A former UC Santa Barbara outside attacker and head coach at a California junior college volleyball powerhouse will be the next assistant coach at UC Irvine.
The two-time defending NCAA champions UC Irvine announced Wednesday that it hired Armen Zakarian to be an assistant coach for the upcoming season.
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Hawai’i will have a conference road trip unlike any other team in the nation for the 2014 season.
Coach Charlie Wade said in a recent interview with Off the Block that Hawai’i will play two-match road series against both Stanford and Pacific within a five-day span during the upcoming season.
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For the first time in almost 15 years, USC will travel to the Midwest for a non-conference match.
USC earlier this week unveiled its 2014 schedule that included the team opening its season with road non-conference matches against Loyola and Lewis on Jan. 4-5.
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Hawai’i coach Charlie Wade is getting his ideal tournament field for the upcoming Outrigger Invitational.
Wade said Monday in an interview with Off the Block that for the second consecutive year Penn State, Ohio State and UCLA will participate along with Hawai’i at its annual home tournament during the 2014 season.
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Not all college men’s volleyball teams have the same influence when it comes to social media.
A recent study of NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball team Twitter accounts revealed that Penn State and BYU are leading all other teams in followers — and by a wide-margin.
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An incoming freshman recruit for USC has now added an international tournament medal to his resume before playing with the Trojans.
USC recruit Lucas Yoder and his partner TJ DeFalco representing the United States beat Lithuania’s Lukas Kazdailis and Arnas Rumsevicius 22-24, 21-18, 15-8 to win the bronze medal at the FIVB Boys’ U19 Youth World Championships for beach volleyball on Sunday in Portugal.
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Add getting a home match against the two-time defending NCAA champions to the list of Ball State’s accomplishments this year.
Ball State coming off its first 20-win season in almost five years will play a home match against the national champions UC Irvine during the 2014 season, according to a recent report from WCRD Ball State play-by-play announcer CJ Allard.
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Two of the nation’s most improved programs in recent years have agreed to play each other in the upcoming season.
Princeton coach Sam Shweisky said Tuesday in an interview with Off the Block that his team will travel to play a non-conference match against Cal Baptist in January 2014.
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For the first time in three years, Penn State and Long Beach State will play each other in non-conference play.
Nittany Lions coach Mark Pavlik said in a recent interview with Off the Block that Penn State will travel to play Long Beach State as part of the annual Active Ankle Tournament during the 2014 season.
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