Most groups take their lumps when beginning a brand new program. Barry College out of Miami, Florida began the season purple sizzling with victories over Eriskine (a 3-2 5 set thriller) and two wins over Barton. “It was thrilling to have the ability to play our first three matches at dwelling and are available out on prime. All matches had been onerous fought and we needed to come from behind to earn the victory. We battled again and had been capable of have a historic first couple of matches. I’m pleased with this group and thrilling we made historical past at Barry College,” Coach Charles Norman of Barry College.
USC and Lewis had a superb exhibiting at their January 17th and 18th matches. SoCal Cup hosted the Open Championship and USC supplied free admission to all highschool college students for his or her matches. “We’re thrilled to see so many membership gamers, coaches, and households from all reaches of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico attend our matches. We’ll proceed to develop the sport and Struggle On,” Coach Gary Sato of USC.
Chicago had a Midwest boys’ membership event and lots of the contributors had been ready to take a look at Lewis compete in opposition to Lengthy Seashore State. I tip my cap to universities once they discover methods to get membership and highschool athletes at their matches. C2 Assault was one of many golf equipment that obtained to expertise the match at Lewis. “Getting the boys’ to the Lewis vs. Lengthy Seashore recreation was not solely an amazing expertise attending to see the best stage of school volleyball, however a second of our athletes to be taught. Our group took away how properly the faculty athletes do all the easy issues on the highest-level time and time once more. On the finish of the night time, we obtained to be taught one thing, however extra importantly we skilled a excessive stage school volleyball match in entrance of a packed home,” Crissy McDaniel, Proprietor of C2 Assault.
Moni Nikolov, a 6’8 freshman phenom who performs for Lengthy Seashore State recorded an 80 MPH serve in opposition to Lewis. The setter is making spectacular performs and is a gifted all-around participant. Don’t be shocked in the event you see Nikolov recording a quadruple double this season. The over ten units in a match needs to be comparatively straightforward, however on any given night time he can document ten blocks, digs and kills. The younger man is without doubt one of the prime volleyball gamers I’ve seen taking part in on the school stage.
The LA fires had an affect on NCAA males’s volleyball. My ideas and prayers exit to all of the households concerned within the horrific catastrophe. An enormous thanks to all of the firefighters and medical workers that sprung into motion to assist. UCLA needed to transfer its dwelling opener to Lengthy Seashore in opposition to Saint Francis. “We’re deeply grateful to Lengthy Seashore State for generously internet hosting our match in opposition to Saint Francis in mild of the tragic fires that devastated our neighborhood. Three of our athletes have been straight impacted by these horrific occasions and for them this match was greater than only a recreation, it was an opportunity for our group to come back collectively, discover solace in one another’s presence and start the therapeutic course of. My coronary heart goes out to all these affected by these fires. UCLA males’s volleyball is extraordinarily grateful to Lengthy Seashore State and their workers for providing an area to help each other throughout such a troublesome,” stated UCLA Head Coach John Hawks, who earned his first victory throughout this match because the UCLA Head Coach.
Fairleigh Dickinson flew all the best way out to LA and ended up returning dwelling as a result of fires. Sadly, they didn’t get to compete in any matches. “FDU handles pupil security with an abundance of warning. Whereas we had been disenchanted to not be capable of play matches, we stay up for heading out west in February to compete in opposition to Pepperdine,” stated Fairleigh Dickinson Head Coach Karl France.
The First Level Problem hosted Stanford, UCLA, Penn State and Ohio State in Austin, Texas. Previous to the matches every school program hosted clinics for native boys’ volleyball gamers to high quality tune their recreation. “The clinic was an absolute success! With over 230 gamers throughout the county in attendance, it was superior alternative for them to listen to what a number of the prime universities are educating, and it was nice for our student-athletes to guide a courtroom of passionate athletes,” stated Spencer Wickens, assistant coach Stanford.
It’s neat to see when school males’s volleyball groups discover someday to make an affect on their native communities within the offseason. Many applications do a fabulous job making a distinction and they’re often properly documented on the applications Instagram web page. Grant Elementary, the varsity I work at as a PE trainer was on the receiving finish of UCSD males’s volleyball neighborhood outreach. Head Coach Brad Rostratter introduced his squad to show the fundamentals of volleyball. The article that UCSD wrote highlighting the occasion might be discovered right here utilizing this hyperlink (https://ucsdtritons.com/information/2024/11/1/athletics-tritons.aspx). Thanks UCSD for serving to develop the sport of volleyball.