Fort Valley State goes to the NCAA’s Nationwide Collegiate Males’s Championship.
The Wildcats, who breezed by means of the SIAC with a 10-0 regular-season report, gained that convention’s event Friday by sweeping Central State to say the SIAC’s historic first computerized NCAA bid.
5 extra computerized bids will probably be earned Saturday with event championships within the Huge West, Convention Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA and MPSF.
The remaining two spots will probably be stuffed with at-large bids when the NCAA bracket is introduced Sunday.
Within the Professional Volleyball Federation on Friday, the Columbus Fury broke the first-place Atlanta Vibe’s six-match successful streak as Kendall Kipp had 25 kills, 11 digs, 4 blocks — three solo — and two aces. There’s one PVF match Saturday when the San Diego Mojo play on the Omaha Supernovas.
FVSU wins SIAC
Fort Valley State (17-8) thumped Central State (9-27) 25-21, 25-17, 25-15.
Isaiah Fedd had 13 kills, an help, an ace, a block and two digs. Chey Cooper added 10 kills, hit .368, and had two assists, three aces, a block and 13 digs. FVSU hit .253 and had 9 aces and solely 4 serving errors.
That is the third yr of the SIAC however the first yr the league will get an NCAA bid.
Central State, which hit .127 and had two aces and 6 errors, received 17 of their 32 kills from Tyrone Sands. He had an ace, two blocks and 10 digs.
Huge West: Lengthy Seaside vs. UCI
High-seeded Lengthy Seaside State (24-2) performs second-seeded UC Irvine (19-9) at Hawai’i.
The winner will get the Huge West’s computerized bid, however the loser is nearly assuredly going to be one of many two at-large recipients.
They cut up back-to-back matches only a week in the past to finish the common season, with UCI sweeping at residence on April 6 after which Lengthy Seaside doing the identical a day later.
Friday, Lengthy Seaside State knocked out fifth-seeded CSUN 25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 25-22 as Clarke Godbold tied his season excessive with 18 kills. Godbold hit .368 and had an ace, a block and a dig. Sotiris Siapanis had 13 kills, hit .360, and had two assists, two aces, two blocks and 6 digs. Skyler Varga had 12 kills with two errors in 24 assaults to hit .417 and had two blocks and 5 digs. Simon Torwie had six kills, hit .364, and had seven blocks, two solo. Lengthy Seaside hit .358 and had three aces and 16 errors.
CSUN, which ended its season 13-16, hit .252 and had 5 aces and 15 serving errors. Jalen Phillips capped his excellent season with 19 kills, two blocks and 5 digs. Kyle Hobus and Griffin Walters had 13 kills every.
UC Irvine battled to a 26-24, 36-34, 25-15 victory over third-seeded Hawai’i, which most definitely ended its season 23-7. The Rainbow Warriors, 18-2 at residence earlier than Friday, performed the top of the season with out main assault Spyros Chakas and went 6-6 of their final 12 matches.
UCI, which hit .376 and had six aces and 10 errors, fought off 9 Hawai’i set factors within the second set. Hilir Henno had a big-time night time with 24 kills and one error in 45 assaults to hit .511 and added two assists, an ace, two blocks and 5 digs. Akhil Tangutur had 9 kills in 21 errorless swings, two assists, two ace and eight digs. Setter Brett Sheward had a kill in his solely try, 38 assists, an ace, two blocks and 10 digs.
Hawai’i received 12 kills from Louis Sakanoko, who had an help, an ace and 5 digs. Keoni Thiim had 11 kills, hit .375, and had two assists and eight digs. Chaz Galloway and Guilherme Voss had 9 kills every. Galloway had one error in 15 assaults, two blocks and 5 digs. Voss hit .353 and had a block and three digs. Hawaii hit .315 and had 4 aces and 19 errors.
Convention Carolinas: Belmont Abbey vs. N. Greenville
The highest two seeds, No. 1 Belmont Abbey and No. 2 North Greenville, will play for the title in North Charleston, South Carolina. North Greenville gained their first regular-season assembly, in 4 on February 6, however at Belmont Abbey on February 27 the Crusaders in flip gained at residence. The winner will get the convention’s computerized NCAA bid.
Belmont Abbey (20-4) hit .420 and got here away with a 25-19, 25-15, 25-23 sweep of Mount Olive, which ended its season 17-10). The Crusaders, who’ve gained eight in a row, have been led by Zach Puentes, who had 17 kills, hit .375, and had a block and 6 digs. Jibriel Elhaddad had 11 kills with no errors in 14 assaults and three blocks, and Matthew Staskunas had seven kills, an help, three aces, a block and 9 digs. Belmont Abbey had three aces and 12 errors.
Mount Olive, which hit .250 and had 5 aces and 15 errors, received 13 kills from Justin Gregory. He hit .333 and had two aces and 7 digs.
North Greenville (14-8), which has gained six in a row, beat King 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 27-25.
Diego Rosich led a balanced assault with 16 kills, hitting .419, to go together with an ace, two blocks and 4 digs. Logan Keothavy had 13 kills, two assists, an ace, three blocks and 5 digs. Mark Autry had 12 kills, hit .348 and had an help, an ace, six blocks and a dig, and Michael de la Cruz had 9 kills, an help, an ace and three blocks. Nicholas Rudge had six kills with one error in eight assaults, an help, two aces, six block and 7 digs. North Greenville hit .342 and had seven aces and 18 errors.
Sixth-seeded King, which upset third-seeded Erskine within the semifinals, ended its season 7-21. Warren Davis had 13 kills and Kellan Kennedy 10.
EIVA: Penn State vs. George Mason
High-seeded Penn State (22-6), which went by means of the EIVA regular-season 10-0, performs second-seeded George Mason (18-9). Host Penn State is 14-0 at residence this season.
The 2 finalists performed only a week in the past, with Penn State successful in 5 on April 12 after which in 4 final Saturday.
Penn State superior to the title match with a four-set win over Harvard on Thursday, and Mason swept Charleston. The winner will get the EIVA’s computerized NCAA bid.
MIVA: Ohio State vs. Lindenwood
That is the shock league, the place third-seeded Ohio State (21-8) performs fourth-seeded Lindenwood (16-11) at Ball State for the MIVA’s computerized bid.
Ohio State beat Lewis within the quarterfinals earlier than knocking off Loyola Chicago within the semifinals Thursday.
Lindenwood, which has gained eight in a row, swept Purdue Fort Wayne earlier than ousting top-seeded Ball State on its residence court docket in an up-and-down 5 setter, 20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11.
Ohio State beat visiting Lindenwood in 4 on February 4.
Linden in flip beat the visiting Buckeyes in 4 on March 30.
MPSF: UCLA vs. Grand Canyon
High-seeded UCLA (23-4), which went 11-1 within the regular-season and is on a 12-match successful streak, performs second-seeded Grand Canyon (24-4).
The defending national-champion Bruins are coming a sweep of USC. GCU beat Stanford in 4. Within the common season, UCLA beat the Lopes in back-to-back residence matches April 5. UCLA swept the primary night time, however gained in 5 the subsequent.
The winner will get the MPSF computerized bid. If GCU wins, UCLA will assuredly get an at-large bid and if UCLA wins, GCU is more likely to get one together with the Huge West tourney loser.