The annual award season for college men’s volleyball has delivered plenty of hardware to some of the nation’s top players for their outstanding performances.
Check out the individuals who won the 2018 college men’s volleyball national awards along with all the conference award winners. (more…)
Six players from Puerto Rico have been selected for a new college men’s volleyball national accolade.
Off the Block announced on Saturday that Alderson Broaddus’ Francisco Cabrera, BYU’s Gabi Garcia Fernandez Fort Wayne’s Pelegrin Vargas, George Mason’s Brian Negron and Springfield’s Joseth Irizarry Feliciano and Sergio Figueroa Velez were named to the inaugural Off the Block All-Puerto Rican Team. (more…)
There is no dissension among the voters for the top team in college men’s volleyball.
The NCAA champions Long Beach State was the unanimous No. 1 team in the season’s final Off the Block//Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll that was released on Thursday. (more…)
The field is set for the college men’s beach volleyball national event.
USA Volleyball announced Wednesday that pairs from UCLA, Penn State, Florida State, Hawai’i, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, Concordia-Irvine and Quincy will compete in the second annual Collegiate Beach Championships. (more…)
Three current college men’s volleyball All-Americans will be on the U.S. preliminary roster for the biggest international tournament of the year.
USA Volleyball announced Monday that Long Beach State outside attacker TJ DeFalco, Long Beach State opposite Kyle Ensing and Pepperdine outside attacker David Wieczorek were selected to the 26-player U.S. roster for the upcoming FIVB Volleyball Nations League. (more…)
Brendan Yu | Off the Block special contributor
In the wake of its unceremonious VolleyFour exits the past two years, the maturity of the Long Beach State had been called into question.
But as they amassed a near flawless 24-1 record during the regular season, the 49ers left little doubt that this year was a much more experienced and – more importantly – disciplined team. (more…)
Long Beach State and UCLA playing in the NCAA Tournament finals lived up to the all the hype and set several records in the process.
Check out historical notes and stats to know from Long Beach State’s five-game victory against UCLA on Saturday to win the NCAA championship. (more…)
Long Beach State ended its 27-year championship drought as it defeated UCLA in five games in the NCAA Tournament finals on Saturday.
Check out how the championship match unfolded as told through Twitter. (more…)
Check out the UCLA postmatch news conference following its five-game loss to Long Beach State in the NCAA Tournament finals on Saturday. (more…)
It was just that type of special season for setter Josh Tuaniga.
With the fourth game tied at 24-24 and Long Beach State two points away from elimination, the 2018 National Player of the Year had a setter dump kill to set up a game-point opportunity. Seconds later ,Tuaniga was behind the service line and ripped off an ace to force a decisive fifth game in the NCAA Tournament finals. (more…)