NCAA Males
April 7, 2024
Fourth-ranked Hawai’i bounced again in a Huge (West) manner at No. 5 UC Irvine, second-ranked UCLA broke the tie on the high of the MPSF with a five-set win over No. 3 Grand Canyon, and No. 13 USC knocked off No. 6 BYU in NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball Saturday.
Ball State pulled off a reverse sweep to clinch the MIVA regular-season title outright and Belmont Abbey wrapped up the Convention Carolinas regular-season crown for the primary time.
Line of the day: Emmanuel’s Eli Zdonek had 34 kills in a five-set Convention Carolinas loss to Barton.
The boys are off till Tuesday with no in-conference matches till Thursday, so the one volleyball on faucet Sunday is when the Columbus Fury play on the San Diego Mojo within the Professional Volleyball Federation. Talking of the PVF, within the lone league match Saturday the Orlando Valkyries beat the Grand Rapids Rise in 5.
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MPSF: UCLA (20-4, 9-1), which swept visiting Grand Canyon (20-4, 8-2) the day earlier than, battled to a 24-26, 25-22, 25-23, 18-25, 15-8 victory that broke a tie on the high of the convention. Each groups have two matches left within the common season.
Merrick McHenry led the Bruins with 14 kills and hit .522 after having two errors in 23 assaults to go along with an help, three of his workforce’s 10 aces, two blocks and three digs. Ethan Champlin had 12 kills, two assists, two blocks and 7 digs. Andrew Rowan had 5 kills in seven errorless makes an attempt, 48 assists, an ace, two blocks and 5 digs. His workforce hit .312.
GCU’s Jarrett Anderson led the Lopes with 19 kills, hitting .405, to go along with six digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Camden Gianni had 14 kills, hit .344, and had three assists, an ace, two blocks and 6 digs. Jackson Hickman added 13 kills, two assists, two blocks and 10 digs. Nicholas Slight had three kills in 4 errorless tries, 46 assists, a block and 9 digs. His workforce hit .377 …Â
USC (12-12, 3-7), which misplaced in 4 to visiting BYU (16-8, 7-5) the day earlier than, got here again to win 20-25, 27-25, 26-28, 29-27, 18-16 to finish its dwelling season with a flourish. Noah Roberts led with a career-high 19 kills, hitting .593 to go along with 9 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Dillon Klein had 16 kills, three aces, 5 blocks and 6 digs, and Kyle Paulson had 10 kills, hit .368, and had an ace, six blocks and 7 digs. Markus Olssson and Riley Haine had 9 kills every. Olsson’s was a profession excessive together with the match winner, as he hit .400 and had six blocks and three digs. Caleb Blanchette had two kills in 4 errorless tries, 60 assists, three blocks and three digs.
Kupono Browne led BYU with 20 kills and had 5 of his workforce’s 12 aces to go along with 5 blocks and 7 digs. Miks Ramanis had 16 kills, an help, additionally 5 aces, 5 block and 9 digds. Luke Bendon had 15 kills and Gavin Julien 11 with one error in 15 assaults. Ethan Gant had seven kills with one error in 15 swings, an ace and 9 blocks. Tyler Herget had 59 assists, a block and 9 digs …Â
Stanford (11-11, 4-6), which beat CUI (6-16, 0-10) in 5 the day earlier than, received once more, this time 23-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-23. The Cardinal, which hit .380, obtained 12 kills from Will Rottman, who had two help, 4 digs and two blocks, one solo. Theo Snoey had 11 kills, hit .400, and had 5 of his workforce’s 13 aces to go along with a block and 5 digs. Kevin Lamp, who had six kills with one error in 16 swings, had six aces, two blocks and 6 digs.
CUI, which has misplaced 11 in a row, go 17 kills from Christian Galoppo.
BIG WEST: Hawai’i (21-5, 4-4) obtained swept at UC Irvine (17-8, 6-2) on Friday, however got here again Saturday to win 22-25, 27-25, 25-18, 25-18. Louis Sakanoko led the Rainbow Warriors with 16 kills, hitting .375, to go along with two assists, an ace, a block and eight digs. Alaka’i Todd had 12 kills, two assists, an ace, 5 block and 7 digs. Guillherme Voss had eight kills with one error in 13 assaults, an help, three blocks and a dig. Keoni Thiim had eight kills, an help, 12 digs and three blocks, one solo. Tread Rosenthal had 5 kills in 10 errorless tries, 47 assists, ana ce, 9 digs and 5 blocks. His workforce hit .362.
UCI, which hit .425 the night time earlier than, hit .146. Hilir Henno led with 13 kills and William D’Arcy had 12 …Â
Prime-ranked Lengthy Seaside State (22-1, 8-0) simply retains on rolling, this time with a 25-23, 25-21, 25-21 win at No. 15 CSUN (11-14, 2-6). Lengthy Seaside, which has received 12 in a row, clinched not less than a share of the Huge West regular-season title, with two matches left in opposition to UCI. Lengthy Seaside hit .359 and had seven aces to CSUN’s one. Sotiris Siapanis had 13 kills, hitting .417, to go along with an help, two aces and two digs. Nathan Harlan and Skyler Varga had 11 kills every. CSUN’s Jalen Phillips had 11 kills with one error in 19 assaults.
MIVA: The MIVA match bracket is ready and Ball State (20-9, 13-3) is the No. 1 seed after the No. 11 Cardinals pulled off a reverse sweep over visiting No. 18 McKendree (14-11, 8-8). Loyola Chicago (18-9, 12-4) obtained the No. 2 seed and Ohio State (19-8, 11-5) completed third.
