Top Four Seeds Win Via Sweep in MIVA Quarterfinals
The top four seeds held home court Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the MIVA Tournament with all four matches…
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…
Lindenwood Pulls Off Upset of #6 Loyola Behind 20 Stevenson Kills
Lindenwood bookended the night with .400 plus hitting efforts, and outdid Loyola in hitting efficiency (.290 to .205), kills (57-51) and blocks (11-10) in a four-set upset Thursday night.
Harvard, Stanford Pull Off Saturday Night Upsets
Harvard edged past No. 17 Penn State in five sets, while Stanford held home court against No. 15 Concordia-Irvine in four. Other winners on Saturday night were No. 5 Loyola, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 14 Fort Wayne and No. 16 George Mason.
Home Court Advantage Key for LBSU, Ball State, Hawaii, Northridge
Home court advantage brought No. 1 Long Beach State and No. 13 Ball State the final push they needed in five-set wins Friday night. No. 7 Hawaii cruised at home, snapping a four-match skid, while No. 11 Cal State Northridge held home court in a four-setter.
#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.
Top 10 Sweeps Are Order of the Day on Saturday
Upsets were not in the cards on Saturday as No. 1 Long Beach State, No. 5 Loyola Chicago, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 8 Lewis and No. 10 Penn State all picked up sweeps.
Penn State, GCU Win in Five, Fort Wayne Upsets Saint Francis in Four
No. 15 Fort Wayne continued to gain respect in the national spotlight as the newly ranked squad posted a four-set road win over No. 12 Saint Francis on Friday. Also coming out with wins were No. 7 Ohio State, No. 8 Lewis, No. 9 Grand Canyon and No. 10 Penn State.
#15 Pepperdine, Barton Excel Offensively in Friday Wins
It was a mixed bag of results Friday evening as No. 15 Pepperdine and vote-getter Lindenwood picked up road victories, while homestanding Mount Olive and Barton came out on top in Conference Carolinas action.
January 18 Recap: Ohio State Defeats USC and UCLA Stuns Penn State
UCLA remains undefeated on the season and GCU is off to their best start in program history.
