Category: College

USC’s Ferguson named new head coach of U.S. Men’s Junior National Team

Add one more coaching honor to the resume of USC coach Bill Ferguson.

USA Volleyball announced recently that Ferguson was hired to be the head coach of the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team for the upcoming NORCECA Championships later this year.

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January 22, 2014
College men’s volleyball match results from Tuesday

Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Tuesday.

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January 22, 2014
Video: Men’s volleyball national media poll ballot breakdown

Pepperdine for the first time in almost four years is back atop the national media poll.

The undefeated Waves received all but three first-place votes to jump to No. 1 in the new Volleyball Magazine Poll released Tuesday morning.

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January 21, 2014
UC Irvine, USC players named Springbak, Inc. Co-National Freshman of the Week

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.

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January 20, 2014
Quick hits: 5 things to take away from this weekend’s college men’s volleyball matches

Another weekend and more upheaval in college men’s volleyball as two of the top-five nationally ranked teams lost and several individuals came close to setting school and conference records.

Check out the five things to take away from this weekend in college men’s volleyball.

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January 20, 2014
The top 5 college men’s volleyball stories of the week

It’s your top five men’s volleyball story list, but with a twist.

Every Sunday during the men’s volleyball regular season, Off the Block will post the top five best men’s volleyball stories of the week from around the nation. The list, though, is based more on how well the reporter wrote and covered the story rather than just what happened on the court.
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January 19, 2014
Late-game blocks completes No. 9 UC Santa Barbara upset of No. 1 Stanford

In a match-up between two of the nation’s top sophomore setters, Jonah Seif came up big late to help UC Santa Barbara pull off the upset.

Seif had back-to-back blocks on the final two plays of the decisive fifth game as No. 9 UC Santa Barbara defeated No. 1 Stanford 25-13, 25-21, 12-25, 25-23, 15-12 on Saturday in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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January 19, 2014
College men’s volleyball match results from Saturday

Check out the match results from the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that were in action Saturday.

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January 19, 2014
Top 5 college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

It’s a short turnaround tonight in college men’s volleyball for several teams following lengthy conference matches less than 24 hours ago.

No. 1 Stanford and No. 7 UC Irvine will both attempt to rebound from losing a five-game conference match on Friday to a top-10 nationally ranked team. In addition, out in the Midwest No. 2 Loyola looks to make its case for No. 1 in the national rankings as it plays host to Mount Olive.

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January 18, 2014
Sander rallies No. 8 BYU past No. 7 UC Irvine in rematch of NCAA finals

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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January 18, 2014