Off the Block selected and seeded the bracket. It’s now up to the fans to decide who should win the 2018 Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Fan Choice National Player of the Year. (more…)
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Field unveiled for 2018 OTB/Springbak Fan Choice Player of Year tourney
The bracket and the 64 players in the field have been finalized for the annual Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Fan Choice National Player of the Year tournament.
The Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Fan Choice National Player of the Year recognizes the best individual performances from NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball players during the season and gives volleyball fans from around the world the chance to determine who was the best player. (more…)
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Recap: 2018 college men’s volleyball national, conference award winners
Photo by Jay Sowers. The annual award season for college men’s volleyball has delivered plenty of hardware to some of the nation’s top players for their outstanding performances.
Check out the individuals who won the 2018 college men’s volleyball national awards along with all the conference award winners. (more…)
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OTB, Springbak release new college men’s volleyball national media poll
Photo courtesy of Long Beach State athletics. There is no dissension among the voters for the top team in college men’s volleyball.
The NCAA champions Long Beach State was the unanimous No. 1 team in the season’s final Off the Block//Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll that was released on Thursday. (more…)
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Pairs, team seeds unveiled for Collegiate Beach Championships
The field is set for the college men’s beach volleyball national event.
USA Volleyball announced Wednesday that pairs from UCLA, Penn State, Florida State, Hawai’i, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, Concordia-Irvine and Quincy will compete in the second annual Collegiate Beach Championships. (more…)
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Harvard exceeds expectations in gritty loss to UCLA
Photo courtesy of Gil Talbot. Brenden Yu | Off the Block special contributor
The historical success of the two teams was lopsided entering the opening-round match — UCLA with 19 NCAA champions and Harvard making its NCAA Tournament debut.
While the night did end with UCLA advancing to the VolleyFour, the match itself was more competitive than expected, as the Crimson forced the Bruins to bounce-back from an opening-game loss to take the match 23-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-11 Tuesday night in the Pauley Pavilion. (more…)
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Video: UCLA overcomes sluggish start to beat Harvard
UCLA rallied from a one-game deficit to beat Harvard in four games in the NCAA Tournament first round on Tuesday.
Check out the video highlights of the match filmed by Off the Block associate editor Jonathan Bates. (more…)
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Video: Harvard NCAA Tournament first round postmatch news conference
Watch the postmatch news conference with Harvard players and coach Brian Baise following the team’s four-game loss to UCLA in the NCAA Tournament first round on Tuesday. (more…)
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UCLA rebounds from early upset scare to beat Harvard
Photo by Jonathan Bates. UCLA coach John Speraw leading up the NCAA Tournament called his offense a work in progress that could initially struggle in its opening-round match because of the 10-day layoff since the conference tournament.
The Hall of Famer was onto something.
UCLA had to rally from an opening-game loss to defeat the EIVA champions Harvard 23-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-21 on Tuesday in Los Angeles to advance to the VolleyFour. (more…)
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NCAA Tournament first-round matches to follow tonight
Photo courtesy of UCLA athletics The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament and the road to the VolleyFour continues tonight. Check out both first-round matches and how to follow them live. (more…)