophers couldn't rebound the following night, as Ohio State registered a 25-20, 25-19, 25-15 upset victory on Saturday. Senior setter Ashley Hughes orchestrated a balanced Buckeye attack that saw four players register eight-plus kills and the team hit .294.

One of the other big winners from the weekend was 11th-ranked UCLA, which headed to the Bay Area and came away with two victories to make Andy Banachowski the first Division I women's volleyball coach ever to register 1,100 career victories. The Bruins won 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-19 against 14th-ranked California on Friday and then ended an 18-match losing streak against Stanford the next day, with a 25-18, 34-32, 19-25, 21-25, 15-11 upset of the fourth-ranked Cardinal. Sophomore libero Lainey Gera had 20 digs on Friday and 28 on Saturday. Stanford junior libero Gabi Ailes posted 33 digs in the losing effort. Banachowski now holds a 1,100-298 (.787) career record in 40 years as a head coach. The only women's volleyball coach in any division to have won more matches than him is Larry Bock, the current head coach of Juniata College - who has 1,211 career wins on the Division III level.

UCLA's traveling partner, 16th-ranked USC, did not fare as well in its trip North. The Women of Troy lost 21-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-23 to Stanford in front of 2,706 on Friday and then fell 25-19, 25-16, 24-26, 25-20 to Cal the next day. Stanford held a 13-7 blocking edge in the former match, while the Golden Bears got 22 kills on .356 hitting from senior outside hitter Hana Cutura to pace their effort.

Another ranked Pac-10 team that returned home from a road trip without a victory was No. 21 Washington State. On Friday, Arizona State snapped an eight-match losing streak with a 25-22, 25-18, 15-25, 25-22 upset of the Cougars in which ASU junior outside hitter Sarah Reaves had 19 kills. No. 18 Arizona then got 15 kills each from junior outside hitters Tiffany Owens and Whitney Dosty in a 25-18, 20-25, 25-11, 25-21 win over WSU on Saturday. That allowed the Wildcats to salvage a split over the weekend, having lost 18-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 to fifth-ranked Washington on Friday. The Huskies - who are now alone atop the Pac-10 standings with a 9-2 league record - got 18 kills from junior outside hitter Kindra Carlson in that match.

No. 9 Iowa State stayed hot and has now won 10 consecutive matches, including a five-set thriller over 22nd-ranked Baylor - the last team to beat the Cyclones - on Wednesday. ISU had to rally from deficits of 12-7 and 14-12 in the final set in order to earn a 24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 23-25, 16-14 win over the Bears. Junior outside hitter Victoria Henson led all players with 24 kills on .310 hitting to go along with 22 digs for the Cyclones - who also got 42 digs from junior libero Ashley Mass. Freshman Torri Campbell had 18 kills and nine blocks for Baylor, while sophomore libero Allison King had 32 digs. Iowa State is all alone in second place in the Big 12 with an 11-2 league mark.

There was a battle of the Big West Conference leaders on Friday night, and UC Davis earned a 25-22, 18-25, 25-17, 25-22 upset of 23rd-ranked UC Irvine. Senior Carson Lowden set the Aggies to a .290 hitting mark, and junior outside hitter Kayla Varney had 15 kills. UCI got 22 kills from junior outside hitter Kari Pestolesi. The Aggies - winners of six in a row - now stand alone atop the Big West standings with a 9-2 league record. In last week's AVCA poll, the conference had one ranked team and two more that were just outside of the top 25 - but UC Davis was not among the squads receiving votes and listed on multiple ballots. On Saturday, Pacific snapped a three-match skid with a 25-18, 25-22, 16-25, 25-20 upset of UC Irvine. Junior outside hitter Svenja Engelhardt had 15 kills for the Tigers, while freshman libero Kristin Winkler notched 30 digs for UCI in the loss.

Wisconsin earned a road upset of 15th-ranked Michigan on Friday, as senior outside hitter Brittney Dolgner notched 16 kills and junior outside hitter Allison Wack had 15. Sophomore right side Alex Hunt posted 19 kills on .359 hitting in the loss. The other big upset of the week came on Wednesday in San Diego, as Pepperdine eventually took a marathon first game and went on to a 36-34, 25-17, 25-18 win over 19th-ranked San Diego. Senior Kiah Fiers set the Waves to 55 kills (18.3 per set) and a .316 hitting mark, while junior right side Ali Troost had 21 kills in the loss for USD.

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