Ball State and McKendree gained MIVA matches and UC Santa Barbara gained a troublesome four-setter towards a DIII opponent in NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball Thursday.
Within the Professional Volleyball Federation, the Omaha Supernovas had a balanced assault and ruined the franchise opener in Henderson, Nevada, with a four-set win over the Vegas Thrill.
Recaps and prime performances observe, however first a have a look at Thursday’s schedule.
There are two MPSF matches, as second-ranked Grand Canyon, off since February 3, performs at No. 6 BYU and No. 12 USC is dwelling for Concordia Irvine.
Seventh-ranked UC Irvine of the Large West is at No. 5 Stanford of the MPSF.
Two different Large West groups are in motion as top-ranked Lengthy Seaside State performs host to winless Central State of the SIAC and No. 20 UC San Diego performs the SIAC’s Edward Waters at Lengthy Seaside.
MIVA play continues with three matches, No. 8 Ohio State dwelling for Quincy, No. 13 Lewis dwelling for Lindenwood and Queens at McKendree.
Within the EIVA, No. 9 Penn State goes to No. 15 Princeton, Charleston is at Harvard and George Mason is at NJIT.
Convention Carolinas play exhibits Barton at Belmont Abbey, Mount Olive at North Greenville, Lees-McRae at Erskine and King at Emmanual.
There are three NEC matches with Daemen at Sacred Coronary heart, Saint Francis (PA) at LIU and D’Youville at Merrimack.
The SIAC’s Fort Valley State and Morehouse each play Talledega. There’s an ECC match with Roberts Wesleyan at St. Thomas Aquinas. Amongst independents, Tusculum is at Thomas Extra, Roosevelt is at Maryville and Missouri S&T performs Cumberland.
There may be one Professional Volleyball Federation match when the Columbus Fury (0-1) go to the Orlando Valkries (1-2).
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NCAA males
No. 14 Ball State and McKendree gained within the MIVA.
Patrick Rogers had 22 kills as Ball State (10-7. 3-1) beat visiting Purdue Fort Wayne (7-6, 1-3). Rogers hit .515 and had an ace, three blocks and 9 digs within the 25-19, 26-24, 25-23 victory. Tinasihe Ndavazocheva added 10 kills, hit .318, and had an help, a block and 6 digs. Lucas Machado had a kill in three errorless tries, 35 assists, two blocks and 9 digs. Mark Frazier had 12 kills for PFW to go along with a dig and 4 blocks, one solo. Bryce Walker had seven kills with one error in 13 swings, each of his group’s aces, three digs and 4 blocks, one solo …
McKendree (6-4, 3-1) got here away with a hard-dought 26-28, 25-22, 25-19, 33-31 victory over visiting Queens (6-8, 2-3) as Kevin Schuele had 18 kills, Nikos Xydakis 15 and Sam Hoskin 14. Schuele, who hit .400, had 5 aces, 4 blocks and 9 digs. Xydakis added an ace, 4 blocks and 5 digs, and Hoskin had two assists, two blocks and 7 digs. D’Aaron McCraney had seven kills with one error, an help, a dig and 5 blocks. Tyler Poulsen had three kills in 4 errorless tries, 52 assists, ana ce, two blocks and a team-high 10 digs. Queens was led by Jack Brinkman, who had 17 kills, two assists, an ace, two blocks and 5 digs. Likelihood Shampine had 13 kills, hit .393, and hada two digs. Ruben Emmerich added 10 kills, an help, 9 digs and two blocks, one solo. Daniel Leitao had a kill, 42 assists, eight dig and three blocks, one solo. Chris Peters had 14 digs and an help …
Two Large West groups gained.
No. 18 UC Santa Barbara (5-9) battled to a 22-25, 29-27, 26-24, 25-19 at Division III Cal Lutheran (11-4), which took a set off a Division I opponent for the primary time in program historical past. UCSB hit .333 and had three aces and 20 serving errors. Geste Bianchi led with 16 kills, an ace, two blocks and 9 digs. Ben Coordt had 15 kills with two errors in 24 assaults to hit .542, and added an help and three digs. Their teammates mixed for 22 kills. Jack Walmer had 49 assists, an ace, two blocks and 6 digs.
Cal Lutheran, which hit .256 and had two aces and 20 errors, bought 16 kills from Michael Stahl, who had an ace, six digs and two blocks, one solo. Jordan Cooper had 11 kills, an help, no aces and 5 errors, and 5 digs. Ben Weber had seven kills, an help, seven digs and 4 blocks, two solo. Logan Marks had 1j0 digs and 4 assists, and ahd Taylor Marks had 5 kills with one error in six tries, 42 assists, no aces however six errors, two blocks and 6 digs …
No. 20 UC San Diego (4-8) destroyed Central State (0-13) of the SIAC in Lengthy Seaside because the guests from Ohio had 9 kills and 14 errors within the 25-9, 25-14, 25-21 end result. UCSD, which hit .525, bought kills from 10 gamers, eight by Leo Pravednikov …
Dominican (4-6) of the ECC swept Division III Bard (4-5) as Ayden Shaw had 11 kills, hitting .421.
Supernovas win
The Omaha Supernovas improved to 3-2 with a 25-15, 24-26, 25-22, 25-19 victory on the Vegas Thrill (1-2). Brooke Nuneviller led a balanced Omaha assault with 15 kills, Bethania De La Cruz had 14, Jess Schaben-Lansman 11 and Hristina Vuchkova and Tori Dixon 9 every.
Nuneviller had a team-high 13 digs, two aces and three blocks, one solo. Cruz had 12 digs and an ace. Schaben-Lansman had 12 digs and three blocks, one solo. Vuchkova added eight blocks, 5 solo and three digs, and Dixon had two aces and 7 blocks, one solo. Kendall White had 11 digs and two assists. The setters, Natalia Valentin-Anderson and Sydney Hilley, mixed for 51 assists, 9 digs they usually had a kill every. The Supernovas had 5 aces and 4 serving errors.
Vegas, which gained at Omaha in 5 per week earlier, was led by Saskia Hippe, who had 17 kills, 10 digs and two blocks, one solo. Hannah Maddux has 16 kills, 13 digs and 5 blocks, three solo. Molly McCage added eight kills, a dig and 7 blocks, 5 solo. The Thrill had no aces however 10 serving errors. Alisha Glass Childress had 44 help, 19 digs, two kills and 5 blocks, one solo.
After Columbus at Orlando on Friday, there are two matches Sunday when the Atlanta Vibe go to the Grand Rapids Rise and the Orlando Valkries play at Omaha.
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