A regular season Wednesday in college men’s volleyball doesn’t get bigger than tonight.
Four of the top 10 nationally ranked teams will be in action tonight, including No. 1 UCLA and No. 3 Pepperdine meeting in a critical conference match. In addition, Loyola and Lewis will renew their in-state rivalry in a rematch of last season’s MIVA championship match.
Conference play begins tonight for several teams eyeing a conference title and trip to the NCAA Tournament this season.
No. 1 Loyola will attempt to remain atop the national rankings as it plays host to Ohio State in its MIVA opener. In addition, out in the West Coast the MPSF season continues with a marquee match-up between No. 3 BYU and No. 6 USC.
More than 40 seasons of college men’s volleyball has resulted in numerous memorable and interesting moments.
Off the Block on the final Thursday of each month during the college men’s volleyball regular season will showcase several match highlights and stories from the past in an effort to help preserve the sport’s history.
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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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.
The weekend in college men’s volleyball featured everything from UCLA accomplishing a feat never achieved before at the Outrigger Invitational to another team atop the nationally rankings dropping a match.
Check out the five things to take away from this weekend in college men’s volleyball.