As soon as once more it got here right down to USC vs. UCLA.
High-seeded USC got here by the contenders bracket Friday to beat third-seeded Stanford after which second-seeded UCLA to win the ultimate Pac-12 Championship.
Hawai’i beat Lengthy Seashore State to win the Large West.Â
Loyola Marymount beat Pepperdine and received the West Coast Convention.
We even have recaps of the Coastal Collegiate Sports activities Affiliation, the place Florida State is into the title match; Convention USA, the place TCU is within the last; the Solar Belt, the place Georgia State is within the championship match; the ASUN, the place North Florida is within the title match; and the Ohio Valley, the place Chattanooga awaits the UT Martin-Lindenwood winner. Texas A&M Corpus Christi received the Southland Convention title final Sunday and the automated bid that goes with it.
The NCAA’s Nationwide Collegiate Seashore Championship, a 17-team, single-elimination match, is Could 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The NCAA subject will likely be introduced at 11 a.m. Jap Sunday on NCAA. com.
We even have an NCAA males’s volleyball replace on this report.
NCAA seaside
PAC-12: High-seeded USC on Friday was despatched to the contenders bracket by second-seeded UCLA, however beat third-seeded Stanford after which topped the arch-rival Bruins within the title twin to win the ultimate Pac-12 Championship.
From the USC information launch:
TEMPE, Ariz. – The highest-seeded USC seaside volleyball staff (33-5) emerged from the contender’s bracket with a 3-1 win over No. 3 Stanford (31-5) and a 3-0 victory over second-seeded UCLA (32-6) to assert its fifth Pac-12 Championship on the Solar Satan Seashore Volleyball Facility on Friday, April 26. With the league crown, the Trojans additionally earn the Pac-12’s computerized berth into subsequent week’s NCAA Championship.
The Ladies of Troy collected this system’s fifth Pac-12 title (2016, ’17, ’19, ’22) and the second beneath fifth-year head coach Dain Blanton. USC goes to 28-8 in duals on the Pac-12 Championship with a 12-2 mark within the state of Arizona. The Trojans additionally improved to 40-2 all-time within the Copper State and rose to 151-18 in duals when they’re ranked No. 1.
Click on right here for the entire USC recap and boxscores and right here for the Pac-12 video recap.
BIG WEST: Hawai’i received the league’s computerized bid.
From the Hawai’i information launch:Â
LONG BEACH, Cailf. — The College of Hawai’i seaside volleyball staff claimed the Large West Championship with a pair of wins Friday on the campus of Lengthy Seashore Metropolis Faculty. The Rainbow Wahine defeated UC Davis, 3-0, within the semifinals earlier than edging host Lengthy Seashore State, 3-2, in a dramatic title match.
It marked UH’s fourth title in eight seasons of Large West seaside volleyball and its first since 2018. Within the course of the BeachBows (24-11) additionally earned the convention’s computerized bid to subsequent week’s NCAA Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala. UH will enter the NCAAs using a season-long eight-match win streak after going an ideal 4-0 through the Large West Championship.
The No. 3 seed Rainbow Wahine cruised previous UC Davis (18-17) to advance to the match finals for the seventh time in eight tries. There they met No. 2 seed LBSU who defeated CSUN and upset top-seeded Cal Poly to earn its spot within the finals. It could even be a rematch of Friday’s pool play motion through which the ‘Bows defeated the Seashore 4-1.
Click on right here for the entire Hawai’i recap and boxscores and right here for the Large West recap.
WEST COAST: Loyola Marymount received the WCC’s computerized bid.
From LMU:
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – LMU seaside volleyball defeated Pepperdine twice on Friday to win the 2024 West Coast Convention Match Championship for a document fifth-consecutive time. The Lions defeated the Waves, 4-1, within the morning match to earn their place within the championship recreation.
Click on right here for the whole LMU recap and right here for the WCC story.
CCSA: Florida State awaits the winner of South Carolina vs. LSU. Click on right here for the FSU recap and boxscores and right here for the CCSA recap.
CONFERENCE USA: TCU awaits the winner of Florida Atlantic and Tulane. Click on right here for the TCU recap and boxscores and right here for the Convention USA recap.
