The upper seeds not solely received Tuesday, however all 4 victorious groups swept within the NCAA’s Nationwide Collegiate Males’s Volleyball Championship at Lengthy Seashore State’s Walter Pyramid.
Thursday’s semifinals are set:
No. 1 UCLA (24-5) vs. No. 4 UC Irvine (20-10), 3:30 p.m. Pacific
No. 2 Lengthy Seashore State (26-2) vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon (26-4), 6:30 p.m. Pacific
Each matches can solely be seen on NCAA.com. Saturday’s 2 p.m. Pacific remaining might be proven on ESPN2.
UCLA overpowers Fort Valley State
The defending nationwide champions of the MPSF hit .521 and received 25-14, 25-15, 25-15 to place a fast finish to the NCAA journey for eighth-seeded Fort Valley State (17-9), which earned the primary SIAC computerized bid.
Ethan Champlin led a balanced Bruins assault with eight kills, hitting .400, to go along with an help, an ace and 4 digs. Ten UCLA gamers had kills, together with seven by Merrick McHenry, who had no errors in 9 assaults to go along with three blocks and an ace, and 7 kills by Ido David, who had no errors in 11 swings, two aces, two blocks and three digs. Cooper Robinson had six kills with one errors in 12 assaults and Zach Rama had six kills and one error in 9 swings. Setter Andrew Rowan had two kills in 4 errorless tries, 25 assists, an ace, a block and 6 digs. His group, which 4 aces and 9 serving errors, had 12 kills with one error in 18 assaults within the third set.
Fort Valley State, which opened its season with a loss at UCLA, hit .000 with 17 kills and 17 errors in 69 assaults. Raheem Thomas led with six kills, a solo block — and his group’s solely block — and eight digs.
UCI dispatches Penn State
The Anteaters of the Large West turned a extremely anticipated match right into a 26-24, 25-16, 25-19 end result. EIVA champion Penn State, the No. 5 seed, ended its season 23-7.
UCI, which hit .435 in third set, completed at .284 and had three aces and 9 errors. Hilir Henno had 15 kills however hit .189, to go along with an help, an ace, three digs and 5 blocks, one solo. William D’Arcy had eight kills and Akhil Tangutur seven, 5 within the first set when he had one error in six assaults. Maxim Grigoriev had 5 kills in 9 errorless assaults, an help, two digs and 4 blocks, one solo. Setter Brett Sheward had a kill in his solely try, 32 assists, an ace, 4 blocks and eight digs.
John Kerr had 14 of Penn State’s 33 kills. Toby Ezeonu added eight and 5 blocks. The Nittany Lions hit .188 and had two aces and 15 errors.
Lengthy Seashore State blasts Belmont Abbey
The Seashore made quick work of the No. 7 seed from Convention Carolinas 25-18, 25-14, 25-11. Belmont Abbey completed its season 21-5.
The Large West champions hit .447 as 4 gamers had eight or extra kills.
Sotiris Siapanis had 11 kills with one error in 16 assaults to hit .625 and had an help, an ace, a block and 6 digs. Nathan Harlan had 10 kills, two assists, an ace, a block and 5 digs. Skyler Varga had 10 kills, hit .400, and had two aces, a block ans six digs. Simon Torwie had eight kills with one error in 14 assaults, two blocks and a dig. Setter Aidan Knipe had 37 assists, a block and 7 digs.
Belmont Abbey, which had received seven in a row, hit .129 with no aces and 10 errors. Zach Puentes led with 11 kills, an help, a block and 5 digs.
Grand Canyon dispatches Ohio State
Grand Canyon received an NCAA match match for the primary time because the Lopes of the MPSF superior to the semifinals with a 25-18, 25-14, 25-11 victory over sixth-seeded Ohio State (22-9), the MIVA champion.
Camden Gianni had 12 kills, two assists, an ace, two blocks and two digs. Jarrett Anderson had eight kills, an help, two blocks and 6 digs. Jackson Hickman had seven kills, an help, two blocks and 6 digs. Rico Wardlow had seven kills with no errors in 9 assaults, a block and a dig. GCU hit .333 with one ace and 7 errors.
Ohio State, which hit .240 and had three aces and 12 errors, acquired 12 kills from Shane Wetzel. He added an ace, a block and 5 digs. Jacob Pasteur had 11 kills however eight errors, two aces and 5 digs. Cole Younger had 9 kills with one error in 11 assaults and Justin Howard had six kills with one error in 10 swings.
Earlier matchups
UCLA beat UC Irvine twice within the common season and each occasions Cooper Robinson got here away with profession highs in kills.
On January 31 at UCI, the Bruins received 25-18, 25-15, 23-25, 21-25, 15-9 as Robinson, a 6-foot-7 sophomore from Pacific Palisades, California, had 22 kills. Henno had 15 kills for UCI.
Two days later at residence, UCLA received 25-23, 23-25, 28-26, 25-22 as Robinson had 23 kills. Robinson has not had greater than 13 kills in a match since. Nolan Flexen led UCI in that one with 19 kills.
Lengthy Seashore and GCU didn’t play this season. Lengthy Seashore is 18-0 this season within the Pyramid.
