Off the Block

Category: College

  • Men’s volleyball match results from Friday

    Check out the match results for every Division I-II men’s volleyball team that was in action Friday.

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  • Conference tournament men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Consider tonight a small sampling of the postseason.

    With most conference tournament quarterfinals matches scheduled for Saturday, Loyola and Quincy will open the MIVA Tournament quarterfinals in tonight’s only postseason match. In addition, Penn State looks to close out its regular season by capturing an out-right EIVA regular season title.

    Check out the conference tournament matches and top regular season matches from around the nation to follow tonight.
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  • EIVA announces Player of the Year, all-conference teams

    For the first time in more than five years, a non-Penn State player has earned EIVA Player of the Year of the Year honors.

    George Mason outside attacker Mark Jones and Penn State outside attacker Aaron Russell were selected as the 2013 Uvaldo Acosta Memorial EIVA Co-Players of the Year, the league announced Friday afternoon.
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  • Men’s volleyball bracketology

    The postseason is here, but nothing is decided for the four-team NCAA Tournament field as Selection Sunday is less than two weeks away.

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  • MPSF announces Player of the Year, all-conference teams

    BYU after getting the most conference wins in program history and its first MPSF regular season tittle in almost 10 years has now picked up the top individual conference awards.

    The conference announced Thursday that BYU All-American outside attacker Taylor Sander is the 2013 MPSF Player of the Year, while the Cougars outside attacker Ben Patch won the 2013 MPSF Freshman of the Year award.
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  • Finalists announced for Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Server of the Year

    A nationwide voting committee selected USC setter Micah Christenson, UCLA outside attacker Gonzalo Quiroga and Loyola outside attacker Joseph Smalzer as finalists for the 2013 Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Server of the Year.

    The Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Server of the Year recognizes the top individual serving performance from a NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball player during the regular season.
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  • MIVA announces Player of the Year, all-conference teams

    Loyola after getting a share of the MIVA regular season championship has now picked up the top two individual conference awards.

    The MIVA announced Wednesday that Loyola outside attacker Joseph Smalzer was selected as the 2013 MIVA Player of the Year, while freshman outside attacker Thomas Jaeschke was the 2013 MIVA Freshman of the Year.
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  • My men’s volleyball media poll ballot

    BYU will go into the postseason as the top-ranked team in the nation.

    The Cougars received all but one first-place vote to finish atop the final regular season national media poll that was released Tuesday.
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  • Deeper look at men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament selection criteria

    The regular season is over for the majority of college men’s volleyball teams but nothing is settled yet with the at-large bid and seeding for the upcoming four-team NCAA Tournament.

    Below is the entry from the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball championship handbook on how the three-person volleyball selection committee determines the at-large team and seeding for the NCAA Tournament.
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  • Off the Block launches annual postseason bracket challenge

    Volleyball fans can now fill out their brackets in the Off the Block NCAA Men’s Volleyball Postseason Bracket Challenge for a chance to win a official NCAA Tournament volleyball from Molten USA.

    The annual Off the Block NCAA Men’s Volleyball Postseason Bracket Challenge gives fans the opportunity to predict who will win matches in the upcoming MPSF, MIVA and EIVA conference tournaments and the four-team NCAA Tournament.
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