About one month away from the start of the conference tournaments and several teams postseason fates could be on the line this weekend.
Cal Baptist will try to hold down eighth place and the final spot in the MPSF Tournament as it travels to No. 1 BYU. In addition, Hawai’i and USC will meet in a two-match series that is a virtual must-win for both schools.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow this weekend.
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It’s the mid-point of the regular season but there is a Final Four feel to some of the matches this weekend.
No. 1 UC Irvine and No. 3 BYU will play each other in the marquee match of the week to help determine who will be atop the MPSF standings. In addition, No. 4 Ohio State begins a critical weekend of conference play if it wants to win its seventh consecutive MPSF regular season championship.
Check out the top-five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow this tonight.
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Conference play will now officially hit every conference beginning tonight with several intriguing matches.
Ohio State and Lindenwood will play in a historic match as they open the MIVA season, while weeks into the MPSF schedule No. 5 Stanford tries to avoid the upset as it plays host to No. 10 UC Santa Barbara.
Check out the top five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow this tonight.
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Who needs the nation’s top ranked team in action to have compelling matches.
No. 1 BYU is on a bye this weekend but there are several intriguing matches, including Long Beach State trying to show its critics that it is a top-five team in the nation. In addition, out on the East Coast Penn State looks to extend its historic conference winning streak, while two undefeated teams collide in North Carolina.
Check out the top five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow this tonight.
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The spotlight will be on the West Coast as two men’s volleyball matches will be nationally televised tonight.
No. 1 UC Irvine looks to snap its two-match losing streak as it travels to No. 3 BYU in match that will air on BYUtv. In addition, No. 2 Stanford and No. 7 USC will make history tonight — becoming the first two men’s volleyball teams to play on the Pac-12 Network.
Check out the top five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow this Friday.
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UC Irvine and Stanford received the same amount of first-place votes, but the Anteaters remain atop the new national media poll.
UC Irvine received five first-place votes and 94 points to finish four points ahead of No. 2 Stanford in the latest college men’s volleyball media poll released Tuesday evening.
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Opening day is here and within the first hours of the season chaos has already hit the national rankings.
The UC Santa Barbara Invitational continues tonight with two semifinals matches, while No. 5 Lewis looks to recover in the tournament’s consolation bracket after being upset. In addition, BYU looks to begin its run at a conference title as it opens MPSF play.
Check out the top five men’s volleyball matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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Tons of teams enter a season with preseason hype, but then there are those teams that enter with little expectations and surprise everyone
Whether it was Harvard finishing last season ranked in the national coaches poll or UC Santa Barbara’s run to the 2011 NCAA championship match last season, each season always has men’s volleyball teams that surprise everyone.
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The 2013 college men’s volleyball season begins this week and there are plenty of intriguing non-conference matches to keep an eye on throughout entire regular season.
Everything from early season matches that could be previews of Final Four matches to underdog teams traveling out west looking for a signature victory highlights the non-conference lineup this year.
Off the Block dissected all the NCAA Division I-II teams’ non-conference schedules to come up with the top 10 non-conference matches for fans to follow during the 2013 season.
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A nationwide voting committee selected 20 players to the Off the Block Preseason All-American Teams.
The Off the Block Preseason All-American Teams recognizes the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players projected to be the best in the nation during the upcoming season. Ten players were selected as Preseason First-Team All-Americans and 10 players were named Preseason Second-Team All-Americans.
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