It’s been absolute chaos this weekend with four of the top 10 nationally ranked teams losing and even more top-ranked teams will be tested tonight.
No. 13 IPFW will look to extend No. 10 Penn State’s season-opening losing streak as the two teams meet in the Off the Block East vs. Midwest Challenge. In addition, No. 7 BYU with its retooled starting lineup will attempt to complete a series sweep against No. 4 UCLA. (more…)
A middle attacker earned a national award after helping No. 2 Loyola finish undefeated at the AVCA Showcase this weekend.
Off the Block announced Monday that Loyola middle attacker Jeff Jendryk was named the Off the Block National Freshman of the Week. (more…)
Eight months later and outside attacker Cody Caldwell still continued to wreak havoc against Stanford.
Caldwell in an early-season rematch of last year’s NCAA finals had a match-high 10 kills and added four blocks as No. 2 Loyola swept No. 10 Stanford at the AVCA Showcase on Saturday in Palo Alto, California. (more…)
The season’s biggest weekend for non-conference matches has arrived in full force.
Three non-conference tournament all featuring nationally ranked teams will take place tonight, including the defending champions No. 2 Loyola playing No. 6 BYU at the AVCA Showcase. In addition, No. 10 Hawai’i will try to remain undefeated and upset No. 3 Penn State at the Outrigger Invitational. (more…)
Pepperdine may have missed the NCAA Tournament last season, but it beat out the defending NCAA champions Loyola for the top spot in the preseason national coaches poll.
The Waves received 10 of 18 first-place votes to finish six points ahead of the Ramblers to secure the No. 1 ranking in the AVCA preseason coaches poll released Wednesday afternoon. (more…)