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– Fifth-seeded Penn State men's volleyball opens the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. ET against fourth-seeded University of California, Irvine in the quarterfinal round. The eight-team tournament will be held at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach State.
The Nittany Lions, who enter with a 23-6 record, earned an automatic bid to the tournament by winning the EIVA title last weekend. They went 10-0 in regular-season league play, followed by four-set wins over Harvard and George Mason in the conference tournament at Rec Hall.
follow the match
Quarterfinal round – 5th place Penn State (23-6) vs. 4th place University of California, Irvine (19-10)
Date and time: Tuesday, April 30th
time: 4:30 PM ET
place:Walter Pyramid (Long Beach, California)
live stream: NCAA.com
live statistics: NCAA.com
Penn State NCAA Tournament History
- Penn State is scheduled to make its 34th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
- This year will be the Lions' 24th appearance. mark pavlikThis is his 30th season as head coach.
- In 1994, Penn State defeated UCLA at Purdue-Fort Wayne to win the national title. The Lions won the 2008 title with a win over Pepperdine at the University of California, Irvine.
- Penn State has won at least one game in four of the last five times it has appeared in the NCAA Tournament, defeating Lewis in 2014, Hawaii in 2015, Belmont Abbey in 2021 and Ohio State last season. broke.
- This year marks the first year of the eight-team championship format.
against the field
- University of California Los Angeles – Penn State is 8-35-1 all-time against the Bruins. UCLA won both games this season, the first in Austin, Texas, 3-0, and the second in Los Angeles, 3-2. Penn State is 1-7 against UCLA in the national tournament.
- long beach state – Penn State is 8-21 overall against The Beach. This season, Long Beach State won the California matchup 3-1. The Nittany Lions are 0-2 against The Beach in the NCAA Tournament.
- Grand Canyon – Penn State is 2-0 all-time against the Antelopes, winning both games played at Rec Hall in 2022. The two teams have never met in the NCAA Tournament.
- University of California, Irvine – Penn State is 6-8 overall against the Anteeters. The Nittany Lions won the most recent matchup in Irvine last season, 3-2. Penn State is 1-2 against the University of California, Irvine in the NCAA Tournament.
- Ohio – Penn State is 82-40-1 all-time against the Buckeyes. The Nittany Lions defeated the Buckeyes in the quarterfinal round of the tournament last season and swept the two-game regular season series this season.
- belmont abbey – Penn State defeated Belmont Abbey 1-0 and the Crusaders 3-0 in the 2021 NCAA Tournament opener.
- fort valley state – Penn State has never played the Wildcats.
How Penn State got here
- Penn State won the EIVA Championship held at Rec Hall, earning an automatic bid to the North Carolina State Tournament. The top-seeded Lions defeated fifth-seeded Harvard 3-1 in the semifinals. They then defeated second-seeded George Mason 3-1 in the championship match.
- john carr She was named MVP of the conference tournament after averaging 6.25 kills/set and 2.13 digs/set. He posted a whopping 31 kills in just four sets in the win over the Crimson, followed by 19 kills and 12 digs in the four-set win over the Patriots.
- Kerr joined his teammates on the all-tournament team. Toby Ezeonu, Michael Schwoband michael barengi.
- Penn State went 10-0 against EIVA during the regular season and earned the top seed in the conference tournament. It was the Nittany Lions' third straight undefeated season in conference play.
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