While the NORCECA champions United States already clinched its bid to the FIVB U21 World Championship, two more bids from North America and South America teams are on the line this week.
The top team from each continent at the U21 Pan American Cup will earn berths to the upcoming World Championship later this summer. (more…)
The season is over and all the stats are finalized. Check out the individual and team national statistical leaders in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball for 2017 season. (more…)
Middle attacker Miki Jauhiainen after helping BYU reach the NCAA Tournament finals will spend the off-season representing his nation in the biggest international volleyball tournament of the summer. (more…)
Two All-MPSF seniors have ended their college careers winning a national championship.
UC Irvine setter Michael Saeta and USC outside attacker Lucas Yoder swept UCLA’s Jackson Bantle and Hagen Smith 21-16, 21-13 to win the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championships on Saturday in Hermosa Beach, California. (more…)
Ten college men’s volleyball programs will be represented in a tournament to determine the best collegiate pair in the nation.
The inaugural USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championship begins today in Hermosa Beach, California, and will feature 11 pairs competing for the national title.
Among the schools with players on a team includes Hawai’i, Lewis, Long Beach State, Sacred Heart, UC Irvine, UCLA and USC. In addition, several players from non-NCAA Division I-II programs such as Davenport, Cincinnati Christian, Palomar College and Mount St. Joseph are participating in the national event.
The three-day event opens with two days of pool-play. The play-in match and four quarterfinal matches will take place on Friday afternoon, while the semifinals will be played on Saturday morning.
The gold-medal match will take place on Saturday afternoon. It also is scheduled to air tape delayed on NBCSN between 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (CST).
Men’s Pairs: 2017 USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championships
Nathan Vander Meer and Logan Webber (Davenport/Cincinnati Christian)
Brett Rosenmeier and Colton Cowell (Hawai’i)
Matt Yoshimoto and Jake Walenga (Lewis)
Louis Richard and Matt Butler (Long Beach State)
Alex Vohland and Brett Cooper (Mount St. Joseph)
Tyler Hedley and Vincent Pizzuti (Palomar College/Long Beach State)
Brian Ross and Bobby Costigan (Sacred Heart)
Lucas Yoder and Michael Saeta (USC/UC Irvine)
Grant Friedman and Scott Stadick (UC Irvine)
Reid Dominguez and Dillon Hoffman (UC Irvine)
Jackson Bantle and Hagen Smith (UCLA)
The NCAA champions will end the season as the unanimous No. 1 in the media poll.
Ohio State received every first-place vote in the season’s final Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll that was released Wednesday. (more…)
The men’s volleyball program at Cal Baptist has come to an abrupt end.
The Cal Baptist athletics department announced Monday that effective immediately it will discontinue the program that had won eight NAIA national championships before transition to NCAA Division II. (more…)
Check out Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes and Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates breakdown the NCAA Tournament finals via Facebook Live. (more…)
Ohio State had a match-best .480 attack percentage in the final game to complete a sweep against BYU to win the 2017 NCAA championship. Check out the final plays of the NCAA Tournament finals that secured the Buckeyes’ second consecutive national title.