There have been six NCAA males’s Division I-II volleyball matches Wednesday and all however one had been sweeps, together with No. 4 UCLA beating No. 9 Pepperdine, No. 12 USC topping Concordia Irvine and No. 10 Loyola defeating No. 13 Lewis.
An NCAA ladies’s crew promoted a coach and the Professional Volleyball Federation has a Thursday match.
All that follows, however first a have a look at Thursday’s schedule.
NCAA MEN: There are 5 matches, two within the MIVA when No. 14 Ball State (9-7, 2-1) is house for Purdue Fort Wayne (7-5, 1-2) and Queens (6-7, 2-2) is at McKendree (5-4, 2-1).
The Massive West’s No. 18 UC Santa Barbara (4-9) performs at Division III Cal Lutheran (11-3), No. 20 UC San Diego (3-8) of the Massive West is on the SIAC’s Central State (0-12) and Dominican (3-6) of the ECC is house for Division III Bard (4-4).
PVF: The Omaha Supernovas (2-2) go to Henderson, Nevada, for the house debut of the Vegas Thrill (1-1). The Thrill performed their match in franchise historical past and gained in 5 at Omaha on Feburary 7 and are coming off a four-set loss Saturday at Orlando. The Supernovas gained in 4 Monday at Grand Rapids.
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NCAA males
UCLA (10-3) opened MPSF play with a 25-20, 25-20, 25-18 sweep of visiting Pepperdine (9-3). UCLA, which gained its twentieth convention match in a row, hit .292 and had seven aces and 13 serving errors. The Bruins received 10 kills every from Alex Knight and Cooper Robinson. Knight hit .400 and had three assists, two aces, six blocks and two digs. Robinson had two assists, an ace, three digs and two blocks, one solo. Merrick McHenry had 9 kills with one error in 14 assaults, two blocks and three digs. Ido David had seven kills, two aces, three blocks and 7 digs and Andrew Rowan had 32 assists, two aces, 5 blocks and 6 digs. Pepperdine hit .143 and had two aces and 11 errors. Cole Ketrzynski led with 11 kills, an help and two digs. CUI hit .143 and had two aces and 11 errors. The identical groups play Saturday in Malibu …
Props to USC sports activities info director Jeremy Wu for the headline on his story, “No. 12 USC Males’s Volleyball Sweeps Concordia Off Its Ft on Valentine’s Evening.” Certainly, USC (9-4) swept at CUI (5-2, 0-1) in MPSF opener for each 25-21, 25-21, 25-23. USC hit .425 and had 4 aces and 16 errors. Jack Duechar had 15 kills for the Trojans, hit .355, and had an ace and a solo block. Dillon Klein had 14 kills, hit .545 andhad an ace, 4 digs and three blocks, one solo. CUI, which hit .268 and had six aces and 11 errors, received 13 kills from Christian Galoppo. He hit .333 andhad an ace, an help, two blocks and a team-high six digs. The identical groups meet once more Friday at USC …
Loyola (8-8, 3-1 MIVA) went on the street and swept Lewis (7-5, 2-2), hitting .418. Parker Van Buren led with 14 kills and hit .500 within the 25-23, 25-23, 25-19 victory to go together with two blocks and a dig. Jake Learn had 10 kills with one error in 20 assaults, 5 blocks and 4 digs. Setter Ryan McElligott had 5 kills with one error in 9 makes an attempt, 32 assists, no aces however six errors, a block and two digs. Loyola had two aces and 19 errors. Lewis hit .219 and had three aces and 12 errors. Seven Flyers had kills, 10 by Max Roquet, who hit .333 and had two blocks and three digs.
Simply as vital because the match, it was additionally “Rae Sturdy” night time for Lewis, its fundraiser for the Rae Sturdy Basis, a 501(c)(3) charity basis that gives help to Chicagoland NICUs and households of micro-preemies. Click on right here to learn extra.
The Massive West’s No. 16 CSUN (8-5) swept visiting Hope Worldwide (4-3) of the NAIA, hitting .453. Lorenzo Bertozzi had 14 kills, hit .462, and had an ace and a dig. Kyle Hobus had eight kills with one error in 10 swings …
Unbiased Lincoln Memorial (8-3), ranked No. 19, hit .540 and beat visiting King (1-9) of Convention Carolinas 25-21, 25-18, 25-18. 5 Railsplitters had six or extra kills, 9 9 by Johan Negron, who had one error in 15 assaults, three blocks and 4 digs. Shay Spadaro had eight kills with one error in 13 swings and Ethan Morgan had eight kills with one error in 14 assaults. Eliel Salva Torres had six kills with one error in seven assaults, three of his crew’s seven aces, a dig and eight blocks. King received 15 kills from Warren Davis, who hit .429 …
Division III St. John Fisher (14-1) gained in 4 on the ECC’s Roberts Wesleyan (4-7). Jake Baker — who had no errors in 16 assaults — and Griffin Stella led with 13 kills every and Ian Rauth had 12. Rauh had one error in 16 assaults, an help, an ace, a dig and 5 blocks, one solo.
Lengthy Seaside promotes
Tyler Hildebrand left to change into an assistant as USC, so Lengthy Seaside State promoted Natalie Reagan to interim head coach.
Learn the USC hiring story right here. Learn the Lengthy Seaside information launch right here.
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