Men’s volleyball conference heats up as NCAA beach opens

High-ranked Hawai’i is dwelling once more for NEC’s LIU and one other Massive West group, No. 6 UC Irvine is the host for MPSF’s #2 UCLA.

However most of the different NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball groups play convention video games on Friday.

There are three MPSF video games, together with a rematch the place the 5 and undefeated Grand Canyon goes to Pepperdine at #7, BYU at #8 in Concordia Irvine, and Stanford #9 at USC #13.

Third-place Penn State has an EIVA sport at NJIT, whereas additionally going to Harvard Princeton and quantity 14 within the convention, and undefeated Charleston is at George Mason.

The MIVA roster options Ball State #12 in Lindenwood, Ohio State #11 in Quincy, and Lewis in Fort Wayne in Purdue.

There is a Massive West sport between #14 CSUN and UC San Diego.

In two Convention Carolinas video games, King is at Mount Olive and Lees-McRae Barton.

NEC at Sacred Coronary heart, Saint Francis (PA) and Merrimack at FDU.

SIAC owns Benedict at Morehouse. Additionally, Kentucky State, Division III Mount St. Joseph, and Fort Valley State is dwelling to the impartial Tusculum.

Limestone performs Queens and Alderson Broaddus performs Truett-McConnell, whereas three different independents are on the transfer.

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY: Wednesday’s massive sport Grand Canyon (14-0, 3-0) 25-18, 25-21, 23-25, 20-25, 16-14 wins Rosemary (9-6, 1-2) Regardless of Jaylen Jasper’s 30 kills. Lopes, who hit .418 and had seven aces with 21 serve errors, bought 10 or extra kills from all 4 gamers. Christian Janke had 13 factors to 0.478 and landed an ace (however no ace and eight faults), two blocks and 9 digs. Gianni Camden added 12 kills, 4 assists, six aces, a block and 6 digs, Rico Wardlow bought 18 correct assaults and 12 kills in three blocks and Jackson Hickman bought 10 kills. Nicholas Slight had 4 kills, 46 assists, three blocks and 4 digs over a number of tries. Pepperdine not solely bought 30 kills from Jasper, he bought 0.398 with 5 aces and 24 errors. Jasper reached 0.578 after making 4 errors in 45 assaults and had one help and 6 digs. Akin Akinwumi bought 13 kills and reached .556, however a success error ended the match. Bryce Dvorak had two kills, 55 assists, two aces, three blocks and three digs in 5 flawless tries…

Two MIVA outcomes noticed quantity 10 Loyola Chicago (12-2, 5-0) Killed 24 of Parker Van Buren in a 4-set win. Lewis (8-8, 2-3), whereas Purdue Fort Wayne (11-4, 2-3) gained in quarters McKendree (6-6, 1-4). Loyola’s Van Buren added two assists, three digs and 4 blocks, three on his personal. Christian Prayer killed 15 for Lewis.

The match was a “Taking part in Recreation for Premies” and Lewis raised greater than $2,500. For extra particulars and to donate to the Rae Sturdy Basis: https://givebutter.com/PlayingForPreemies … Jon Diederich has 15 kills, Bryce Walker 13 and 6 blocks for PFW, and Mark Frazier 12 kills, six blocks and eight digs …

Thursday, Hawaii (12-0) go to exploded LIU For killing 9 gamers in wins (6-5), 25-13, 25-13, 25-18. Keoni Thiim killed seven folks in 10 correct assaults. Spryos Chakas did six kills, two digs and 5 blocks. Cole Hogland had 4 kills, two aces and eight blocks, a solo. Rainbow Warriors reached .343 and had six aces and 7 errors. LIU hit 1,000 as Hawai’i gained their twenty first sport in a row…

Edwardian Waters (3-1, 1-0) bought off to a great begin with a four-set win towards SIAC. Central State (7-11, 0-1) Kaelen Ingram with 17 kills, six aces and 5 pickaxes and Evens Edouard with 15 kills and 6 pickaxes… daemen (9-1, 4-0) NEC wins sport in fours D’Youville Since 5 gamers have seven or extra kills in a (3-6, 0-4), 25-13, 25-13, 21-25, 25-19 win. Kacper Taudul killed 19 folks for D’Youville…

Unbiased queens (5-8) gained in quarters Belmont Abbey (6-9) Convention Carolinas regardless of 20 kills by Matteo Miselli and Kentucky State SIAC dropped to 1-13 when swept maryville (5-9).

NCAA BEACH: In case you missed it, we had two summers on Thursday, which coincided with the beginning of the season. Watch our video interviews with a handful of coaches right here and browse Travis Mewhirter’s high 20 group breakdowns right here. He particulars and forecasts the 16-team NCAA subject.

Thursday’s motion included top-ranked UCLA’s two-time wins, dropping only one set in 10 video games, beating Hawai’i’s Saint Mary’s and Stephen F. Austin.

The house group of the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Seaside Traditional break up as they swept Hawai’i Saint Mary’s earlier than defeating Stanford Sandbows 3-2. Stanford’s Emma Morris and Taylor Wilson beat Kaylee Glagau and Caprice Lorenzo 21-14, 16-21, 15-12 units to maneuver right down to third place. Stanford additionally defeated Stephen F. Austin 4-1.

Issues warmth up in Tucson on Friday, when Arizona is dwelling to Oregon, UTEP, Colorado Mesa and Boise State. Motion at USC consists of Grand Canyon taking part in Lengthy Seaside State earlier than the house group opens their season by taking part in each.

The event continues Saturday in Hawai’i, the place the Sandbows play at UCLA. Amongst different video games, Grand Canyon faces Lengthy Seaside State and USC.