The men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament will have a new format starting in the upcoming season.
The NCAA announced Wednesday a series of postseason reforms including adding a second play-in match and expanding the NCAA Tournament field to six teams.
Category: MIVA
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NCAA Tourney to have 2 play-in matches starting in 2014
It took almost 40 years, but expansion as arrived to the men’s volleyball Division I-II NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA sent a memo to coaches and conference commissioners Wednesday morning stating it will add another play-in match and increase the NCAA Tournament to six teams beginning in 2014.
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Pre-order sales begin for new paperback version of “The Volleyball Debate”
[Editor’s Note: Click here to pre-order your copy of “The Volleyball Debate.”]
After a successful run as an exclusive ebook, “The Volleyball Debate” will now be available for individuals to pre-order in a limited edition traditional paperback version.
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New look Ohio State sweeps Dalhousie in its preseason opener
It may have only been in a preseason match, but Ohio State middle attacker Shawn Herron made the most of his third start in the last two years.
Herron had a match-high .733 attack percentage and 11 kills as Ohio State swept Dalhousie 25-17, 25-15, 25-19 in its preseason opener Friday in University Park, Pa., at the Penn State Fall Invitational.
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Committee receives 21 bids to host future men’s volleyball NCAA Tournaments
The bids are officially all in from schools vying to host the men’s volleyball Division I-II NCAA Tournament in upcoming years.
NCAA officials informed Off the Block via email Tuesday that 21 bids were submitted to the league office requesting the right to host a college men’s volleyball national championship during the next five years.
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Lindenwood adds non-conference matches vs. EIVA to 2014 schedule
For the first time in its program history, Lindenwood will play a match against an EIVA school
Lindenwood announced Friday its 2014 regular season schedule that begins with the team on a two-match East Coast road trip against Sacred Heart and NJIT.
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Ohio State to play Long Beach State at 2014 Active Ankle Tournament
For the second time in almost 20 years, Ohio State will return to Long Beach State to play a non-conference match.
Long Beach State earlier this week unveiled its 2014 regular season schedule that included the team playing Ohio State as part of the 49ers’ annual home tournament the Active Ankle Tournament.
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Video: Former Ball State teammates Nelson, Ebel make transition to coaching
It was just four years ago that Billy Ebel and Anders Nelson led the Ball State to the MIVA championship match, but Saturday in Nashville the two former all-conference teammates were facing each other.
Nelson as an assistant coach with the No. 19 Kentucky women’s volleyball team helped guide Kentucky to a sweep against Lipscomb and his former college teammate and roommate Ebel, who is a Lipscomb women’s volleyball assistant coach.
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New Lees-McRae coach Schmidlin adds old team IPFW to 2014 schedule
A former IPFW assistant coach will go up against his Hall of Fame mentor in non-conference play this upcoming season.
Lees-McRae with its new head coach Dave Schmidlin have agreed to play a road non-conference match against IPFW during the 2014 season.
Schmidlin spent 10 seasons as an assistant under AVCA Hall of Fame coach Arnie Ball and helped guide the Mastodons to two NCAA Tournament appearances in the 1990s. In addition, Schmidlin spent time as a head coach at Cardinal Stritch before being hired as Lees-McRae new head coach in April.
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New program McKendree to join MIVA starting in 2015
An expansion program will be joining the MIVA for the 2015 season.
The McKendree University athletics department announced Tuesday that it was awarded membership to the MIVA that will begin following the men’s volleyball team’s upcoming inaugural season.