Jack Deuchar went off for a career-high 30 kills and sixth-seeded USC knocked third-seeded BYU out of the MPSF Championship. It units up Thursday’s semifinals at USC pitting the Trojans vs. top-seeded UCLA and Wednesday’s two winners, Grand Canyon vs. Stanford.
There was an enormous upset within the EIVA semifinals as last-place and sixth-seeded Charleston not solely beat third-seeded Princeton, however swept the Tigers. Charleston performs second-seeded George Mason on Thursday, whereas top-seeded Penn State will get fifth-seeded Harvard, which beat fourth-seeded NJIT.
The MIVA semifinals are Thursday with top-seeded Ball State dealing with No. 4 Lindenwood and second-seeded Loyola Chicago vs. third-seeded Ohio State.
The Massive West Championship will get underway with quarterfinals in Hawai’i, the SIAC tourney will get underway at Edward Waters and the NEC tourney continues.
There was one Professional Volleyball Federation match Wednesday because the Vegas Thrill swept the Columbus Fury.
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MPSF: USC (13-14) received a wild one in ousting BYU 30-32, 29-27, 25-23, 18-25, 15-12.
Deuchar had 30 kills and eight errors in 54 assaults to hit .407 and had an help, 4 aces, a block and 7 digs. Dillon Klein had 12 kills, three blocks and 9 digs. Kyle Paulson had 10 kills in 15 errorless swings, an ace, two blocks and 4 digs, and Riley Haine had 9 kills, an help, a block and 5 digs. setter Caleb Blanchette had a career-best 61 assists as USC hit .343 and each groups had six aces and 22 serving errors.
BYU, which ended its season 16-9, received 25 kills from Luke Benson, who hit .465 and had an ace, 4 digs and two blocks, one solo. Miks Ramanis had 19 kills, hit .325 and had three aces, 5 digs and three blocks, one solo. Kupono Browne added 14 kills, three assists, a block and 9 digs. BYU hit .353.
UCLA (22-4) has crushed USC twice this season, sweeping on February 29 at USC and successful in 4 March 2 at ULCA.
GCU (23-4) swept Concordia Irvine (6-19) because the Lopes hit .364 in a 25-19, 27-25, 25-22 victory. Camden Gianni led with 16 kills, hitting .324, to go along with two blocks and 6 digs. Jarrett Anderson had 14 kills, hit .435, and had three of his crew’s 4 aces, two blocks and three digs. Nicholas Slight had a kill, 47 assists, two blocks and 4 digs.
Stanford (14-11) has received 5 in a row after eliminating Pepperdine (17-11). Will Rottman had 13 kills and hit .345 within the 25-22, 25-17, 25-19 victory to go along with an help, three aces, two block and 10 digs. Theo Snoey and Kevin Lamp had eight kills every. Pepperdine’s Akin Akinwumi had 15 kills, hit .364, and had an ace, two blocks and two digs.
GCU swept visiting Stanford twice this season, on March 1 and two days later.
EIVA: Charleston (13-15), which had misplaced 4 of 5, together with a five-setter to Princeton to finish the common season, swept the Tigers 25-17, 25-23, 27-25 to make the semifinals for the primary time in program historical past. Charleston, which hit .352, received 15 kills from Garret Schnitker and 13 from Ras Jesse Delancy. Schnitker hit .385 and had 5 digs and three blocks, whereas Delancy had 4 assists, two blocks and 7 digs. Setter Paul Stommel had two kills in as many tries, 35 assists, an ace, two blocks and 6 digs.
Princeton, which ended its season 12-12, received 17 kills from Nyherowo Omene, who hit .444 and had two assists, a block and three digs. Ben Harrington had 12 kills, two blocks and three digs.
Harvard (12-12), which misplaced to NJIT (11-15) in 4 to finish the common season, swept the Highlanders 25-22, 25-18, 25-20. Ethan McCrary had 12 kills with no errors in 16 assaults, an help, an ace and a block. Zach Berty had 9 kills, an ace, a block and 4 digs. Setter James Bardin, whose crew hit .347, had seven kills with one error in 11 tries, 30 assists, a block and 9 digs. NJIT’s Alessandro Negri had 15 kills with out an error in 27 assaults, two assists, a block and 9 digs. Carson Williams had seven kills with one error in 15 swings, an ace, three blocks and a dig.
