In NCAA Division I-II men's volleyball on Saturday, UCLA bounced back at BYU, Grand Canyon remained undefeated and Harvard defeated Princeton.
In the Professional Volleyball Federation, the Columbus Fury took the Vegas thrills by storm.
A summary and main performances follow.
There are no men's games on Sunday or Monday. North Greenville takes on Belmont Abbey in the Conference Carolinas on Tuesday for eight games, including two games where Erskine plays Emanuel. MIVA Charleston heads to MPSF Concordia Irvine.
The Professional Volleyball Federation will host a match between the Omaha Supernovas and the Orlando Valkyries on Sunday. On Monday, Las Vegas Thrills is at the Columbus Fury.
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Three MPSF games graced Saturday's schedule. That included a second five-set victory for No. 8 BYU, this time a win for No. 4 UCLA.
The day after losing in five games in Provo. University of California Los Angeles (12-4, 3-1) won 25-21, 21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-10. Ethan Champlin had 14 kills, including one error on 20 attempts, hit .650 and added six digs. Ido David had 10 kills, one block and eight digs, making one of the team's eight aces and seven of the team's 32 serve errors. BYU (10-6, 1-3) got 12 kills from Mix Lamanis and 10 from Luke Benson. Tion Taylor has 9 kills and a batting average of .429…
2nd place Grand Canyon Improved to 13-0, 4-0 with a sweep against No. 10. University of Southern California (10-6, 2-2). Gianni Camden and Jackson Hickman led a balanced attack with 12 kills each. Carter Rogers added 10 kills with two errors on 16 attempts and Rico Wardlow had nine kills with one error on 12 attempts. USC got 12 kills from Dillon Cline, who had three blocks and two digs. Wesley Smith had seven kills, one error, three digs, six blocks and two solos in 10 attempts.
No.6 stanford (8-6, 1-1) Victory over No. 11 pepperdine (10-5, 1-3) 21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23. Theo Snooey had 13 kills, an ace, three blocks and seven digs, and Alex Rottman had 11 kills and hit .321. , had five digs, six blocks, and one solo. Stanford won at Pepperdine for the first time since 2017, with Pepperdine's Ryan Burnett recording a career-high 20 kills, a .389 batting average, one assist, four blocks and six digs. Cole Ketrzynski had 10 kills, two blocks, and three digs, and Cole Lassick had 10 kills, two assists, one block ace, and two digs. Ethan Watson had seven kills, including one error, with nine swings, eight blocks and two solos. Stanford's…
No.15 Lewis MIVA's (9-7) was in danger of falling behind in a reverse sweep, but survived with a 25-20, 25-15, 19-25, 19-25, 15-19 victory in the Big West. No.16 CSUN (8-6). Max Lockett led Lewis with 13 kills, one assist, two blocks and seven digs. Cyber Drolsum had 10 kills, a .389 batting average, two assists, and two digs. Piot Wymoczyl had six kills, six blocks, two solos, and two digs on nine errorless attacks. CSUN's Kyle Horvath had 25 of the team's 55 kills, batted .426, had 1 assist, 2 aces, 4 blocks, and 7 digs…
5th place University of California, Irvine (10-4) Big West wins in MPSF Concordia Irvine (5-5). Hilil Henno (on 27 attempts he had one error) and William Darcy each had 12 kills and Connor Campbell had his 11 kills. Campbell had no errors in his 13 attempts…
There were three MIVA matches.
No.7 Ohio Easy sweep with (13-3, 7-1) queens (6-11, 1-6) The Buckeyes hit .459 and had nine different players get kills, nine of which were Cole Young…no, 12 loyola chicago (9-8, 4-3) won 4 games. linden wood (5-8, 2-4) Parker Van Buren had 17 kills, Daniel Fabikovich had 15 kills and Jack Yents had 12 kills. Lindenwood's AJ Lewis had 16 kills… Purdue Fort Wayne (9-7, 3-4) They came back to defeat the visitors. mckendree (7-6, 4-3) 25-21, 26-24, 20-25, 19-25, 17-15. John Diedrich had 18 kills and 15 digs, and Mark Frazier had 16 kills, two aces, and 10 digs. Lindenwood's Kevin Schule had 16 kills and Sam Hoskin had 13…
Harvard University (6-5, 3-1) Upset visit No.14 princeton In EIVA (7-8, 1-3) 25-17, 25-23, 16-25, 26-24. The Crimson had six players with six or more kills, including Zach Barty, who hit .304 with one ace, three blocks and five digs. Logan Shepherd had eight kills, five assists, three blocks and 13 digs. Princeton's Niherowo Omene had 19 kills, one assist, an ace, a dig, four blocks and one solo…
No.9 pennsylvania state university (12-3, 4-0) Sweep of visitors maintains lead. N.J.I.T. (7-8, 0-3). John Kerr led the way with 13 kills, hitting .524 with two errors on 21 attempts, an ace, two blocks and four digs. Michal Kowal had 12 kills and one error on 19 swings… george mason (6-6, 2-1) won 17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 16-14. charleston (8-6, 1-3). Liam French led Mason with 22 kills, four aces and four digs. Omar Hoyos had 14 kills, one assist, one ace, two blocks and seven digs. Charleston's Russ Jesse Delancey got on the line for the night with 27 kills, hitting .524 with four digs, two blocks and one solo…
There were three Conference Carolinas games. king (2-12, 2-4) swept visiting with a .350 batting average. north greenville (6-4, 5-1), dropping the Crusaders into a first-place tie with idle Belmont Abbey. mount of olives (10-3, 4-2) Victory over the visitors. emmanuel (5-9, 2-4) n 4, and Erskine (8-5, 4-2) won five times. burton (7-5, 2-4). Erskine's Kakper Rybarczyk had 23 kills and Pablo Zamal had 21…
Independence No. 19 lincoln memorial (10-3) .533 batting average, sweep Lees McRae Conference Carolinas (1 win, 13 losses). Matthew Gentry had 10 kills on 11 errorless attacks…
20th place in NEC Daimon sweep Lieu Dyouville beat FDU with four, and Saint Francis (PA)) to sweep Sacred Heart …SIAC's edward waters beat talladega 4th place but league mate kentucky dominated by independence factions Maryville …ECC dominican beat john jay Finnehas Wiley had 24 kills in five…
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Columbus (2-2) defeated Las Vegas (2-4) 26-24, 25-23, 25-20.
Regan Cooper led the Fury with 15 kills, two aces, six digs, two blocks and one solo. Megan Courtney Rush had 10 kills, nine digs, one ace and one solo block. Ivania de Jesus Ortiz had three aces and three digs.
Hannah Maddux led the Thrills with 15 kills, two aces and nine digs. Hippe Saskia had 10 blocks and Molly McKage had nine and two blocks.
