Buck Yeah! Ohio State sweeps BYU for back-to-back NCAA titles

All-American outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen ensure the national championship trophy wasn’t leaving St. John Arena.

Szerszen had a match-high 16 kills and added two aces as the No. 1 seed Ohio State swept the No. 3 seed BYU 25-19, 25-20-25-20 in the NCAA Tournament finals to repeat as national champions on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. Continue reading “Buck Yeah! Ohio State sweeps BYU for back-to-back NCAA titles”

Video: Ohio State middle Guessous reacts to sweeping BYU for NCAA title

Watch Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates’ postmatch interview with Ohio State middle attacker Driss Guessous following the team’s sweep against BYU in the NCAA Tournament finals on Saturday. Guessous finished the match with four kills on a .500 attack percentage and added three blocks to earn All-Tournament Team honors.

Video: Ohio State outside Hervoir reacts to winning NCAA championship

Check out Off the Block’s interview with Ohio State outside attacker Maxime Hervoir as he discusses winning the NCAA championship and has a special message in French for all the people back in his home nation of France. Hervoir was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team after having 10 kills on a .471 attack percentage in the finals. Continue reading “Video: Ohio State outside Hervoir reacts to winning NCAA championship”

Off the Block to broadcast live NCAA finals prematch show

The biggest college men’s volleyball match of the this season will have a live one-hour prematch show to breakdown everything associated with the match.

Off the Block announced it will produce a live prematch show on Saturday from St. John Arena to discuss the upcoming NCAA Tournament finals between Ohio State and BYU.

The prematch show will air via Facebook Live and be available to view on both the Off the Block website and the Off the Block Facebook page. This also will be the only prematch show airing live on-site from the NCAA Tournament.

Among the features of the prematch show will include footage of teams warming and analysis of the match from various volleyball media members and coaches.

The prematch show will begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. (EST) and conclude before the NCAA Tournament finals begin at 7 p.m. (EST) on ESPN2.

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