BIG WEST: The Massive West Championship begins Thursday at Hawai’i with No. 4 UC San Diego (12-14) enjoying fifth-seeded CSUN (12-15) and third-seeded Hawai’i (22-6) dealing with No. 6 UC Santa Barbara (9-17).
On Friday, the UCSD-CSUN winner will get top-seeded Lengthy Seashore State (23-2) and the UH-UCSB winner will get No. 2 UC Irvine (18-9).
MIVA: The semifinals are Thursday when top-seeded Ball State (21-9) performs fourth-seeded Lindenwood (15-11) and second-seeded Loyola Chicago (19-9) performs third-seeded Ohio State (20-8). Ball State beat Lindenwood in 5 on February 10 and swept on March 16. Loyola beat Ohio State in 5 on February 9 after which once more in 5 on March 2.
SIAC: The league event begins Thursday at Edward Waters in Jacksonville, Florida.
Fifth-seeded Benedict (3-16) performs fourth-seeded Kentucky State (5-19)after which sixth-seeded Morehouse (1-17) performs third-seeded Central State (7-27).
Later Thursday, the Benedict-KSU winner performs top-seeded Fort Valley State (14-8), the one crew within the league with an general successful document after going 10-0 in convention play, after which the Morehouse-CSU winner will get No. 2 Edward Waters (12-15). The convention has an computerized bid, however Edward Waters will not be eligible.
CONFERENCE CAROLINAS: In Friday’s semifinals, fourth-seeded Mount Olive (17-9) faces top-seeded Belmont Abbey (19-4) earlier than sixth-seeded King (7-20) performs second-seeded North Greenville (14-8).
Belmont Abbey swept Mount Olive in each of their regular-season matches. North Greenville and King break up their two conferences. Each have been sweeps.
NEC: The semifinals for the NEC, which doesn’t get an computerized bid, pits top-seeded Saint Francis (PA) towards sixth-seeded Sacred Coronary heart and second-seeded Daemen towards fourth-seeded FDU.
Sacred Coronary heart (12-19) upset third-seeded LIU (14-13) on Wednesday, whereas FDU (12-14) knocked out fifth-seeded Merrimack (9-16).
In Sacred Coronary heart’s 25-21, 20-25, 30-28, 25-21 victory, Patrick Mucherino led with 22 kills, hitting .429. He had an help, an ace, three digs and three blocks. Carlos Santa Cruz had 12 kills, an ace and three blocks, one solo. LIU’s Kale Spencer had 18 kills and Livan Moreno had 14, hitting .391, and had 5 of his crew’s 10 aces and two blocks.
FDU beat Merrimack 25-23, 27-25, 20-25, 25-23 as Ethan Younger led a balanced assault with 11 kills and Dylan McFadden had eight. Merrimack’s Logan Whitaker had 19 kills, two aces, eight digs and 4 blocks, one solo.
Professional Volleyball Federation
The Vegas Thrill (6-12) broke a five-match dropping streak and climbed out of the cellar with a 25-18, 25-23, 25-18 victory over the visiting Columbus Fury (5-11).
Hannah Maddux led a balanced Vegas assault with 12 kills, an ace, seven digs and a block help. Layne Van Buskirk had 9 kills, hit .538, and had an ace, an help, 4 digs and eight blocks, two solo. Kenna Sauer had eight kills, 10 digs and three blocks, one solo. Setter Alisha Glass Childress had 41 assists, 14 digs, a kill and 5 blocks, three solo. Kylie Murr had 13 digs and three assists.
The Fury, which has misplaced six in a row, had simply 33 kills, 10 by Kendall Kipp and eight every by Jenaisya Moore and Kaitlyn Hord.
The lone PVF match Thursday has the fifth-place Orlando Valkyries (7-10) on the third-place Grand Rapids Rise (8-9).
