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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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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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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The 2013 college men’s volleyball season is over and could not have been more memorable.
Everything from UC Irvine winning its second consecutive NCAA championship on Saturday to massive regular season upsets and individual performances highlighted the four-month season.
Check out the top 13 performances, matches and events that will be remembered about the 2013 season.
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Long Beach State may not be in the NCAA Tournament, but that didn’t stop 49ers outside attacker Taylor Crabb from winning the nation’s top individual honor.
The AVCA announced Wednesday night at its end-of-season awards banquet in Los Angeles that Crabb was selected as the 2013 Men’s Division I-II National Player of the Year.
It’s Selection Sunday and Off the Block is unveiling its final bracketology projections for the upcoming men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament is comprised of four teams. BYU, Loyola and Penn State earned automatic bids to the Final Four after winning their conference tournaments on Saturday, while the lone at-large bid will be announced by the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Committee at 3 p.m. (EST) Sunday as part of Selection Sunday.
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Selection Sunday is here and three tickets have been punched to the four-team NCAA Tournament following Conference Championship Saturday. However, that lone at-large bid remains undecided as the two front-runners UC Irvine and Long Beach State vie to earn the final spot in the Final Four.
Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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BYU saved its best postseason match in the conference tournament for when it needed it the most and punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
All-American freshman outside attacker Ben Patch had a match-high 18 kills and 11 digs as the No. 1 seed BYU swept the No. 3 seed Long Beach State 28-26, 25-22, 25-22 on Saturday in Provo, Utah to win the MPSF Tournament.
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Three of the four spots to the NCAA Tournament will be decided by the end of the night.
Conference Championship Saturday is here as the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF all conclude their conference tournaments with the championship matches tonight. The winners of these three matches will receive automatic bids to the men’s volleyball Final Four, while the final spot, the at-large bid, will be decided Sunday by the selection committee.
Check out the conference tournament matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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Six teams are left with a chance to get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament heading into Conference Championship Saturday.
The conference tournaments conclude with Conference Championship Saturday as the EIVA, MIVA and MPSF all will play their championship matches. Here is the initial look and the historical information to know about every conference tournament title match.
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