Outside attacker Lucas Yoder after helping lead No. 11 USC to upset a top-10 nationally ranked team during the weekend is now picking up the first national award of his college career.
Off the Block announced Monday that Yoder was named the season’s inaugural recipient of the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week.
So much for easing into the start of the college men’s volleyball season.
The opening week of the 2014 season had everything from five of the top 10 nationally ranked teams losing to a champion being crowned at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational.
Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Sunday.
The campaign for Long Beach State outside attacker Taylor Crabb to repeat as the National Player of the Year is off to a quick start.
Crabb had a match-high 19 kills as No. 4 Long Beach State defeated Harvard 25-18, 20-25, 25-19, 25-13 to win the UC Santa Barbara Invitational championship on Saturday in Santa Barbara, Calif.
USC outside attacker Lucas Yoder lived up to the hype of being one of the top rated high school recruits in the nation.
Yoder in his college debut had a match-high 16 kills and a .609 attack percentage as No. 11 USC upset No. 7 Loyola 27-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-15 on Saturday in Chicago.
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Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Saturday.
Outside attacker Thomas Jaeschke showed why he was a Preseason All-American and in the process lead No. 7 Loyola to knock off another top-five nationally ranked team.
Jaeschke had a match-high 18 kills as Loyola swept No. 3 BYU 28-26, 25-23, 25-22 on Friday in Chicago for the Ramblers’ second win against a top nationally ranked team in as many nights.
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Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Friday.
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