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Bring on all the rematches with this slate of matches.
No. 4 Pepperdine attempting to complete the two-match series sweep against No. 6 BYU highlights the matches. In addition, No. 10 Penn State will play host to No. 10 Ohio State in a critical non-conference match.
Check out the nation’s top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight.
No. 4 Pepperdine (16-14, 11-4 MPSF) vs. No. 6 BYU (13-6, 10-5 MPSF)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Malibu, California
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What to know: The encore performance between No. 4 Pepperdine and No. 6 BYU will have a lot to live up to. The two teams will conclude their two-match conference series after the Waves rallied from a one-game deficit to beat the Cougars in five games on Friday. All-American setter Matt West had a career-high 68 assists to guide Pepperdine’s offense to out-hit BYU .403 to .350. The Waves also had a season-high five players finish with double-digit kills. Both middle attackers Mitchell Penning and Matt Tarantino committed zero attack errors while Penning had 11 kills and Tarantino added 10 kills. In addition, All-American outside attacker Josh Taylor for the second consecutive match led the Waves with at least 20 kills. Outside attacker Jake Langlois in the loss had a team-high 18 kills. Libero Jaylen Reyes also finished with a match-high 16 digs as BYU’s losing streak extended to three matches. BYU needs to win the series finale to move back into a tie with Pepperdine for third place in the MPSF standings. However, a Waves’ victory would keep the team in sole possession of third place and move it within one-match of first-place No. 1 Hawai’i.
No. 10 Penn State (9-9, 4-0 EIVA) vs. No. 11 Ohio State (16-5, 7-3 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in University Park, Pennsylvania
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What to know: No. 11 Ohio State will have the daunting task of doing something few teams have been able to do this season — find a way to slow down All-American outside attacker Aaron Russell. Russell leads the EIVA and is second in the nation with a 4.63 kills per game average as No. 10 Penn State enters its non-conference home match against Ohio State. The senior also had a combined 55 kills and .537 attack percentage in the Nittany Lions’ three-match West Coast road trip last week. In addition, Russell was named the National Player of the Week after helping the Nittany Lions go undefeated during that annual mid-season West Coast road trip for the first time since 2008. Ohio State has won four of its last five matches, including a five-game victory against No. 3 Lewis last week. All-conference outside attacker Michael Henchy in that upset had a career-high 32 kills on a .756 attack percentage. Henchy is also one of three Buckeyes in the top 15 of the MIVA with more than a 2.75 kills per game average. This will also be the second meeting between the two Big Ten schools this season. Ohio State swept Penn State in February despite Russell having a team-high 14 kills.
Mount Olive (10-8, 8-5 CC) vs. King (10-8, 7-4 CC)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Mount Olive, North Carolina
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Pfeiffer (12-3, 11-1 CC) vs. Limestone (8-12, 6-6 CC)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Misenheimer, North Carolina
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Barton (10-13, 8-6 CC) vs. Lees-McRae (2-12, 1-9 CC)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Wilson, North Carolina
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Erskine (14-4, 10-2 CC) vs. Belmont Abbey (9-9, 5-5 CC)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Due West, South Carolina
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NJIT (7-7, 0-5 EIVA) vs. Alderson Broaddus (12-4)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Newark, New Jersey
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Sacred Heart (10-8, 1-4 EIVA) vs. Marymount
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Fairfield, Connecticut
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George Mason (6-9, 2-2 EIVA) vs. Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Fairfax, Virginia
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No. 14 Ball State (12-10, 5-5 MIVA) vs. Quincy (10-9, 3-7 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Quincy, Illinois
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IPFW (15-7, 5-4 MIVA) vs. Lindenwood (8-7, 3-5 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in St. Charles, Missouri
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