Category: Division I-II

There was no doubt about the preseason favorite to win the EIVA.

Penn State garnered every first-place vote in the EIVA Preseason Coaches Poll that the conference was released on Tuesday. (more…)

Loyola seven years after winning its last MIVA championship once again is the favorite to win a conference title.

The Ramblers received four of eight first-place votes to finish atop the MIVA Preseason Poll that was released on Tuesday. (more…)

A Lincoln Memorial middle attacker will represent the United States at one of the most prestigious beach volleyball international tournaments.

Matt Gentry and his beach partner Philip Catanzaro will be among the 32 teams competing in the main draw of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship that begins Wednesday in Thailand. (more…)

A two-time all-region selection from Arizona will join the defending MPSF champions.

BYU coach Shawn Olmstead announced recently that high school senior Trenton Moser has signed a scholarship to play for the Cougars starting in 2023. (more…)

The long college men’s volleyball offseason is finally about to come to a close.

With the 2022 season slated to start in about three weeks, check out this recap of the returning players who were among the national stat leaders and earned national or conference awards last season. (more…)

The first road match for new Ball State coach Donan Cruz will take place in one of toughest road environments in college men’s volleyball.

Ball State as part of releasing its 2022 schedule on Monday announced it will play a two-match non-conference series at BYU on Feb. 4-5. (more…)

One month until the start of the inaugural season for Fort Valley State, and coach Larry Wrather has already instilled a competitive culture at the new program.

Click on the audio player above to listen to Off the Block’s interview with Wrather about what to expect from the Wildcats in 2022. (more…)

A rematch of the 2015 NCAA Tournament semifinals will ring in the new college men’s volleyball season.

Loyola as part of unveiling its 2022 schedule announced it will play a non-conference home match against UC Irvine on New Year’s Day in the nation’s first match of the season. (more…)

The defending NCAA champions will descend upon a place dubbed the Volleyball Capital of the Midwest.

Hawai’i as part of announcing Thursday its 2022 schedule revealed it will play a two-match non-conference road series against Ball State on Jan. 29-30. (more…)

King All-ConfCarolinas libero Noah Melendez capped off the Junior Pan American Games with another double-digit digs performance for Puerto Rico.

Melendez finished with a match-high 17 digs as Puerto Rico lost to the Dominican Republic 26-24, 22-25, 25-21, 25-16 in the fifth-place match on Monday in Colombia. (more…)