Coach Fred Battenfield wanted his first-year program to experience playing one of the nation’s best teams — he got that and more.
North Greenville in the program’s inaugural match lost to No. 1 Pepperdine 25-10, 25-14, 25-17 on Saturday in Spartanbug, South Carolina. (more…)
For anyone ever wanting the MPSF to travel more and play more non-conference matches, that wish is coming true tonight.
No. 1 Pepperdine will open its season with a rare East Coast road trip as it begins a two-match series against first-year program North Greenville. In addition, No. 10 Hawai’i will make its season debut playing a non-conference match against Stevens Tech. (more…)
The college men’s volleyball season is finally here.
No. 14 Ohio State playing host to new MIVA member McKendree will officially open the 2015 season. In addition, Stanford in only other regular season match tonight will play NCAA Division III opponent UC Santa Cruz. (more…)
All the preseason talk surrounding a team usually can be summed up in one or two sentences — and that’s what we did.
With the NCAA men’s volleyball season beginning today, check out the quick-hit breakdown of every team in the nation as they enter the 2015 season. (more…)
Who doesn’t like a team that becomes the feel-good story of the season by exceeding preseason expectations.
Several teams that last season finished outside the national rankings or missed their conference tournament could have big seasons in 2015. (more…)
Nineteen outside attackers have been selected to the 2015 watch list for a new college men’s volleyball national award.
Off the Block announced Friday the watch list for the inaugural National Outside Attacker of the Year award, which will be presented to the best outside attacker in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the regular season. (more…)
Not all team schedules are created equally, especially when it comes to the amount of travel.
Four teams will travel more than 15,000 miles during the upcoming season, while 11 NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams will travel less than 5,000 miles, according an analysis conducted by Off the Block. (more…)