Big West Quarters: #5 UC Irvine, #11 CSUN Advance
The higher seeds, UC Irvine and CSU Northridge, won their respective quarterfinal matches in the inaugural Big West Tournament. Both move on to the semifinals Friday evening.
GMU, LBSU Survive in 5; Princeton Claims EIVA Tourney Spot
ig West regular season champion Long Beach State survived a three-hour marathon with No. 5 Hawaii to remain undefeated at 24-0. Meanwhile, No. 16 George Mason went the distance with Harvard to sew up the EIVA regular season title and Princeton picked up a historic sweep at No. 17 Penn State to grab the league’s final playoff spot.
Knipe Earns 300th Win with LBSU; UC Irvine, Hawaii Earn Big West Wins
Everything went according to rankings in the late Friday matches, but that is not to say there were not some…
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.
CSUN Tops #3 Hawaii Again; #1 LBSU, #4 UCLA, #5 UC Irvine Survive
No. 1 Long Beach State, No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 UC Irvine survived conference tests, while No. 3 Hawaii…
#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.
#5 BYU Tops #8 Lewis; Jasper Drops 27 in Stanford Win on Friday
No. 5 BYU stayed perfect at the Outrigger Invitational in Honolulu, edging No. 8 Lewis in four sets, while back…
#17 Fort Wayne Upsets #3 UCI; #1 LBSU Makes History on Wednesday
No. 17 Fort Wayne pulled the upset of the night on Wednesday, edging past No. 3 UC Irvine on the…
#6 BYU, #7 Pepperdine, #13 Ball State Register Late Night Sweeps
No. 7 Pepperdine and No. 13 Ball State swept their foes on the road, while No. 6 BYU scored an upset of No. 3 BYU to win their ninth straight late Saturday night.
Ball State, Stanford Score Big Upsets Saturday Night
Ball State continued its role as giant killer on its first homestand in nearly a month, following Friday’s upset of No. 8 Lewis with a four-set win over No. 5 Loyola. No. 19 Stanford pulled off a road upset, besting No. 10 Grand Canyon in four sets.