A record-setting night of five-game matches and several top-five nationally ranked teams picking up critical conference victories highlighted the last few days of college men’s volleyball.
Check out the five things to take away from the weekend in college men’s volleyball.
For the second time in the last three weeks, Loyola is back to the top spot in the national media poll.
Loyola after two weekend road victories coupled with a then-No. 1 Pepperdine loss jumped to No. 1 in the new Volleyball Magazine Poll that was released Tuesday.
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There are critical early-season conference matches from coast-to-coast tonight in college men’s volleyball.
No. 1 Pepperdine and No. 5 BYU will attempt to stay undefeated in the MPSF as they both play top-10 nationally ranked teams. In addition, not to be overlooked on the East Coast is a match-up between Mount Olive and Limestone, two of the preseason favorites to represent the Conference Carolinas in the NCAA Tournament.
A team from the MIVA for the time in recent history earned the top spot in the national media poll.
Loyola received three first-place votes and jumped up one spot to No. 1 in the new Volleyball Magazine national media poll released Tuesday morning.
It’s a huge slate of marquee non-conference matches tonight in college men’s volleyball.
A defacto championship match at the Outrigger Invitational between UCLA and Hawai’i highlights the non-conference matches. However, not to be a overlooked by the non-conference matches is a rematch of the 2013 MPSF championship as No. 1 Long Beach State and BYU met in conference play.
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Long Beach State days after winning the UC Santa Barbara Invitational is now sitting atop the national media poll.
The 49ers received all but one first-place vote to be ranked No. 1 in the season’s first Volleyball Magazine Poll that was released Tuesday afternoon.
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So much for easing into the start of the college men’s volleyball season.
The opening week of the 2014 season had everything from five of the top 10 nationally ranked teams losing to a champion being crowned at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational.