Jonathan Bates | Off the Block Blog Associate Editor
After a season where Pepperdine won both the MPSF regular season and the MPSF Tournament for the first time since 2008, Waves coach David Hunt was named MPSF Coach of the Year on Monday.
No. 1 seed Princeton held off a hot No. 2 seed Penn State in #CincoSets on Saturday night at home to win the 2019 EIVA Tournament title. The Tigers will play ConfCarolinas champion Barton on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament play-in match in Wilson, North Carolina. Princeton won the fifth game, 15-13, to secure their first EIVA title since 1998. Princeton opposite George Huhmann led all players with 25 kills while attacking at a .426 clip. Penn State was led by opposite Brett Wildman’s 24 kills. The Tigers outhit the Nittany Lions, . 373 to .318, and out-blocked them 12 to 5. Check out the post-match interview as recorded by special contributor Virginia Pham.
Barton is highly represented on the ConfCarolinas First Team and won the Coach of the Year award, Offensive Player of the Year award, Defensive Player of the Year award, and newly-created Elite 23 award.