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  • Video: Big blocks propel No. 1/1 Long Beach State to another win vs. No. 4/4 UC Irvine

    On a court filled with All-Americans, it was the first-year starting middle attacker Nick Amado who had a career night for No. 1/1 Long Beach State.

    Amado led all players with a career-high nine blocks as Long Beach State defeated No. 4/4 UC Irvine 25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 25-20 on Saturday in Irvine, California, to complete the two-match series sweep. (more…)

  • Video highlights: No. 1/1 Long Beach State beats No. 4/4 UC Irvine to complete series sweep

    All-American outside attacker TJ DeFalco had a team-high 19 kills as No. 1/1 Long Beach State defeated No. 4/4 UC Irvine on Saturday in Irvine, California, to remain undefeated this season.

    Check out the video highlights of this conference match filmed by Off the Block associate editor Jonathan Bates.

  • Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Photo courtesy of John Fajardo and Long Beach State athletics

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • Video: DeFalco pounds No. 4 UC Irvine to keep No. 1 Long Beach’s perfect record intact

    Outside attacker TJ DeFalco in the biggest conference match of the year so far showed why he is the defending National Player of the Year and a favorite win the award again this season.

    DeFalco had both a match-high five aces and 22 kills on a .326 attack percentage as No. 1/1 Long Beach State defeated No. 4/4 UC Irvine 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 21-25, 15-9 on Friday in Long Beach, California. (more…)

  • Video highlights: No. 1/1 Long Beach State beats No. 4/4 UC Irvine in five games

    No. 1/1 Long Beach State defeated No. 4/4 UC Irvine 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 21-25, 15-9 on Friday to remain the only undefeated team in the nation. Check out the video highlights of this conference match filmed by Off the Block associate editor Jonathan Bates. (more…)

  • Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Photo courtesy of Long Beach State athletics.

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • The Breakdown: How Big West teams fared versus their former MPSF rivals

    Jonathan Bates | Off the Block associate editor

    All regular season matches between the Big West and MPSF are now in the history book. The Big West went 28-18 versus the MPSF, due in part to the 9-3 record posted by UC Irvine and the 6-0 record posted by Long Beach State. Big West teams were 16-9 at home, while 11-9 on the road.

    This is the inaugural season of the Big West as a men’s volleyball conference. The addition of the Big West resulted in a split in the MPSF with six Big West schools leaving the federation during the offseason.

    Check out the team-by-team breakdown of Big West schools fared against the MPSF opponents in non-conference play this season.

    UCI LBSU Hawai’i UCSB CSUN UCSD
    at UCLA L at Stan W vs USC W vs Stan W at Stan W vs UCLA L
    vs USC W vs Stan W vs GCU W at Pepp W vs CUI L vs CUI W
    at Pepp W vs USC W vs UCLA W at BYU W at UCLA L at GCU L
    at GCU W vs CUI W vs UCLA L at BYU L vs Stan W vs Stan L
    at CUI W vs UCLA W vs CUI W vs Pepp L at CUI L vs BYU L
    vs BYU W at UCLA W vs CUI W at USC W at CUI L
    vs BYU W vs BYU L at UCLA L vs USC W
    vs Stan W at Pepp L at Stan L
    vs UCLA L
    vs Pepp L
    at Stan W
    at USC W
    Overall 9-3 6-0 5-3 4-3 2-3 2-6 28-18
    Home 4-2 4-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 2-3 16-9
    Away 5-1 2-0 0-1 3-2 1-2 0-3 11-9
    Neutral 1-0 1-0

  • Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria

    Selection Sunday is less than a month away and there still remains a large group of teams in contention for a NCAA Tournament at-large bid, according to the latest Off the Block bracketology.

    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…)

  • UC Irvine falls out of top 10 in new strength of schedule rankings

    UC Irvine in the process of getting a non-conference during the weekend dropped out of the top 10 in a selection committee criteria category.

    The Anteaters fell two spots to No. 12 in the latest strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. (more…)

  • Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections

    Chaos has struck the college men’s volleyball bracketology with Hawai’i losing three consecutive matches.

    Off the Block each week during the rest of the regular season and throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. (more…)