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No. 4 Pepperdine is finding its stride at just the right time and now has a share of the conference regular season title.
Pepperdine rallied from a one-game deficit to defeat No. 10 Hawai’i 19-25, 28-26, 25-18, 26-24 on Saturday in Malibu, Calif., to join No. 3 BYU as the Co-MPSF regular season champions.
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Erskine and Mount Olive are each now one win away from becoming the first Conference Carolinas team reach the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 1 seed Erskine and the No. 3 seed Mount Olive won their conference tournament semifinal matches on Saturday to advance to the Conference Carolinas championship match. The winner of that title match will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the six-team NCAA Tournament in Chicago.
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Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Saturday.
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It’s the final day of the regular season and there is still plenty on the line.
No. 9 UCLA and No. 10 Hawai’i will both play in must-win matches as they try to clinch the final berth in the MPSF Tournament. In addition, three teams still have a shot at the No. 5 seed for the upcoming MPSF Tournament.
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The postseason resumes this evening with four teams still in contention for the Conference Carolinas’ first automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 1 seed Erskine after winning the conference regular season title will play host to No. 5 Barton in its Conference Carolinas Tournament semifinals match. In addition, the No. 2 seed Pfeiffer and the No. 3 seed Mount Olive will face each other in the other semifinal.
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Check out Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates’ postmatch interview with Pepperdine assistant coach David Hunt following his team’s conference victory against Hawai’i on Friday.
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No. 4 Pepperdine isn’t going anywhere for the first round of the MPSF Tournament.
Pepperdine clinched postseason home match for the first time five years as it swept No. 10 Hawai’i 25-19, 25-17, 25-23 on Friday in Malibu, Calif.
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Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Friday.
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Two days remain in the regular season for the MPSF and MIVA and there is still a whole lot left to be decided.
No. 4 Pepperdine versus No. 10 Hawai’i highlight the matches tonight as both teams are in need of a victory to improve their playoff position. In addition out in the Midwest, No. 1 Loyola plays Ohio State with a chance to accomplish something not done in the last 35 years.
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Cal Baptist coach Wes Schneider knew this would be a challenging season but he could have never of imagined it would be this difficult.
Check out Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates’ interview with Schneider following his team’s loss to No. 9 UCLA on Thursday as the coach discusses his team having to overcome everything from injuries to the NCAA Division II transition and the reason for his optimistic outlook at the 2015 season. Continue reading “Video: Cal Baptist coach discusses challenges of rebuilding year”