In Ball State’s 21-25, 20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-8 win over McKendree, Tinaisha Ndavazocheva had a career-high 27 kills, hitting .449, to go along with an help, two aces, eight digs and three blocks, one solo. His teammates mixed for 35 kills. McKendree’s Bryce Wetjen had 15 kills, an help, two digs, an ace and 4 blocks, two solo. Kevin Schuele had 13 kills, an ace, eight digs and three blocks, one solo …Â
Loyola swept visiting Lewis (15-14, 8-8), which obtained the No. 6 seed. Parker Van Buren had 21 kills for the Ramblers, hitting .475 after having two errors in 40 assaults to go along with two assists, an ace, three blocks and 5 digs. Daniel Faikovic had 11 kills, hit .360, and had an help, three blocks and 5 digs … No. 20 Purdue Fort Wayne (14-11, 8-8) obtained the fifth seed with a sweep of Quincy (5-19, 1-15), which completed its season with 18 consecutive losses. Mark Frazier led PFW with 16 kills, hitting .565 … Lindenwood (13-11, 9-7) took the fourth seed because it received in 4 at Queens (9-19, 2-14), which grabbed eighth spot within the the tourney as a first-year MIVA member. Ian Schuller had 15 kills for Lindenwood and Clay Wieter added 14 and AJ Lewis 13.
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EIVA: No. 11 Penn State (19-6, 8-0) swept 25-14, 25-19, 30-28 at Charleston (11-14, 2-6) and lead No. 16 George Mason (17-7, 6-2) by two video games with two video games left. And so they play one another subsequent Friday and Saturday at Penn State.
John Kerr led a balanced Penn State assault with 14 kills. Michael Valezi had 10 to go along with an ace and 5 blocks, two solo …
Mason swept visiting Harvard (11-10, 3-5) as Omar Hoyos had 13 kills and Colin Heath 10 within the 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 victory.
CONFERENCE CAROLINAS: Belmont Abbey (17-4, 12-1) beat visiting King (6-18, 4-9) 25-23, 25-21, 27-25. Zach Puentes led the Crusaders with 12 kills and Matthew Staskuna and Jibriel Elhaddad had eight every … North Greenville (13-8, 10-3) completed second after sweeping Lees-McRae (1-26, 0-13), which misplaced its twentieth in a row. Diego Rosich had 11 kills and Tom Curry 10 with one error in 13 assaults … Erskine (13-9, 9-4) swept Mount Olive (15-9, 8-5) to interrupt a tie for third between them as Pablo Zamar had 14 kills, hitting .357 with an ace, 5 digs and 4 blocks … and Barton (12-11, 6-7) received in 5 at Emmanuel (9-18, 3-10) regardless of a program-record 34 kills by Emmanuel’s Eli Zdonek, a 6-foot senior exterior who hit .409 and had two aces, 12 digs and a block. Teammate Aiden Feeney had 19 kills. Barton’s Brandon Johnson had 11 kills, Ryan Geraci 10, and Luke Deppe and Jake Adams eight every.
There’s one convention match left for every workforce earlier than the match begins April 16.
AROUND THE NATION: First-place Saint Francis (PA) improved to 18-8, 10-0 within the NEC with its sixth victory in a row, a four-set win at last-place D’Youville (10-11, 1-9). Andrew Deardorff led with 17 kills, hitting .556 and Nathan Zini added 15 kills … Merrimack (8-14, 3-7) obtained 20 kills from Yulius Melvin Brown Rudolf and beat LIU (14-12, 8-4) in 4 … FDU (11-12, 5-5) beat Sacred Coronary heart (10-17, 2-8) in 4 as Jamal Ellis Carballo had 25 kills, hitting .450 with an ace, six digs and three blocks, one solo, whereas Patrick Mucherino had 25 kills for SHU. He hit .333 and had 4 digs and three blocks, one solo … Second-place Daemen (16-6, 7-3) swept Roberts Wesleyan (7-15) of the ECC …Â
Within the SIAC, Edward Waters (11-13, 8-1) swept Benedict (2-14, 2-6) and Fort Valley State (10-8, 6-0) did the identical to Central State (6-26, 4-4) … DIII MIT swept American Worldwide of the ECC … Lincoln Memorial (19-5) swept fellow impartial Tusculum (6-22) because the Railsplitters hit .456.
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The visiting Orlando Valkyries (7-8) got here away with a 25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 19-25, 15-9 victory over the Grand Rapids Rise (6-8) to maneuver into sole possession of third place.
The Atlanta Vibe lead at 12-4, a recreation up on the Omaha Supernovas (11-5). The Columbus Fury (5-8) are a recreation again of Grand Rapids within the win column, adopted by the San Diego Mojo (4-7) and Vegas Thrill (5-10).
Adora Anae led Orlando in opposition to the Rise with 16 kills, an help, 12 digs and 6 blocks, three solo. Kaz Brown had 13 kills, an ace, a dig and 5 blocks, 4 solo. Jill Gillen, who entered the match late, had 4 kills, all within the fifth set, with no errors in 10 assaults and 4 digs and two blocks, one solo. Shainah Joseph had 9 kills, 13 digs and three blocks, one solo. Abby Hansen had seven kills with one error in 12 assaults, an help, a dig and 4 blocks, two solo. Wilma Rivera had 35 assists, eight digs, two kills, two block assists and an ace. Georgia Murphy had 13 digs ans 5 assists.
Grand Rapids, which has misplaced three in a row, obtained one other massive efficiency from Claire Chaussee, who completed with 23 kills, an ace, 22 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Shannon Scully had 15 kills, an ace, 14 digs and two block assists. Emiliya Dimitrova had 13 kills, an ace, three assists, 12 digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Ashley Evans, who had 52 assists, had an ace, two kills, 15 digs and 7 blocks, one solo.
The match at Grand Rapids drew 5,250, the second-largest dwelling crowd for the Rise for the reason that sellout season opener (7,805).