Second-ranked Grand Canyon opened MPSF play Friday with a hard-fought sweep at BYU to remain unbeated in NCAA males’s volleyball, unranked Lindenwood upset No. 13 Lewis within the MIVA, there have been three EIVA convention openers and two guys named Zach had 22 kills every in victories for his or her groups.
We have now the AVCA preseason NCAA seaside ballot and the Orlando Valkyries beat the Columbus Fury in 4 units in the one Professional Volleyball Federation match of the day.
Saturday males’s schedule
The 2 MPSF matches present fourth-ranked UCLA at No. 11 Pepperdine and No. 2 Grand Canyon again at No. 6 BYU.
Two Large West groups play non-conference matches when No. 7 UC Irvine goes again to No. 5 Stanford once more and top-ranked Lengthy Seashore State performs host to the SIAC’s Edward Waters.
Within the MIVA, No. 8 Ohio State is dwelling for Quincy and No. 14 Ball State goes to No. 10 Loyola Chicago.
The EIVA’s slate has No. 9 Penn State again at Princeton, Charleston at Harvard and No. 17 George Mason on the NEC’s Fairleigh Dickinson.
In Convention Carolinas, Mount Olive is at Belmont Abbey, Lees-McRae is at Emmanuel, King is at Erskine and Barton is at North Greenville.
There are three NEC matches with D’Youville at Sacred Coronary heart, Saint Francis (PA) at LIU and Daemen at Merrimack.
The ECC’s American Worldwide performs each Japanese Nazerene and Emerson and within the convention, Roberts Wesleyan performs St. Thomas Aquinas.
Unbiased motion has Missouri S&T taking part in Cumberland and Roosevelt dealing with Maryville.
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Males’s outcomes
Second-ranked Grand Canyon improved to 10-0 general because the Lopes received their MPSF opener 34-32, 25-23, 25-23 at BYU (9-4, 0-1). Camden Gianni had 12 kills, two aces, six digs and 4 blocks and Rico Wardlow had 10 kills with one error in 14 assaults to go together with an ace, 5 digs and three blocks. BYU’s Luke Benson had 13 kills and Miks Ramanis 12 … No. 12 USC (10-4, 2-0) survived a 25-21, 25-12, 22-25, 23-25, 15-10 go to from Concordia Irvine (5-3, 0-2). Dillon Klein had 18 kills, three blocks and 4 digs and Jack Deuchar had 17 kills, hit .394 and had two aces, three blocks and three digs. Wesley Smith had 12 kills in 14 errorless assaults, 4 blocks and 4 digs. Caleb Blanchette had a kill, 55 assists, an ace, two blocks and 13 digs. CUI bought 17 kills from Christian Galoppo, 16 from Ties Cornelissen and 15 from Gage Doble …
The opposite MPSF staff in motion, Stanford (7-4) was knocked off in 4 by visiting UC Irvine (7-4) of the Large West, which hit .368. Hilier Henno had 23 kills within the 28-26, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19 victory, hitting .422 with an assists, three aces, seven digs and 5 blocks, one solo. William D’Arcy had 10 kills and Connor Campbell had 9 in 11 errorless assaults, an ace, three blocks and two digs. Stanford’s Theo Snoey had a season-best 19 kills as he hit .441 and had a block and 6 digs. Ethan Hill had 11 kills with one error in 17 assaults …
The opposite two Large West groups in motion had straightforward sweeps. No. 1 Lengthy Seashore State (11-1) hit .448 and crushed visiting Central State (0-14) of the SIAC 25-10, 25-10, 25-16. Nathan Harlan had 10 kills for Lengthy Seashore, hitting .571 to go together with two assists, an ace, two digs and two blocks, two greater than Central State had as a staff. Central State had 15 kills and 23 errors … No. 20 UC San Diego (5-8) routed Edward Waters (2-3) of the SIAC 25-16, 25-15, 25-21 as 9 Tritons had kills and their staff hit .493. Sebastian Lara led with 9 kills. He had one error in 13 assaults, three assists, an ace and three digs …
