The conference standings got a whole lot tighter and school records were broken during the weekend.
Check out the five things to take away from this weekend in college men’s volleyball
Conference play begins tonight for several teams eyeing a conference title and trip to the NCAA Tournament this season.
No. 1 Loyola will attempt to remain atop the national rankings as it plays host to Ohio State in its MIVA opener. In addition, out in the West Coast the MPSF season continues with a marquee match-up between No. 3 BYU and No. 6 USC.
The deputy athletics director from UC Irvine will join the committee that determines the field for the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
UC Irvine senior associate athletics director Paula Smith was selected as the West Coast representative for the three-person NCAA men’s volleyball committee.
Five of the top 10 nationally ranked teams have already lost this week and there is a chance more could go down tonight.
No. 10 UC Irvine and No. 5 UC Santa Barbara highlights tonight’s matches with both teams looking to get a rebound victory. In addition, Grand Canyon will try to continue its best start to a season in program history as it plays host to George Mason in a non-conference match.
Freshmen from UC Irvine and USC following career performances last week both earned a share of one of the nation’s top individual weekly awards.
Off the Block announced Monday that UC Irvine outside attacker Tamir Hershko and USC middle attacker Andy Benesh were selected as the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Co-National Freshman of the Week.
It’s a short turnaround tonight in college men’s volleyball for several teams following lengthy conference matches less than 24 hours ago.
No. 1 Stanford and No. 7 UC Irvine will both attempt to rebound from losing a five-game conference match on Friday to a top-10 nationally ranked team. In addition, out in the Midwest No. 2 Loyola looks to make its case for No. 1 in the national rankings as it plays host to Mount Olive.
One day after UC Irvine unveiled its latest national championship banner, All-American outside attacker Taylor Sander made sure BYU would win the NCAA finals rematch.
Sander had a season-high 25 kills as No. 8 BYU rallied from a one-game deficit to defeat No. 7 UC Irvine 19-25, 34-32, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12 on Friday in Irvine, Calif., for its third consecutive conference victory.
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It’s all about the rematch tonight in college men’s volleyball.
No. 8 BYU and No. 7 UC Irvine will play each other for the first time since their meeting in the 2013 NCAA finals. In addition, No. 1 Stanford will travel to play No. 6 UCLA in a rematch of the two teams’ season-opener earlier this month
A team from the MIVA for the time in recent history earned the top spot in the national media poll.
Loyola received three first-place votes and jumped up one spot to No. 1 in the new Volleyball Magazine national media poll released Tuesday morning.
Some of the biggest non-conference matches during the entire college men’s season will be played tonight.
No. 9 Lewis less than one week after upsetting BYU will now try to beat another MPSF school as it travels out to the a West Coast to play No. 5 Stanford. In addition, the Outrigger Invitational continues with No. 10 Penn State playing Hawai’i in the late-night match.
