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Two teams that reached the 2021 NCAA Tournament will meet in the first weeks of the upcoming season.
Pepperdine as part of releasing its 2022 regular season schedule announced it will have a non-conference home match against the defending MIVA champions Lewis on Jan. 28. Continue reading “Pepperdine, Lewis to meet for non-conference match in 2022”
College men’s volleyball is going to mess with Texas.
Off the Block was informed this week that the defending NCAA champions Hawai’i along with Stanford, Queens and Kentucky State will compete in the inaugural First Point Collegiate Challenge on Feb. 4-5 in Austin, Texas. Continue reading “Hawai’i, Stanford, Queens, Kentucky State to play in inaugural Texas non-conference event”
Ball State has a legacy of men’s volleyball excellence — and having student-journalists covering the school’s most championship laden program.
With The Ball State Daily News celebrating its 100-year anniversary, Off the Block has compiled some of the most memorable men’s volleyball pages in the campus student-newspaper’s history. Continue reading “Ball State through the years: Volleyball coverage in The Ball State Daily News”
The 35th season in the EIVA for Saint Francis will be its last.
Saint Francis will depart EIVA at the end of the upcoming season after the school’s primary league the Northeast Conference announced it would add men’s volleyball beginning in 2023. Continue reading “Audio: Saint Francis coach discusses joining newest men’s volleyball conference”
Princeton is back and in a big way to start the season.
The Tigers after opting out of the 2021 season because of the coronavirus pandemic unveiled on Tuesday their 2022 schedule that will feature a four-match season opening West Coast road trip. Continue reading “Princeton set to return to court with big West Coast road trip”
Lewis will have even more depth at the pins thanks to the transfer of one of St. Francis Brooklyn’s top offensive players.
The Flyers as part of unveiling its 2022 roster announced that opposite Christian Prayer will join the team for the upcoming season. Continue reading “Lewis adds opposite transfer from St. Francis Brooklyn to 2022 roster”
The Battle for Irvine is back on after a one-year hiatus.
Concordia-Irvine as part of unveiling its 2022 season announced it will renew its annual non-conference match-up against UC Irvine with a home-and-home series. Continue reading “Concordia-Irvine, UC Irvine to renew non-conference rivalry in 2022”
Jonathan Bates | Associate Editor
The Northeast Conference announced today they will be sponsoring men’s volleyball as their 25th championship sport, effective 2023 season. The NEC will be the fourth NCAA multi-sport conference to sponsor men’s volleyball as a championship sport (ConfCarolinas, Big West, SIAC), and the second NCAA Division I conference to sponsor it.
Continue reading “Northeast Conference to sponsor men’s volleyball in 2023”
A distinguished athletics administrator at Princeton will be tasked with helping determine the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament field for the next four years.
Anthony Archbald, Princeton’s executive associate director of athletics, was recently selected to serve on the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball committee. Continue reading “Princeton associate athletics director named to NCAA men’s volleyball committee”
Shawn Patchell is continuing to schedule road non-conference matches against Hawai’i.
This time, though, the head coach will take a first-year program to face the defending NCAA champions. Continue reading “New program Long Island schedules two-match series vs. Hawai’i in 2022”