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Springfield dominates New Paltz to claim 2018 Morgan Classic championship

Outside attacker Sergio Figueroa Velez raised his level of play in the championship match at one of college men’s volleyball’s most historic non-conference tournaments.

Velez had both a match-high 12 kills on a .733 attack percentage and five blocks as No. 1 Springfield swept No. 14 SUNY New Paltz 25-19, 25-10, 25-22 in the Volleyball Hall of Fame Morgan Classic Finals on Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts. Continue reading “Springfield dominates New Paltz to claim 2018 Morgan Classic championship”

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College men’s volleyball match results from Saturday

Check out all the final scores from matches involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams that took place on Saturday. In addition, click here for the updated college men’s volleyball standings.

MPSF matches
No. 2/2 UCLA def. No. No. 10/10 Grand Canyon 25-19, 25-18, 25-18
No. 6/6 BYU def. No. 14 USC 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25
No. 11 Pepperdine def. Concordia-Irvine 25-17, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21

MIVA matches
No. 5/5 Ohio State def. No. 14 Fort Wayne 25-23, 25-19, 25-14
No. 6/6 Loyola def. Lindenwood 25-20, 29-27, 25-17
No. 8/8 Lewis def. Quincy 25-20, 25-13, 25-16
McKendree def. Ball State 19-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-17

EIVA matches
No. 9/9 Penn State def. St. Francis 25-23, 25-18, 25-20
Charleston def. Princeton 25-20, 34-32, 25-22

ConfCarolinas matches
Emmanuel def. Belmont Abbey 25-21, 20-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-7

Non-conference matches
No. 1/1 Long Beach State def. George Mason 26-24, 25-22, 25-19
No. 11 CSUN def. Stanford 25-23, 25-23, 25-22
Queens def. Erskine 25-20, 17-25, 25-23, 25-22
Stevenson def. Harvard 25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21

Division III National Matches of the Day
No. 1 Springfield def. No. 14 SUNY New Paltz 25-19, 25-10, 25-22
No. 2 Stevens Tech def. No. 8 Juniata 31-29, 25-19, 25-19

Off the Block National Offensive Player of the Night
Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach State — Tuaniga had 42 assists and guided the Long Beach State offense to a season-high .577 attack percentage in a sweep against George Mason.

Off the Block National Defensive Player of the Night
Christian Hessenauer, UCLA — Hessenauer finished with a match-high six digs and added four blocks as No. 2/2 UCLA swept No. 10/10 Grand Canyon.