The Atlanta Vibe took sole possession of first place within the Professional Volleyball Federation with a four-set highway victory over the Omaha Supernovas.
In NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball, Ball State got here with a giant victory, whereas additionally within the MIVA McKendree knocked off Lewis. Three different ranked groups — Loyola Chicago, Pepperdine and UC San Diego — all received.
The recaps observe, however first a take a look at Friday’s schedule.
The Ides of March consists of the Massive West match of the season as new No. 1 Hawai’i goes to No. 2 Lengthy Seaside State. Hawai’i, which has received 16 in a row, is 17-1 and opens its Massive West season. The Rainbow Warriors may even be enjoying for the primary time with out main attacker Spyros Chakas, misplaced for the season with a leg damage. Chakas recorded 195 of UH’s 767 kills. Lengthy Seaside State (16-1) is already 2-0 in convention play. Additionally within the Massive West, fifth-ranked UC Irvine is at No. 19 UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego, coming off its Thursday win over CSUN, performs the No. 16 Matadors once more, this time in Northridge.
The lone MIVA match has Lindenwood at Purdue Fort Wayne
The one MPSF crew in motion is No. 4 Grand Canyon, which performs host to the EIVA’s NJIT.
Three different EIVA groups play as Charleston goes to North Greenville of Convention Carolinas, No. 15 Princeton is on the NEC’s Fairleigh Dickinson, and No. 17 George Mason is dwelling for Mount Olive of Convention Carolinas.
There’s an NEC match when Merrimack goes to Sacred Coronary heart and the NEC’s LIU is dwelling St. Thomas Aquinas of the ECC. The ECC’s Dominican is dwelling Kentucky State of the SIAC.
Two different Convention Carolinas groups are in motion as Belmont Abbey is dwelling for unbiased Tusculum and King entertains Warner.
Lincoln Memorial is at Thomas Extra in a match of independents.
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Professional Volleyball Federation
Not solely did Atlanta prime Omaha, the league had some vital off-the-court information.
ATLANTA 3, OMAHA 1: The Vibe improved to 8-3, whereas Omaha fell to 7-4 after Atlanta’s 25-20, 15-25, 25-21, 25-12 victory.
Anna Lazareva led the Vibe wity 18 kills, 10 digs, seven block assists and an ace. Leketor Member-Meneh had 10 kills, an ace, eight digs and three blocks, two solo. Leah Edmond had 12 kills, 17 digs and three blocks, two solo. Jehlarova Magdalena added 5 kills, two digs and eight blocks, 4 solo.
Brooke Nuneviller and Nia Reed had 9 kills every for the Supernovas. Nuneviller had 12 digs, an ace and a block, and Reed added an ace, 5 digs and a block help. Hristina Vuchkova had 5 kills however hit detrimental and had three digs and 9 blocks, 5 solo.
The crowed at CHI Middle was introduced as 8,114.
The subsequent PVF match is Saturday when the Orlando Valkyries go to Omaha. Sunday, the Vegas Thrill go to the Grand Rapids Rise.
PVF HAPPENINGS: The league will lastly be seen on the CBS Sports activities Community, beginning on April 6 when Orlando performs at Grand Rapids. It’s the primary of seven showings on the cable community. the 24-hour dwelling of CBS Sports activities.
The PVF stated, “Every Professional Volleyball Federation crew will likely be featured in not less than one telecast as a part of the schedule, with Grand Rapids and Omaha main the league with three appearances every. This yr’s slate is a part of a multi-year settlement with CBS Sports activities.” Click on right here for the full PVF information launch …
Earlier than Thursday’s match, Atlanta traded Tori Dilfer Stringer to the Columbus Fury. The previous Louisville star reunites with Columbus coach Ángel Pérez, whom she performed for in 2022 on Las Pinkin de Corozal in Puerto Rico. Stringer was named the Puerto Rican’s league’s greatest setter within the 2022-23 season. After aquiring Stringer for future draft picks, the Fury waived setter Gabby Blossom …
The PVF is a seven-team league with extra franchises approaching board in 2025. Considered one of them, Dallas, that basketball corridor of famer Nancy Leiberman will likely be certainly one of its proprietor. Click on right here for the full PVF information launch.
