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The season and chance at a NCAA championship continues for UC Irvine.
The Anteaters earned the final at-large bid to the seven-team NCAA Tournament field that was announced Sunday afternoon. Continue reading “UC Irvine edges out Hawai’i for final at-large bid to NCAA Tournament”
The seven-team field for the NCAA Tournament was announced on Monday. Check out the tournament field and to fill out your bracket for the Off the Block NCAA Tournament bracket challenge, click here. Continue reading “2018 men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament bracket”
Check out all the ways to follow the live coverage of Selection Sunday and the unveiling of the 2018 men’s volleyball Division I-II NCAA Tournament bracket. Continue reading “Live coverage: NCAA Tournament men’s volleyball Selection Show”
Selection Sunday has arrived along with the season’s final Off the Block NCAA Tournament projections. Continue reading “Bracketology: Selection Sunday NCAA Tournament projections”
All the matches are done, and now it’s up left to the NCAA men’s volleyball committee to determine the NCAA Tournament field.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
Long Beach State had best serving performances of the season to win inaugural Big West Tournament championship.
Long Beach State had a season-high 10 aces as it swept Hawai’i 25-23, 25-14, 25-19 in the Big West Tournament finals on Saturday in Long Beach, California. Continue reading “Long Beach State dominates from service line to win inaugural Big West championship”
All-MPSF outside attacker Brenden Sander delivered his farewell performance at the Smith Fieldhouse in grand fashion.
Sander finished with a match-high 18 kills while hitting .485 as BYU rallied to beat UCLA 17-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-21 in the MPSF Tournament finals on Saturday in Provo, Utah. Continue reading “Sander exits Smith Fieldhouse leading BYU to another MPSF title”
Listen to Off the Block’s postmatch interview with coach Brian Baise after Harvard defeated Princeton in the EIVA Tournament finals on Saturday to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Continue reading “Audio: Harvard coach Baise reacts to beating Princeton in EIVA finals”
Listen to Off the Block’s postmatch interview with coach Ryan Booher after King swept Barton on Saturday to win the ConfCarolinas championship and earn the program’s first berth to the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “Audio: Coach Booher discusses King winning historic ConfCarolinas championship”
The MIVA championship three-peat is complete. Now onto the NCAA championship three-peat thanks to All-MIVA outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen.
Szerszen had a match-high four aces and added 12 kills on a .417 attack percentage to help Ohio State sweep Loyola 25-20, 25-23, 25-19 in the MIVA Tournament finals on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. Continue reading “Szerszen powers Ohio State past Loyola for third straight MIVA title”