The youth stepped up and delivered for No. 13 Penn State in its finale at the AVCA Showcase.
Freshman opposite Calvin Mende had a match-high 25 kills on a .525 attack percentage as Penn State beat USC 30-32, 25-24, 21-25, 25-23, 15-11 on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. (more…)
Check out Off the Block’s postmatch interview with USC coach Jeff Nygaard following his team’s five-game loss to No. 13 Penn State on Saturday at the AVCA Showcase (more…)
On the night when No. 1 Ohio State unveiled its 2016 NCAA championship at St. John’s Arena, the Buckeyes rallied to avoid a home upset in their season opener.
All-American opposite Miles Johnson had a match-high 15 kills and two aces as Ohio State rallied from a one-game deficit to beat USC 22-25, 27-25, 25-18, 25-16 at the AVCA Showcase on Friday in Columbus, Ohio.
Johnson, who had a .333 attack percentage, was one of two Buckeyes with double-digit kills. All-American outside attacker Nicolas Szerszen after having five kills in the opening-game loss finished the match with 11 kills.
Middle attacker Blake Lesson also was a perfect seven kills on seven attempts, while middle attacker Driss Guessous added six kills and zero attack errors in the victory.
Ohio State out-hit USC .250 to .081, including holding the Trojans to less than a .075 attack percentage in both of the final two games.
The Buckeyes also out-blocked the Trojans 13 to 9, but USC middle attacker Andy Benesh had a match-high seven blocks.
All-MPSF outside attacker Lucas Yoder in the loss also led the Trojans with 15 kills and eight digs.
Watch Off the Block’s postmatch interview with USC coach Jeff Nygaard following his team’s four-game loss to No. 1 Ohio State on Friday. (more…)
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)
Four players who led their club teams to medal finishes at the 2016 USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships have committed to USC.
The Trojans announced Thursday that high school seniors Noah Franklin, Mitch Haley, Sam Lewis and Cole Paxson all signed national letters of intent to play for USC beginning in 2018. (more…)
A pair EIVA team that traditionally do not play USC are on the Trojans’ schedule for the upcoming season.
USC as part of recently unveiling its 2017 schedule announced it will play home non-conference matches against Harvard and Sacred Heart in March. (more…)
For the first time in five years, George Mason will have a chance to get its program’s first victory against USC.
George Mason as part of unveiling its 2017 schedule earlier this week announced that the team will travel across the country for a non-conference road match versus USC on March 13. (more…)
The two U.S. teams with incoming college men’s volleyball recruits advanced beyond the pool-play stage but could not go further in the FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championship.
Pepperdine recruit Rob Mullahey and his partner Clay Messenger along with the team of USC recruit Lucas Lossone and Adian Brown both lost in the Round of 24 and were eliminated from the international tournament during the weekend. (more…)
The USC pair representing the United States closed out the beach volleyball World University Championship with a victory.
USC outside attackers Lucas Yoder and Christopher Orenic defeated the Slovakian team of Jernej Tomazin and Sergej Drobnic 21-16, 13-21, 15-10 on Saturday in Estonia to finish in 23rd place at the international tournament. (more…)