National Championship History-Making Opportunities: #1 LBSU v #3 UCLA
Here are most of the things you need to know (and some you might not know) entering the national championship tonight at Pauley Pavilion.
WATCH LIVE: NCAA Championship Match Between LBSU & UCLA
Here’s everything you need to watch and follow the NCAA Championship match between #1 Long Beach State and #3 UCLA.
Positive Mindset, Development Brought LBSU to Title Appearance
Long Beach State’s Alan Knipe says “This is what you train all year for and we’ve talked about our process to getting to this point since the very first days of the fall. We get the chance to come in and compete for a national championship, which is exactly what the goal was from the first day. Here we go.”
WATCH: Ohio State’s Men’s Volleyball Semi-Finals Press Conference
Ohio State head coach Pete Hanson focused on his team’s growth, rather than the defeat, after Thursday’s semi-final.
WATCH: Long Beach State’s Post-Semis Press Conference
Coach Alan Knipe spoke on his team’s breakthrough to their first national championship after semi-final losses in each of the last 2 years.
NCAA Championship Preview: LBSU and UCLA Go to Battle for the Title
Long Beach State and UCLA are meeting for the 2018 National Championship. Check out VolleyMob’s preview of the match.
Abbondanza Praised As Chemik Police Wins Its 5th Straight Polish Title
Chemik Police reigns supreme in Poland
Title Appearance Has UCLA Feeling Special, Grateful, Excited
UCLA coach John Speraw said had high praise for Saturday’s foe, Long Beach State. “This is a great team we are going to play. That’s what we want. Shoot, you want to play the best team at the end and we are going to have an opportunity to go do that. We are excited and we are going to go play as hard as we can.”
Zhu Ting Fights Off Injury; Lifts VakifBank to Champions League Final
Saturday’s first semi-final will go down as an instant-classic in Champions League history.
Olympic MVP Zhu Ting Leaves Champions League Semi-Final With Injury
Chinese superstar Zhu Ting missed most of the 3rd set for VakifBank, receiving treatment on her right leg, but returned in the 4th.
1991 National Champions are Coming Together to Support 2018 LBSU Team
Twenty-seven years ago, before any of the players on the 2018 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team were even born, a core group of players hit the hardwood inside the Gold Mine and won a program-record 31 matches en route to bringing home a National Championship. On Saturday, with the season on the line, the 1991 Long Beach State National Champion Men’s Volleyball team will be there, cheering on the Beach.
Ohio State Volleyball’s New Covelli Center Taking Shape
The new 3,700 seat facility is expected to open in the spring of 2019.
Seven American Pairs – 2 Men, 5 Women – Among Huntington Beach Top 12s
Five American women’s pairs and American men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Theo Brunner/John Hyden are among the Top 12 in their respective genders at the Huntington Beach Open heading into Saturday.
Argentina Coach Criticizes Italy, Juantorena for “Naturalization”
Julio Velasco made comments this week criticizing naturalized players on national teams, which seemed targeted most directly at Italy, where he coached the national team to the 1990 and 1994 World Championships.
La Salle Wins Its 3rd Straight UAAP Women’s Title + Dream Team
With 11 titles in 18 years, La Salle showed who owns UAAP volleyball
