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Within five years coach Jeff Lennox went from inheriting a Barton team that went winless in its inaugural season to the Bulldogs now being preseason favorite to win the Conference Carolinas.
Barton received six of nine first-place votes to finish atop the Conference Carolinas Preseason Coaches Poll that was released Wednesday morning. Continue reading “Barton with another program first, ranked atop ConfCarolinas preseason poll”
No. 4/4 UCLA is climbing in the strength of schedule rankings at just the right time.
UCLA despite two home losses to No. 1/1 BYU during the weekend jumped five spots to No. 5 in the new strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released this week. Continue reading “UCLA catapults into top 5 of strength of schedule rankings”
The only positive from No. 5/5 Long Beach State’s weekend loss is the latest strength of schedule rankings.
Long Beach State following its home loss to No. 1/1 UCLA jumped to No. 4 and is now has highest strength of schedule ranking among teams projected in Off the Block’s bracketology to be under NCAA Tournament consideration. Continue reading “Long Beach State moves up in strength of schedule rankings”
[Editor’s note: Off the Block is partnering with VolleyMetrics this season to provide the volleyball community with an in-depth analysis at the stats and in-match metrics for college men’s volleyball. The following analysis is from VolleyMetrics.]
Mount Olive libero Andrew Salmon’s multiple digs and a diving play to keep a point alive against No. 1/1 Long Beach State helped both teams earn VolleyMetrics Rally of the Week honors. Continue reading “Inside the VolleyMetrics: LBSU, Mount Olive earn rally of week honors”
Check out Off the Block’s postmatch interview with coach David Heller after Mount Olive swept the defending-Conference Carolinas champions Pfeiffer on Thursday. Continue reading “Audio: Mount Olive coach Heller reacts to sweeping Pfeiffer”
Check out the five things to take away from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball matches this weekend. Continue reading “Quick hits: 5 things to take away from the weekend in college volleyball”
Mount Olive setter Jeff Yasalonis prevailed in a tight race that had more than 10,000 votes cast to be win the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Player of the Month for January.
Yasalonis received 3,932 online votes to beat-out second-place North Greenville libero Dustin King by less than 100 votes and earn the only college men’s volleyball national monthly award. Continue reading “Mount Olive setter Yasalonis wins National Player of Month”
Who cares about safe preseason college men’s volleyball predictions — it’s time to make some big and bold calls.
With the regular season starting this weekend, Off the Block is making its annual bold predictions on everything from the teams that could go undefeated to who will pull off a big upset. Continue reading “The 10 bold predictions for 2016 college men’s volleyball season”
The regular season is over and the bracket is set for the Conference Carolinas Tournament.
Check out the match-ups and historical information to know about the upcoming Conference Carolinas Tournament quarterfinals. Continue reading “Initial look at Conference Carolinas Tournament quarterfinal matches”
A freshman is earning a national award after having a career performance during the weekend.
Off the Block announced Monday that Mount Olive opposite Bret Rutledge was selected as the Off the Block National Freshman of the Week. Continue reading “Mount Olive opposite Rutledge named National Freshman of the Week”
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