Harvard hires former Ball State player as new assistant coach

A former Ball State men’s volleyball outside attacker will be coaching in the EIVA for the upcoming season.

The Harvard athletics department announced Wednesday that it hired Jeff Aucoin has an assistant coach for the Crimson women’s and men’s volleyball teams for the 2013-14 school year.
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The 2013 Blockys: Honoring the best and oddest in college volleyball

About two weeks since the 2013 season ended, and the college men’s volleyball withdrawal has set in.

In an attempt to help battle this withdrawal and put a wrap on the season, Off the Block is presenting the second-annual Blockys. The Blockys are Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes’ awards recognizing the good, the bad, the goofy and the odd from the recent college volleyball season.

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Committee chairman: NCAA Tourney play-in match won’t affect MPSF

Don’t expect any MPSF teams to play in the soon-to-be created men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament play-in match any time in the upcoming seasons.

NCAA men’s volleyball committee chairman Brian Santiago said at the recent MPSF league meeting that the new play-in match featuring two conference champions “will not directly impact MPSF teams,” according to the minutes released from the meeting.
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7 college recruits selected to initial roster for U.S. Youth National Team

Seven incoming college men’s volleyball freshman recruits are among the players being considered to represent the United States at the one of the world’s biggest international tournament this summer.

USA Volleyball announced Monday that seven high school seniors were among the 17 players selected to the U.S. Boys’ Youth National Training Team for the upcoming FIVB U-19 Youth World Championship.
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Half of D I-II schools get higher attendance for men’s than women’s volleyball

It was an even split among colleges with both men’s and women’s volleyball teams for the program that had the higher home attendance during the most recent season.

Nineteen of the nation’s 38 schools with both a NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball team and women’s volleyball team drew a bigger home attendance average for men’s volleyball, according to attendance numbers collected from athletics departments during the 2012-13 school year.
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BYU finishes 2013 season with nation’s top home attendance

For the second consecutive year, BYU ends the season leading the nation in home attendance.

The Cougars led all NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams with a 3,019 home match attendance average — beating all other schools by more than 300 people per match.
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My men’s volleyball media poll ballot

UC Irvine days after repeating as national champions now ends the season atop the national media poll.

The Anteaters received every first-place vote to move back to No. 1 in the season’s final nation media poll that was released Tuesday.

Check out this week’s top 10 men’s volleyball media poll and the video breakdown of my ballot with explanations on why I ranked each team where I did.
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