SUN BELT: Georgia State needed to go 5 to get previous Coastal Carolina and into the ultimate, the place it awaits the Coastal-UNC Wilmington match. Click on right here for the Solar Belt recap and boxscores.
ASUN: Second-seeded Stetson and third-seeded FGCU play to face top-seeded North Florida.Â
Click on right here for the ASUN recap.
OHIO VALLEY: Second-seeded Chattanooga awaits the winner between top-seeded UT Martin and No. 3 Lindenwood. Click on right here for the Ohio Valley Convention recap.
NCAA males
The NCAA’s Nationwide Collegiate Males’s Volleyball Championship begins Tuesday in Lengthy Seashore, California with 4 quarterfinal matches at The Pyramid, all of which may be seen solely on NCAA.com:
11 a.m. Pacific — No. 1 UCLA (24-5) vs. No. 8 Fort Valley State (17-8)
1:30 p.m. Pacific — No. 4 UC Irvine (19-10) vs. No. 5 Penn State (23-6)Â
5 p.m. Pacific — No. 2 Lengthy Seashore State (25-2) vs. No. 7 Belmont Abbey (21-4)Â
7:30 p.m. Pacific — No. 3 Grand Canyon (25-4) vs. No. 6 Ohio State (22-8)
The semifinals are Thursday and the ultimate on Saturday.
Common-season matchups:
UCLA of the MPSF swept visiting Fort Valley State 25-18, 25-12, 25-17 to open the season.
UCI of the. Large West and Penn State of the EIVA didn’t play this season, however on March 5, 2023 Penn State received at UCI 32-34, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 15-11 that took three hours.
Lengthy Seashore State of the Large West has by no means performed Belmont Abbey of Convention Carolinas.
Grand Canyon of the MPSF has not performed the MIVA’s Ohio State.
For extra on the groups:
Postseason honors
We’ve had a few of these beforehand, however right here they’re in a single place.
BIG WEST: The participant of the yr is UCI’s Hilir Henno, the highest freshman Hawai’i setter Tread Rosenthal and the coach is Lengthy Seashore’s Alan Knipe. Click on right here for extra from the Large West.
CONFERENCE CAROLINAS: Belmont Abbey’s Matthew Staskunas if the offensive POY, Emmanuel’s Nicklas Eichenberger was the defensive honoree, Belmont Abbey’s Joseph Morris is the highest freshman and Derek Sullivan of Belmont Abbey is the coach of yr. Click on right here for extra from Convention Carolinas.
ECC: The participant of the yr within the first-year, four-team league is Kyran Versteegen of St. Thomas Aquinas. The highest libero is Moises Jiminez of Roberts Wesleyan, the setter is STA’s Joaquin La Jara, the rookie of the yr is Dominican’s Phinehas Wiley and the co-coaches are Mike Dedee of Roberts Wesleyan and Patrick Ernst of Dominican.
EIVA: Penn State’s John Kerr is the participant of the yr and his coach, Mark Pavlik, is the coach of the yr for the tenth time in his 30 years. Tristan Whitfield of Princeton is the highest freshman. Click on right here for extra from the EIVA.
MIVA: Parker Van Buren of Loyola Chicago is the participant of the yr, teammate Daniel Fabikovic is the newcomer of the yr, and the highest coach is Donan Cruz of Ball State. Click on right here for extra from the MIVA.
MPSF: The participant of the yr is UCLA’s Merrick McHenry and the highest freshman is Pepperdine’s Ethan Watson. Examine them right here.
The coach of the yr is GCU’s Matt Werle. Learn extra right here.
NEC: Nathan Zini of Saint Francis U is the participant of the yr, teammate Peyton Blain is the highest defensive participant, and Daemen’s Ondrej Arabascz is the rookie of the yr. The coach of the yr is SFU’s Mike Rumbaugh. Click on right here to learn extra from the NEC.
SIAC: The coach of the yr is Fort Valley State’s Larry Wrather and FVSU’s Jaxon Hicks is the participant of the yr. The highest libero is KJ Harrison of Central State, the highest setter is Kenyon Haynes of Edward Waters, and Kentucky State’s Malachi Allen is the freshman of the yr. Click on right here for extra from the SIAC.