Video: Hawai’i ends road woes to earn postseason home match

So much for No. 4/4 Hawai’i historically not being able to win big matches on the road.

Setter Jennings Franciskovic guided Hawai’i to more than .300 attack percentage as it defeated No. 6/6 UCLA 26-28, 25-23, 25-21, 25-18 on Friday at the John Wooden Center to clinch a home match for the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals. Continue reading “Video: Hawai’i ends road woes to earn postseason home match”

Postseason college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

The postseason matches of the college men’s volleyball season get underway this weekend with the inaugural IVA Championship Tournament.

The IVA Tournament was formed earlier this year as a defacto end-of-season conference tournament for independent teams. Check out all the postseason matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. Continue reading “Postseason college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight”

Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria

The postseason is a week away and every match becomes increasingly critical in the college men’s volleyball bracketology.

Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”

UC Irvine keeps moving up in strength of schedule rankings

UC Irvine is continuing to make its case for a possible NCAA Tournament at-large bid, especially in the strength of schedule criteria category.

The Anteaters following another victory versus a top-10 nationally ranked team during the weekend jumped one spot to No. 6 in the latest strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. Continue reading “UC Irvine keeps moving up in strength of schedule rankings”