Ohio State received a much-needed victory Thursday because the No. 10 Buckeyes swept No. 12 Ball State in a match that stored them within the MIVA chase.
Fifth-ranked Grand Canyon additionally gained in NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball.
The Atlanta Vibe constructed on its first-place Professional Volleyball Federation lead with a sweep of the Orlando Valkyries.
There was additionally a Division I ladies’s hiring.
The PVF is off till Sunday, however Friday’s males’s slate is busy, particularly within the smaller conferences.
Second-ranked Hawai’i is residence for a Massive West match with No. 18 CSUN.
The MPSF has No. 7 BYU at No. 8 Pepperdine and GCU again at Concordia Irvine, the place it swept on Thursday.
Convention Carolinas as 4 matches, together with league-leading Belmont Abbey (12-4, 7-1) taking part in at Mount Olive (13-6, 6-2). North Greenville (8-7, 6-2), tied with Mount Olive, goes to Barton (9-8. 4-4). Erskine (9-8, 5-3) tries to maintain tempo at King (4-15, 2-6) and Emmanuel (7-14, 2-6) goes to Lees-McRae (1-20, 0-8), which tries to interrupt its 14-match skid.
The EIVA’s No. 17 George Mason performs host to impartial Tusculum.
There are three NEC matches with Sacred Coronary heart at Fairleigh Dickinson, Daeman at Saint Francis (PA) and Merrimack at LIU.
There are three SIAC matches with Benedict at Fort Valley State and Edward Waters set to play twice at Morehouse.
Within the ECC, Dominican performs Wentworth, and amongst independents, Thomas Extra is at Missouri S&T.
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NCAA males
There have been 4 matches Thursday, three within the MIVA.
Ball State’s lead was lower to 1 sport within the loss column after the Cardinals (16-8, 9-2) misplaced to visiting Ohio State (16-7, 9-4). Ohio State, which had misplaced three in a row, together with in 4 units 11 days earlier at residence to Ball State, hit .418. Shane Wetzel led with 13 kills, hit .455, and had an ace, 4 blocks and 7 digs. Kyle Teune had 11 kills with one error in 14 assaults, an help, an ace and three blocks, one solo. Ohio State was with out injured main attacker Jacob Pasteur.
Ball State, which hit .146, received 10 kills from Tinaishe Ndavazocheva …
No. 11 Loyola Chicago (15-8, 9-3) hit .559 and stored tempo with a 25-15, 25-16, 25-16 victory at Quincy (5-14, 1-11). The Ramblers had 39 kills with six errors in 59 assaults. Parker Van Buren had 11 kills with no errors in 12 swings, an ace, a solo block and a dig. Jake Learn had 10 kills with two errors in 13 assaults, 5 of his group’s 9 aces, and a dig. Quincy, which hit .131, received 10 kills from Raje Alleyne …
No. 14 Lewis (13-11,. 6-5) gained 21-25, 25-11, 25-23. 25-14 at Queens (9-14, 2-9) as Max Roquet had 23 kills, hit .395, and had 16 digs. John Davis had 13 kills and 6 blocks, three solo. Probability Shampine led Queens with 15 kills, two assists, three digs and two blocks, one solo …
Grand Canyon improved to 19-2 total, 7-0 within the MPSF, with a 25-16, 25-16, 25-19 win at Concorida Irvine (6-11, 0-5). Camden Gianni led the Lopes with 15 kills and Rico Wardlow had 10 with no errors in as many assaults.
Professional Volleyball Federation
The Grand Rapids Rise (5-5) gained in 4 on Wednesday on the Columbus Fury (4-5) earlier than the Atlanta Vibe (9-3) swept the visiting Orlando Valkyries (5-8) on Thursday.
Emiliya Dimitrova went off for 23 kills, an ace, 12 digs and eight blocks, 4 solo, within the 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 32-20 Rise victory. Claire Chaussee added 16 kills, seven digs and a solo block. Ashley Evans had 47 assists, 13 digs, three blocks assists and three kills. Sarah Sponcil added 13 digs and an help.
The Fury’s Megan Courtney Lush led a balanced assault with 14 kills, 12 digs and three blocks, one solo. Asjia O’Neal had 13 kills, an ace, a dig and three blocks, one solo. Samantha Drechsel had 11 kills, an ace, 16 digs and 6 blocks, one solo. Newly acquired setter Tori Stringer had 49 assists, three kills, 12 digs and 4 blocks, one solo.
The gang was introduced at 2,946.
Atlanta beat Orlando 25-17, 25-13, 25-20 behind 17 kills from Leah Edmond, who had a solo block and 9 digs. Anna Lazareva had 13 kills, 14 digs and 5 blocks, two solo. Morgan Hentz had 14 digs and three assists and Marlie Monserez had 43 assists, 12 digs and 7 block assists.
Orlando had simply 26 kills, 5 every by Jill Gillen, Kaz Brown and Adora Anae.
The gang was introduced at 1,800.
The following PVF match is Sunday when the Vibe go to Columbus.
UCSD hires Greene
Almost two months after making a change, UC San Diego employed Melanie Greene as its ladies’s volleyball coach. Greene, who’s from San Diego, has been an assistant at San Diego State, her alma mater.
UCSD completed 17-13 final 12 months, 9-9 within the Massive West. Ricci Luyties was fired in January after 14 years.