There are critical early-season conference matches from coast-to-coast tonight in college men’s volleyball.
No. 1 Pepperdine and No. 5 BYU will attempt to stay undefeated in the MPSF as they both play top-10 nationally ranked teams. In addition, not to be overlooked on the East Coast is a match-up between Mount Olive and Limestone, two of the preseason favorites to represent the Conference Carolinas in the NCAA Tournament.
Being ranked No. 1 in the nation just isn’t that big of a deal for Pepperdine.
Pepperdine coach Marv Dunphy said in an interview with Off the Block earlier this week that while his team is happy to be atop the national rankings for the first time in four years it’s more focused on the big picture and being the best team at the end of the season.
Freshmen from UC Irvine and USC following career performances last week both earned a share of one of the nation’s top individual weekly awards.
Off the Block announced Monday that UC Irvine outside attacker Tamir Hershko and USC middle attacker Andy Benesh were selected as the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Co-National Freshman of the Week.
One day after UC Irvine unveiled its latest national championship banner, All-American outside attacker Taylor Sander made sure BYU would win the NCAA finals rematch.
Sander had a season-high 25 kills as No. 8 BYU rallied from a one-game deficit to defeat No. 7 UC Irvine 19-25, 34-32, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12 on Friday in Irvine, Calif., for its third consecutive conference victory.
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For the second consecutive week, USC outside attacker Lucas Yoder earned a national award for being the top freshman college men’s volleyball player.
Off the Block announced Monday that Yoder was selected as the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week.
The weekend in college men’s volleyball featured everything from UCLA accomplishing a feat never achieved before at the Outrigger Invitational to another team atop the nationally rankings dropping a match.
Check out the five things to take away from this weekend in college men’s volleyball.