It was another wild non-conference filled slate of matches Saturday that featured just about everything, including two top-10 nationally ranked teams losing.
Check out the how the day of college men’s volleyball unfolded as told through Twitter. (more…)
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)
Sure, the NCAA men’s volleyball committee doesn’t meet for another three months to finalize the NCAA Tournament field. However, the matches this weekend could have some big implications on the bracketology.
Check out everything you need to know about the college men’s volleyball bracketology so far this season and for the upcoming matches this weekend. (more…)
There are still three months left in the regular season, but several players and teams have already inserted themselves among the nation’s best in the top offensive and defensive statistical categories. Check out the individual and team national statistical leaders in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball for this week. (more…)
Check out all the national rankings and individuals who earned national and conference player of the week honors in college men’s volleyball this week.
Sports Imprts/AVCA National Player of the Week: Matt Walsh, Ball State
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week: Tomas Gago, Fort Wayne
Big West Player of the Week: Corey Chavers, UC Santa Barbara
Big West Defensive Player of the Week: Scott Stadick, UC Irvine
Big West Freshman of the Week: Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine
ConfCarolinas Player of the Week: Kiel Bell, King
EIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Hayden Wagner, George Mason
EIVA Defensive Player of the Week: Johnny Gomez, George Mason
MIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Matt Walsh, Ball State
MIVA Defensive Player of the Week: Tomas Gago, Fort Wayne
MPSF Offensive Player of the Week: Chandler Gibb, Concordia-Irvine
MPSF Defensive Player of the Week: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA
It's @GCU_MVolleyball vs. the @njithighlanders in the @VolleyMetrics Rally of the Week! pic.twitter.com/FvRN0jdmV9
— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) January 22, 2018
1. Long Beach State — 373 (23) points
2. UCLA — 348 (1) points
T-3. Hawai’i — 302 (1) points
T-3. Ohio State — 302 (1) points
5. BYU — 286 points
6. UC Irvine — 265 points
7. Loyola — 216 points
8. Penn State — 177 points
9. CSUN — 165 points
10. Lewis — 156 points
11. Grand Canyon — 122 points
12. Pepperdine — 108 points
13. USC — 65 points
14. Ball State — 40 points
15. UC Santa Barbara — 37 points
Others receiving votes: St. Francis 16; UC San Diego 11; Fort Wayne 8; Concordia-Irvine 3
1. Long Beach State — 89 (8) points
2. UCLA — 82 (1) points
3. BYU — 64 points
4. Hawai’i — 60 points
T-5. Ohio State — 55 points
T-5. UC Irvine — 55 points
7. Loyola — 32 points
8. Penn State — 23 points
9. CSUN — 18 points
10. Lewis — 7 points
Others receiving votes: Grand Canyon 5; Fort Wayne 3; UC Santa Barbara 2
1. Lewis — 50 (10) points
2. UC San Diego — 35 points
3. Concordia-Irvine — 20 points
4. McKendree — 17 points
5. Lindenwood — 11 points
Others receiving votes: Barton 3; Charleston 1
Off the Block announced on Sunday afternoon the All-Tournament Team for the 2018 Grow the Game Challenge.
Players were selected based on their performances during the three-day non-conference tournament that took place in Nashville during the weekend.
Setter: Joe Worsley, Hawai’i
Opposite: Evan Cory, Lincoln Memorial
Outside attacker: Brandon Greenway, Charleston
Outside attacker: Nathan Van Dellen, Lindenwood
Outside attacker: Stijn van Tilburg, Hawai’i
Middle attacker: Aston King, Grand Canyon
Middle attacker: Brendan Schmitt, McKendree
Middle attacker: Sam Schindler, Lindenwood
Libero: Wilfredo Rivera, Barton
Evan Cory, Lincoln Memorial
Cory had a team-high 10 kills and an ace in a three-game loss to McKendree on Saturday. He also had a team-high 11 kills on a .380 attack percentage in a loss to No. 4 Hawai’i on Sunday
Brandon Greenway, Charleston
Greenway finished with both a match-high 13 kills and 13 digs along with four blocks in a sweep against Erskine on Saturday. He also had eight kills and a match-high six blocks in a four-game victory against Limestone on Friday.
Aston King, Grand Canyon
King had five kills while hitting a perfect 1.000 percent and added a match-high three aces in a sweep against North Greenville on Friday. He also had six kills on a .556 attack percentage and a team-high four blocks in a three-game loss to No. 4 Hawai’i on Sunday.
Wilfredo Rivera, Barton
Rivera had a match-high 13 digs in a near-upset against No. 4 Hawai’i on Saturday. The libero also had five digs in a three-game loss to Lindenwood on Sunday.
Brendan Schmitt, McKendree
Schmitt finished with nine kills on a .800 attack percentage and a match-high four blocks in a sweep against Lincoln Memorial. He also had a tournament-high seven blocks along with nine kills on a .538 attack percentage in a four-game victory against Limestone.
Sam Schindler, Lindenwood
Schindler had a match-high four blocks and added seven kills on a .667 attack percentage in a sweep against North Greenville. He also had five kills and zero attack errors on a .625 attack percentage in a sweep against Erskine on Friday
Nathan Van Dellen, Lindenwood
Van Dellen had a team-high 11 kills on a .364 attack percentage as Lindenwood defeated North Greenville in the Battle for the MAFIAoZA’S Brass Knuckles Pizza. He also contributed 10 kills, seven digs and five blocks in a sweep against Barton on Sunday.
Stijn van Tilburg, Hawai’i
van Tilburg had a match-high 14 kills on a .407 attack percentage as No. 4 Hawai’i defeated No. 13 Grand Canyon on Sunday. He also had eight kills while hitting .583 in limited playing time to help Hawai’i beat Barton in four games on Saturday.
Joe Worsley, Hawai’i
Worsley had a match-high 40 assists and guided the Hawai’i offense to a.409 attack percentage in a sweep against No. 13 Grand Canyon on Sunday. He also helped Hawai’i hit more than .300 and added three blocks in a victory against Barton on Sunday.
Check out the Charleston postmatch news conference following its victory against Erskine on Saturday to finish undefeated the Off the Block Grow the Game Challenge. (more…)
Check out the images of Charleston beating Erskine on Saturday at the Off the Block Grow the Game Challenge presented by MotorMVB. Photos courtesy of Jay Sowers. (more…)