A nationwide voting committee selected Ohio State setter Christy Blough, Stanford setter James Shaw and Long Beach State setter Josh Tuaniga as finalists for the annual Lloy Ball Award.
The Lloy Ball Award, which is named after the former IPFW All-American and U.S. Olympian setter, is presented to the nation’s best setter in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the regular season. (more…)
A nationwide voting committee selected four finalists for the nation’s top award presented to an outside attacker.
Off the Block announced Tuesday that Belmont Abbey’s Nolan Albrecht, Long Beach State’s TJ DeFalco, BYU’s Brenden Sander and Ohio State’s Nicholas Szerszen were named finalists for the 2016 Karch Kiraly Award. (more…)
The race for the final at-large bid of the NCAA Tournament is going to be decided in to the final days before Selection Sunday. (more…)
All the postseason upsets has resulted in a dramatic shift in the college men’s volleyball bracketology and race for the at-large bids.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. (more…)
Freshman outside attacker Kyle Ensing had a team-high 13 kills and added two aces as No. 4/5 Long Beach State swept No. 7/7 Pepperdine on Saturday to advance to the MPSF Tournament semifinals.
Check out the video highlights filmed by Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates of this conference tournament quarterfinal match. (more…)
Check out Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates’ postmatch interviews with associate head coach Tyler Hildebrand and all-conference outside attacker TJ DeFalco after No. 4/5 Long Beach State swept No. 7/7 Pepperdine in the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals. (more…)
Stanford at least was able to salvage a RPI ranking ahead of Long Beach State to close out the regular season.
The Cardinal following two losses last week dropped two spots to No. 4 but still remained a spot above the 49ers in the new RPI rankings released Monday. (more…)
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)