Category: Division I-II

The wait is finally over and the Olympics men’s volleyball tournament is set to get underway.

Check out all the indoor men’s volleyball matches to follow Friday night and Saturday morning and how to follow the matches live. (more…)

NCAA Division I-II mens’ volleyball will be well represented at the 2021 Olympics — and not just on the U.S. Men’s National Team roster.

Check out all the Olympians, coaches and staff members who have ties to college men’s volleyball that will partake in the upcoming Olympic volleyball tournaments. (more…)

Setter Kawika Shoji five years later is back at the Olympics and looking for another podium finish. Check out Off the Block’s interview with Shoji about the upcoming Olympics men’s volleyball tournament that starts Saturday.

Listen to the interview with Shoji using the audio player below. (more…)

The United States has plenty of history pursuing Olympic gold and finishing on the men’s volleyball medal podium.

Below is a brief history of each United States men’s volleyball team that competed in the Olympics. Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 and since then the United States has earned an Olympic berth 12 times, including one for the upcoming 2021 Olympics. (more…)

Brandon Johnson | Senior Contributor

With the 2021 Tokyo Olympics quickly approaching, the United States behind the leadership of coach John Speraw and captain Taylor Sander are hoping to continue the nation’s strong volleyball tradition at the Olympic Games.

The road to the podium might be the toughest yet as plenty of teams have positioned themselves for a medal. Here’s a look at the top-20 non-American players set to participate in Tokyo. (more…)

[Editor’s note: This deadline has now past to submit your predictions.]

The time has come to make your Olympic men’s volleyball tournament predictions for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Athlete Performance Solutions.

Off the Block announced Monday that individuals can now participate in the Off the Block/Athlete Performance Solutions Preliminary Round Standings Prediction Challenge. (more…)

The gold-medal run for Puerto Rico came up one match short.

Puerto Rico with a roster that featured five college men’s volleyball players lost to Mexico 25-27, 25-16, 26-24, 25-20 in the gold-medal match of the U23 Pan American Games qualification tournament on Friday in the Dominican Republic. (more…)

A gold-medal will be on the line for five college men’s volleyball players at the U23 Pan American Games qualification tournament.

Check out the medal-round matches today and how to follow the matches live. (more…)

Puerto Rico will play for a gold medal thanks in part to a George Mason outside attacker.

Omar Hoyos finished 12 kills and added an ace as Puerto Rico rallied to beat the host nation Dominican Republic 20-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-20 in the semifinals of the U23 Pan American Games qualification tournament on Thursday. (more…)

They have already helped their home nations secure berths to the U23 Pan American Junior Games and now several college men’s volleyball will try to lead their countries to a podium finish at the qualification tournament.

Check out the qualification tournament semifinal matches today and how to follow the matches live. (more…)