In a MIVA upset, Lindenwood (4-7, 1-3) received 20-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-17 at Lewis (7-6, 2-3), hitting .370. Ian Schuller led with 16 kills and had simply two errors in 25 assaults to go together with 4 of his staff’s 14 aces, 10 digs and two blcoks. AJ Lewis had 15 kills with two errors in 26 assaults, two assists, seven aces and 9 digs …The MIVA’s Ohio State (9-3, 3-1) hit .348 and swept visiting Quincy (5-3, 1-3) as eight Buckeyes had kills, 12 by Daniel Hurley. Noah Platfoot had a kill in his solely attempt, 28 assistst, 4 blocks and 5 digs. Raje Alleyne had 14 kills and hit .400 for Quincy … McKendree 97-4, 4-1) hit a program-record .527 and swept visiting Queens (6-9, 2-4) as Nikos Xydakis had 12 kills with one error in 21 assaults, an help, an ace, two digs and 4 blocks. McKendree has received 5 in a row …
Princeton (6-6, 0-1) took the primary set off visiting Penn State (9-3, 1-0) earlier than the Nittany Lions got here away with a 20-25, 27-25, 25-22, 25-23 victory within the EIVA opener for each groups. Penn State, which hit .344 and had 4 aces and 29 serving errors, bought 11 kills every from John Kerr and Toby Ezeonu, who had 5 blocks every, 10 kills from Owen Rose and 9 every from Michael Valenzi and Michal Kowal. Princeton’s Nyherowo Omene had 20 kills, hit .375, and had an help, three aces, a solo block and a dig …
Harvard (4-4, 1-0) beat visiting Charleston (7-4, 0-1) in 4 of their EIVA opener. Seven Crimson gamers had three or extra kills, 9 by Logan Shepherd, who had an help, an ace and three blocks, one solo … George Mason (4-5, 0-1) received in 4 at NJIT (7-6, 0-1) as seven Mason gamers had three or extra kills, 10 by Colin Heath, who had one error in 16 assaults and 9 from Sam Peters, who additionally had one error in 16 swings …
In a four-match day in Convention Carolinas, North Greenville (4-3. 3-0) stayed the lone unbeaten in league play with a four-set win over visiting Mount Olive (8-2, 2-1). Diego Rosich had 16 kills for North Greenville to go together with two assists, a solo block, an ace and 9 digs … Zach Puentes had 22 kills as Belmont Abbey (6-2, 2-1) beat visiting Barton (5-3, 1-2) in 4. Puentes hit .439, and had an ace, seven digs and two blocks, one solo … Erskine (6-4, 2-1) swept visiting Lees-McRae (1-9, 0-3) and Emmanuel (3-7, 1-2) did the identical to King (1-10, 1-2) …
There have been three NEC matches. Merrimack (3-6, 1-0) hit .351 and swept visiting D’Youville (5-2, 0-2) in its leage opener. Logan Whitaker had 14 kills, hit .545 and had an help, an ace, a dig and three blocks, two solo …
Zach Schneider had 22 kills as Daemen (7-2, 2-0) received in 4 at Sacred Coronary heart (5-7, 0-1). Schneider hit .378 and had an ace and three digs.
Saint Francis (PA) (6-5, 1-0) received in 5 at LIU (3-9, 0-1) as Nathan Zini had 18 kills and Andrew Deardorff 15 …
Within the ECC, St. Thomas Aquinas (2-9) swept Roberts Wesleyan (4-8) …
Amongst independents, Maryville swept Cumberland, Missouri S&T did the identical to Roosevelt and Thomas Extra misplaced in 5 to Tusculum, which bought 19 kills from Deklan Wingo, who had an help, an ace, eight digs and three blocks, two solo.
AVCA seaside high 20
The preseason AVCA Collegiate Seashore Ballot reveals USC — which has received the final 4 NCAA titles — with 21 of the 22 first-place votes. Second-place UCLA bought the opposite.
The ballot seems loads like how issues go for the highest groups each season, with Florida State No. 3, adopted by TCU, Loyola Marymount and LSU.
USC opens protection of its title on Wednesday when it performs UCLA at No. 9 Hawai’i in a match that additionally contains LMU.
Click on right here for the complete AVCA Ballot.
Professional Volleyball Federation
The Orlando Valkyries (2-2) defeated the Columbus Fury (0-2) 25-27, 25-22, 25-20, 25-11.
Adora Anae led the Valkyries with 15 kills and 10 digs and Jill Gillen and Kaz Brown had 12 kills apiece. Gillen, who hit .430, had 10 digs, and Brown hit .500 and had 5 blocks. Wilma Rivera had 4 aces, three kills, 48 assists, 9 digs and two blocks, one solo.
Reagan Cooper had 19 kills, an ace, 5 digs and a block for Columbus. Her teammates mixed for 25 kills, six by Samantha Drechsel.
The subsequent matches are Sunday when the Atlanta Vibe go to the Grand Rapids Rise and the Orlando Valkyries play on the Omaha Supernovas.
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