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Category: Conference Carolinas

  • Leaderboard: National stat leaders in college men’s volleyball

    One month through the regular season and several players and teams have already established themselves among the nation’s best in the top offensive and defensive statistical categories. Check out the individual and team national statistical leaders in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball for this week. (more…)

  • Recap: College men’s volleyball weekly polls, award recipients

    Check out all the national rankings and individuals who earned national and conference player of the week honors in college men’s volleyball this week.

    National Awards

    Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine
    Off the Block National Setter of the Week: Dante Chakravorti, UC Irvine
    Off the Block National Opposite of the Week: Karl Apfelbach, UC Irvine
    Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week: David Wieczorek, Pepperdine
    Off the Block National Middle Attacker of the Week: TJ Murray, Lewis
    Off the Block National Libero of the Week: Florian Ruhm, Limestone
    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week: Jake Hanes, Ohio State; Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine

    Big West

    Big West Player of the Week: Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine
    Big West Defensive Player of the Week: Scott Stadick, UC Irvine; Joe Worsely, Hawai’i
    Big West Freshman of the Week: Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine

    ConfCarolians

    ConfCarolinas Player of the Week: Angelos Mandilaris, Barton

    EIVA

    EIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Jack Heavey, Harvard
    EIVA Defensive Player of the Week: Jack Reese, George Mason

    Independent Teams

    Off the Block Independent Teams Player of the Week: Aleksander Perisic, Queens

    MIVA

    MIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Jake Hanes, Ohio State
    EIVA Defensive Player of the Week: TJ Murray, Lewis

    MPSF

    MPSF Offensive Player of the Week: Micah Ma’a, UCLA
    MPSF Defensive Player of the Week: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA

    AVCA National Coaches Poll

    1. Long Beach State — 375 (25) points
    2. UCLA — 341 points
    3. Hawai’i — 324 points
    4. UC Irvine — 294 points
    5. Ohio State — 287 points
    6. BYU — 248 points
    7. Loyola — 225 points
    8. Lewis — 192 points
    9. Penn State — 165 points
    10. Grand Canyon — 130 points
    11. CSUN — 126 points
    12. Pepperdine — 122 points
    13. USC — 69 points
    14. UC Santa Barbara — 40 points
    15. Fort Wayne — 24 points
    Others receiving votes: Ball State 14; George Mason 10; St. Francis 6; UC San Diego 6

    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll

    1. Long Beach State — 100 (10) points
    2. UCLA — 87 points
    3. Hawai’i — 74 points
    4. UC Irvine — 73 points
    5. Ohio State — 58 points
    6. BYU — 51 points
    7. Loyola — 46 points
    8. Lewis — 20 points
    9. Penn State — 13 points
    10. Grand Canyon — 11 points
    Others receiving votes: Pepperdine 8; CSUN 6; Fort Wayne 3

    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Division II National Coaches Poll

    1. Lewis — 45 (9) points
    2. UC San Diego — 35 points
    3. Concordia-Irvine — 23 points
    4. McKendree — 13 points
    5. Lindenwood — 9 points
    Others receiving votes: Barton 3; King 3; Charleston 1

  • Finalists announced for OTB/Springbak National Player of Month

    Off the Block selected the finalists, and now it is up to the fans to determine who should win the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Player of the Month. (more…)

  • Off the Block unveils National Position Player of Week Awards

    Five college men’s volleyball players have earned national awards for being the best at their position. (more…)

  • The Buzz: Recap of matches Saturday as told through Twitter

    It was another wild non-conference filled slate of matches Saturday that featured just about everything, including two top-10 nationally ranked teams losing.

    Check out the how the day of college men’s volleyball unfolded as told through Twitter. (more…)

  • Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • Bracketology numbers and notes to know for this weekend

    Sure, the NCAA men’s volleyball committee doesn’t meet for another three months to finalize the NCAA Tournament field. However, the matches this weekend could have some big implications on the bracketology.

    Check out everything you need to know about the college men’s volleyball bracketology so far this season and for the upcoming matches this weekend. (more…)

  • Leaderboard: National stat leaders in college men’s volleyball

    There are still three months left in the regular season, but several players and teams have already inserted themselves among the nation’s best in the top offensive and defensive statistical categories. Check out the individual and team national statistical leaders in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball for this week. (more…)

  • Recap: College men’s volleyball weekly polls, award recipients

    Check out all the national rankings and individuals who earned national and conference player of the week honors in college men’s volleyball this week.

    National Awards

    Sports Imprts/AVCA National Player of the Week: Matt Walsh, Ball State
    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week: Tomas Gago, Fort Wayne

    Big West

    Big West Player of the Week: Corey Chavers, UC Santa Barbara
    Big West Defensive Player of the Week: Scott Stadick, UC Irvine
    Big West Freshman of the Week: Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine

    ConfCarolinas

    ConfCarolinas Player of the Week: Kiel Bell, King

    EIVA

    EIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Hayden Wagner, George Mason
    EIVA Defensive Player of the Week: Johnny Gomez, George Mason

    MIVA

    MIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Matt Walsh, Ball State
    MIVA Defensive Player of the Week: Tomas Gago, Fort Wayne

    MPSF

    MPSF Offensive Player of the Week: Chandler Gibb, Concordia-Irvine
    MPSF Defensive Player of the Week: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA

    VolleyMetrics Rally of the Week

    AVCA National Coaches Poll (Week 3)

    1. Long Beach State — 373 (23) points
    2. UCLA — 348 (1) points
    T-3. Hawai’i — 302 (1) points
    T-3. Ohio State — 302 (1) points
    5. BYU — 286 points
    6. UC Irvine — 265 points
    7. Loyola — 216 points
    8. Penn State — 177 points
    9. CSUN — 165 points
    10. Lewis — 156 points
    11. Grand Canyon — 122 points
    12. Pepperdine — 108 points
    13. USC — 65 points
    14. Ball State — 40 points
    15. UC Santa Barbara — 37 points
    Others receiving votes: St. Francis 16; UC San Diego 11; Fort Wayne 8; Concordia-Irvine 3

    Off the Block/Springbak National Media Poll (Week 3)

    1. Long Beach State — 89 (8) points
    2. UCLA — 82 (1) points
    3. BYU — 64 points
    4. Hawai’i — 60 points
    T-5. Ohio State — 55 points
    T-5. UC Irvine — 55 points
    7. Loyola — 32 points
    8. Penn State — 23 points
    9. CSUN — 18 points
    10. Lewis — 7 points
    Others receiving votes: Grand Canyon 5; Fort Wayne 3; UC Santa Barbara 2

    Off the Block/Springbak Division II National Coaches Poll (Week 3)

    1. Lewis — 50 (10) points
    2. UC San Diego — 35 points
    3. Concordia-Irvine — 20 points
    4. McKendree — 17 points
    5. Lindenwood — 11 points
    Others receiving votes: Barton 3; Charleston 1