Nine Men’s Volleyball Players Earn Academic All-America Honors
Of the 11 men’s volleyball players eligible after being selected Academic All-District, nine received Academic All-America honors this week. One beach volleyball player also was honored.
11 Men’s Volleyball Players Among Academic All-District Honorees
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large teams last week and 11 men’s volleyball players were among those honored.
MPSF Player of the Year Wieczorek Headlines MPSF All-Academic Honorees
Player of the Year David Wieczorek from Pepperdine is among the 29 MPSF All-Academic honorees. Wieczorek and four other first-team MPSF selections: setter Micah Ma’a (UCLA), outside hitter Jack Wyett (USC), middle blocker Price Jarman (BYU) and setter Leo Durkin (BYU) also garnered All-Academic accolades.
USC Upsets Pepperdine in MPSF Quarterfinals; UCLA, Concordia Win
Blocks were key in lifting No. 3 UCLA and No. 14 Concordia Irvine to MPSF quarterfinal sweeps on Saturday night. No. 20 USC meanwhile pulled the lone upset of the night, besting No. 8 Pepperdine in four sets with help from 19 Gianluca Grasso putaways.
Lindenwood Upsets #6 Loyola in 4; BYU Sweeps Pepperdine for MPSF Title
Lindenwood outdid No. 6 Loyola in everything but aces in a four-set home upset Thursday night, snapping a five-match losing…
Sacred Heart, Concordia, McKendree, Stanford, OSU Post Thursday Upsets
Sacred Heart bested No. 20 Saint Francis; Stanford knocked off No. 12 Grand Canyon in five sets; No. 18 McKendree toppled No. 9 Lewis; No. 16 Concordia Irvine edged past No. 2 BYU in five sets; and No. 8 Ohio State posted a four-set win over No. 6 Loyola to highlight Thursday’s slate of upsets.
Pepperdine Takes Down Hawaii in Four Sets
David Wieczorek led the Waves to victory on Sunday afternoon in Malibu.
Pepperdine Bests Hawaii in Four; Penn State, NJIT Win in Sunday Sweeps
No. 8 Pepperdine used a strong service game and big block to issue No. 3 Hawaii its third straight loss….
Loyola, Ball State, Pepperdine, USC, NJIT Grab League Wins
Sweeps were the order of the day as No. 6 Loyola and No. 12 Ball State picked up MIVA victories and No. 8 Pepperdine grabbed an MPSF win. No. 7 Ohio State and NJIT also won in sweeps, while USC edged Stanford in four sets.
#15 CSUN Sweeps #3 Hawaii; LBSU, BYU, UCI, Pepperdine Win at Home
Cal State Northridge earned its first Big West win and coach Jeff Campbell his 300th win by sweeping No. 3 Hawaii. Also picking up key Big West victories were No. 1 Long Beach State and No. 5 UC Irvine, while No. 2 BYU and No. 8 Pepperdine grabbed MPSF wins.