NCAA males
No. 15 Ball State (15-7, 7-1 MIVA) maintain a two-game lead within the loss column over No. 8 Ohio State (15-6, 8-3), No. 20 McKendree (12-6, 7-3) and No. 12 Loyola Chicago (13-8. 7-3) after its 34-32, 15-25, 25-22, 26-24 victory at Ohio State.
Patrick Rogers had 24 kills for Ball State, hitting .383, to go together with three assists and eight digs. Tinaishe Ndavazocheva had 16 kills, an ace, three blocks and 4 digs. Lucas Machado had 4 kills in 5 errorless tries, 41 assists, two blocks and eight digs. His crew hit .241 and had 4 aces and 14 serving errors.
Ohio State’s Shane Wetzel, had 22 kills, eight within the first set. Wetzel, who hit .326, had no aces and 5 errors, two blocks and 6 digs. Jacob Pasteur had 11 kills however 9 errors, three assists, an ace, trhee blocks and eight digs. Ohio State hit .231 and likewise had 4 aces and 14 errors …
McKendree received 21-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 15-11 at Lewis (11-11, 4-5) behind 20 kills from Kevin Schuele, who hit .310 and had an help and 4 digs. Sam Hoskin and Nathan Flayter had 11 kills every and D’Aaron McCraney had 10 kills with one error in 17 assaults, a dig and 4 blocks, one solo. Tyler Poulson had two kills in three errorless tries, 46 assists, three aces, two blocks and 7 digs. His crew his .344 and had eight aces and 16 errors. Lewis, which hit .301 and had 5 aces and 20 errors, obtained 20 kills from Daniel Haber and 19 from Max Roquet. Haber hit .429 and had an ace, a block and 7 digs. Tyler Morgan had a kill, 52 assists, three blocks and 9 digs … Additionally within the MIVA, Loyola Chicago beat visiting Quincy (5-12, 1-9) as Parker Van Buren had 18 kills, Daniel Fabikovic 15 and Jake Learn 14 within the 25-18, 25-17, 19-25, 25-14 victory. Van Buren hit .483 and had an help, an ace, a block and a dig. Loyola hit .419 and had seven aces and 16 errors. Quincy’s Raje Alleyne had 16 kills, an ace, three blocks and 5 digs …
Within the MPSF, No, 9 Pepperdine (15-5, 3-3) beat visiting No 12 USC (11-10, 2-5) as Cole Ketrzynski had 15 kills, Ryan Wheeler 10 and Martin de Chavarria 9 within the 28-26, 25-23 25-20 victory. Ketrzynski had no aces and 5 errors, however three block and 5 digs. Wheeler hit .615 and had three aces, 4 blocks and two digs. de Chavarria additionally hit .615 with one error in 13 swings and had 4 blocks and three digs. Ryan Graves has a kill, 47 assists, an ace, a block and 4 digs. His crew hit .358 and had 5 aces and 15 errors. USC, which hit .342, had three aces and 18 errors. Dillon Klein led with 19 kills, two blocks and three digs. Caleb Blanchette had 44 assists, a block and 13 digs …
No.18 UC San Diego (10-10, 2-2 Massive West) beat visiting No. 16 CSUN (9-9, 0-1) as Anthony Cherfan had 12 kills, two aces, seven block and 7 digs within the 20-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-22 victory. CSUN’s Kyle Hobus had 23 kills, an help, an ace, a block and 6 digs …
Roberts Wesleyan (8-11) of the ECC beat the SIAC’s Kentucky State (5-9) in 4. Griffin Monrad had 12 kills with one error in 26 assaults.