Szerszen Sets Ohio State Kills Record in MIVA Semis
Amidst No. 6 Ohio State’s five-set victory over No. 8 Lewis in the MIVA Semifinals, senior outside hitter Nicolas Szerszen became the Buckeyes’ all-time kills leader.
MIVA Finals Set As OSU Wins in 5, Loyola Advances in 4 Sets
The top four seeds of the MIVA Conference faced off in semifinal matches Wednesday night with Ohio State and Loyola moving on to battle it out for the championship and the league’s automatic NCAA berth on Saturday.
EIVA Names DeNure, Jeanty, Robinson to Hall of Fame
The Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association has named three inductees to its 2018 Hall of Fame class. East Stroudsburg University’s Dave DeNure, LIU Southampton’s Kyle Robinson and Rutgers-Newark’s Max Jeanty are the newest members of the league’s honorees.
USC Bests LBSU, GCU to Wrap Regular Season, Cal Also Wins Tuesday
No. 5 USC wrapped up its home and regular season slates with a pair of Top 20 victories over No. 6 Long Beach State and No. 16 Grand Canyon on Tuesday. Meanwhile, No. 13 Cal edged No. 20 Saint Mary’s.
NCAA Division I Council Adopts Sweeping Recruiting Changes
Newly approved legislation moves up the start date for official visits to September 1 of the prospect’s junior year, instead of the first day of classes senior year, and removes athletics from unofficial visits before that date.
Americans Larsen/Stockman, Claes/Hochevar Make Xiamen Main Draw
New American duos Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman and Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar are both on to the main draw after recording two wins in women’s qualifying at the Xiamen Four Star. Ryan Doherty/William Allen were among eight teams who made it through on the men’s side.
Player of the Year Negron Among 19 Named to EIVA All-Academic Team
Five players from Harvard and Saint Francis and EIVA Player of the Year Brian Negron were named to the 19-man All-Academic Team on Wednesday.
Two American Men’s Pairs Win On Day 1 of Xiamen Qualifying
The Xiamen Four-Star kicked off with 14 men’s matches and four women’s matches in the first qualifying round. Three men’s matches went to tiebreak, while Americans Doherty/Allen and Kolinski/Evans moved on to Thursday’s second round.
Man Steals Bulgarian Team Van, Hits 5 Cars Before Being Caught
As the Bulgarian Under 19 team was on its way to Romanian, a thief stole another federation vehicle and hit five cars on Monday before being apprehended.
Ensing Becomes Eighth Active Member of 1,000 Kill Club
Long Beach State junior outside hitter Kyle Ensing tallied his 1,000th career kill in the 49ers Saturday road match with No. 4 Hawaii, making him just the eighth active Division I player to reach the milestone.
