NCAA Men’s DI-II Player of the Year Candidates Top 20 Watch List
LBSU’s TJ DeFalco leads the 20-man watch list for National Player of the Year as we head to the season’s home stretch.
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.
#8 Ohio St. Overcomes Crazy 3rd to Down #5 Loyola Chicago, Move into 1st-Place Tie
#8 Ohio State lost 41-39 in the third, but didn’t allow another comeback from #5 Loyola Chicago as they moved into a first-place tie in the MIVA.
UCI, Loyola, Lewis, Barton Post Saturday Sweeps
Sweeps were the order of the night on Saturday as No. 4 UC Irvine, No. 5 Loyola Chicago and No….
#5 Loyola Gets Revenge Over #12 Ball State in a Sweep
Loyola has now claimed their third win in a row over a ranked team.
Princeton Outlasts McKendree in 5; Loyola, Lewis Win at Home
Princeton outlasted No. 18 McKendree in five sets on the road, but the remainder of the evening’s victors claimed home…
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.
Loyola Keeps Hold on MIVA Lead with Offensive Show in Sweep of Lewis
Loyola hit at a .432 clip as a team, including a .471 effort in Set 2, and boasted a 49-39 lead in kills in a sweep of instate foe Lewis on Saturday, to stay atop the MIVA standings.
VolleyMob Player of the Week: Austin Matautia, Hawaii
An all-around effort, including a stellar performance from the service line, separated Hawaii’s Austin Matautia from a very close pack of Week 9 stars for VolleyMob Player of the Week.
Loyola-Chicago Sweeps Pepperdine on the Road
Loyola-Chicago bounces back after a loss to Concordia earlier in the week.
