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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    It doesn’t get much bigger than this in regular season play.

    Two matches between top-five nationally ranked teams highlight this weekend. No. 1 UC Irvine and No. 3 UCLA meet with first place in the MPSF on the line, while No. 2 USC and No. 5 Stanford play each other with both teams trying to bolster their resume for the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    It’s all about the story lines on the sidelines tonight in college men’s volleyball.

    UCLA coach Al Scates and Pepperdine coach Marv Dunphy will face each other for the final time in a coaching rivalry stretching back 35 years. In addition, Mike Wilton after being the Hawai’i head coach for 17 years will make his first trip back to the islands as a BYU assistant coach.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    It’s a must-win night for several teams across the night.

    Loyola plays host to No. 8 Ohio State as the Ramblers look to stay in the race for the conference regular season title, while No. 9 Pepperdine travels to Pacific in search of its first MPSF victory in almost a month.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    After several upsets last week, it doesn’t get much easier for the top ranked teams in the nation.

    No. 1 Stanford will try to stay atop the national rankings as it plays host to No. 9 Pepperdine, while No. 4 BYU and No. 3 UC Irvine will both attempt to avoid upsets at home.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    The marquee matches are throughout the nation tonight with a top-10 team playing in every American time zone.

    No. 2 UC Irvine and No. 3 Stanford on the West Coast play for a shot at the top spot in next week’s national rankings, while No. 1 UCLA travels to Hawai’i looking for redemption. In addition, on the East Coast No. 5 Penn State continues its pursuit of a perfect EIVA season.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Nine of the top 10 ranked teams are in action tonight, including two matches pitting these top teams against each other.

    No. 1 BYU coming off a bye week will play host to No. 7 Stanford and will attempt to extend its six-match winning streak, while No. 2 UCLA will play its crosstown rival No. 4 USC in another Battle Los Angeles rivalry match.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Marquee matches between top 10 nationally ranked teams are throughout the nation — and not just contained to the West Coast — tonight.

    No. 3 UC Irvine playing host to No. 5 USC in MPSF action highlights the late-night matches, while in the Midwest No. 4 Stanford and No. 7 Penn State will meet in the Dunlap Invitational.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    And just in case you didn’t get enough top 10 teams play each other Friday, there are more of these matches today.

    Seven of the top 10 ranked teams will be in action Saturday. Highlighting these matches is battle between the two undefeated teams — No. 2 BYU and No. 3 UC Irvine — in the UC Santa Barbara Invitational championship match.

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  • Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    The most anticipated day to open a NCAA men’s volleyball season is officially upon us.

    The biggest event this weekend is the UC Santa Barbara Invitational, which features a No. 1 versus No. 2 match-up and a NCAA championship rematch. However, there are also several other non-conference and conference matches of interest today.

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  • In a sentence or two about every NCAA men’s volleyball team

    Most of the time all the preseason talk surrounding a team can be summed up in one or two sentences — and that’s what we did.

    With the NCAA men’s volleyball season beginning in earnest this weekend, get a quick breakdown of every men’s volleyball team from around the nation as they enter the 2012 season.

    Check out what to know about each Division I-II men’s volleyball team at the start of the 2012 season.
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