By Larry Hamel f or VolleyballMag.com
Third- rated Penn State endured a substantial error-plagued scare when driving versus an anonymous challenger, as well as Hawaii’s steamroller grumbled to its 18th successive triumph on an active Saturday of NCAA Division I-II guys’s interior volley ball.
Also, BYU covered UC Santa Barbara in a suit of across the country rated groups, Ohio State as well as Loyola Chicago each enhanced to 2-0 in MIVA play, as well as King University increased to 3-0 in Conference Carolinas with a rollercoaster five-set triumph.
Despite resume-building success over nationwide powers UCLA, Pepperdine, Stanford, USC as well as Ohio State,No 3 Penn State (9-1) of the EIVA located itself in the ignominious setting of tracking 2 collections to absolutely no versus NEC participant Saint Francis (), which entered into the suit 2-7.
But the Nittany Lions rallied to carry out the typical reverse move (22-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-10) as well as limp out of Loretto, Pennsylvania, with a skin-of-their-teeth triumph. They handled to win with 50– matter ‘em 50 – errors (22 attacking and 28 serving). Jon Kerr played in just three sets, but led Penn State with 15 kills. The host Red Flash couldn’ t stand up to mistake problems of their very own, additionally distributing 50 factors, 24 striking as well as 26 from the solution line. Blake Liprando’s 12 eliminates were high for Saint Francis.
No 1 Hawaii (9-0) of the Big West handedNo 8 Stanford (7-4) of the MPSF its 2nd home-court whitewash (27-25, 25-19, 25-19) in as lots of evenings, this set coming prior to a stuffed home of 1,336 at the comfyBurnham Pavilion The Rainbow Warriors stressed their country’s- leading 18th “W” straight with a denial by Dimitrios Mouchlias as well as Guilherme Voss, the group’s 12th block of the suit.
Mouchlias, a 6-6 junior reverse from Greece, brought the tons for Hawaii with 17 eliminates, a. 517 striking portion as well as 4 block aids. The Rainbow Warriors maintained the mistake matter reduced with 19 in running their touch of winning collections to 24. Stanford standout Will Rottman phoned 13 eliminates prior to leaving the court late in the 3rd collection with an obvious damaged leg.
The 2nd knowledgeable atNo 10 BYU (8-2) was basically the like the very first forNo 14 UC Santa Barbara (2-9. The Gauchos out of the Big West went down back-to-back suits in Provo, Utah, both in 4 collections, this time around 25-19, 25-20, 19-25, 25-17. The Cougars of the MPSF obtained an attractive lower line from student Miks Ramanis: 19 eliminates/.486 hitting/five digs/two aces/two block aids. Setter Heath Hughes dished 46 aids as well as made 15 digs. Ryan Wilcox led the Gauchos with 12 eliminates.
In the MIVA, Noah Platfoot (38 aids as well as 9 digs) establish a reliable violation that movedNo 11 Ohio State (9-3, 2-0) to a 25-23, 25-22, 25-19 triumph in Columbus over Lewis (7-6, 1-1), which had actually removed preseason meeting preferred Ball State in 5 collections previously in the week. Platfoot spread out the wide range amongst Samuel Clark (14 eliminates), Jack Stevens (11 eliminates, 2 aces) as well as Jacob Pasteur (10 eliminates) as the Buckeyes struck.378. The Flyers’ Max Roquet uploaded 16 eliminates.
No 13 Loyola Chicago (9-2, 2-0 MIVA) had much harder sledding throughout a five-set barnburner (25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 28-30, 15-12) versus Lindenwood (3-6, 1-1). The checking out Ramblers offered for suit factor 3 times in the marathon 4th, however were rejected, as well as at some point went down the established on a striking mistake byParker Van Buren But Van Buren (23 eliminates on 50 swings,.340 striking) apologized by tape-recording the match-winning kill in the 5th. Cole Schlothauer added 19 eliminates, as well as setter Dan Mangum uploaded 44 aids, 4 eliminates as well as 9 digs. Ian Schuller (17 eliminates) assisted the Lions expand the suit after they fell back by 2 collections.
Also,No 9 Ball State (6-4, 1-1 MIVA) recuperated with a triumph (25-21, 25-23 23-25, 25-20) over checking out McKendree (5-4, 0-2). Dyer Ball filled the stat sheet for the Cardinals, with 18 eliminates,.500 striking, 10 digs as well as 2 aces. Purdue Fort Wayne ( 10-2, 1-1 MIVA) surrendered Quincy (4-6, 0-2) 25-15, 25-17, 25-18, holding the outgunned hosts to.164 striking.
No 15 CSUN (8-5) of the Big West finished an effective three-match East Coast turn with a 25-11, 25-16, 25-23 cinch over the NEC’s Fairleigh Dickinson (3-4) inNew Jersey The host Knights had much more assault mistakes (25) than eliminates (24) while the Matadors composed a. 411 striking portion. Highly embellished outside player Kyle Hobus, a 6-foot-8 redshirt junior, logged 8 eliminates on an errorless 9 swings over 2 collections as well as contributed 3 block aids for Northridge, which defeat Princeton as well as NJIT (both in 5 collections) previously in the week as well as has actually won 4 straight.
“These were our first true road matches and I could not be more proud of the way [the guys] handled themselves,” trainer Theo Edwards claimed. “All three will give us the confidence we will need later in Big West road matches.”
In Conference Carolinas, host King University (8-8, 3-0) weather-beaten Erskine ( 4-7, 1-2) in a five-set nail-biter in Bristol, Tennessee, that included wild swings of energy. Just when it seemed the Tornado could have run out of vapor, they rallied in the making a decision collection after going down the 3rd as well as 4th to win 27-25, 25-19, 24-26, 22-25, 15-8 as well as stay unbeaten in organization play. Undersized outside player Warren Davis, a 6-0 junior, battered 21 eliminates as well as made 6 digs for King, enhanced by 14 eliminates from Kellan Kennedy as well as 13 fromJackson Carroll The Tornado struck.611 in the 5th collection as well as got splitting up early with a 5-1 begin. Kacper Rybarczyk’s 20 eliminates as well as 7 digs was necessary for Erskine.
Elsewhere on a complete slate in Conference Carolinas: North Greenville (7-3, 2-1) dominated on its residence court over Mount Olive (4-5, 1-2) 25-16, 25-21, 25-21, with Michael de la Cruz obtaining 13 eliminates as well as 3 aces; host Belmont Abbey (3-7, 2-1) jumped free-falling Barton (0-9, 0-2) 25-18, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22 behind Ethan Rehmann’s.615 striking, 9 eliminates as well as 3 aces; as well as Lees- McRae (5-3, 2-0) covered checking out Emmanuel (3-6, 0-2) 25-21, 20-25, 25-18, 25-20. Michael Marsans logged 11 eliminates as well as 3 blocks (2 solo) for the victors.
In various other activity, Princeton (4-6) of the EIVA functioned at residence with a 25-19,25 -16, 25-22 accomplishment over the NEC’sSt Francis Brooklyn (3-5). The Tigers’ Ben Harrington called up 7 aces to accompany 8 eliminates. Host Lincoln Memorial (9-4) struck.422 in jumping Limestone (6-4) in a suit in between independents. And Kentucky State (1-10) of the SIAC shed two times in Walesa, Georgia, being up toSt Andrews (4-2) 25-23, 25-20, 25-19 as well as to host Reinhardt (6-2) 25-13, 25-20, 25-12.
The Arch City Classic wrapped up inSt Louis: Maryville (4-7) of the individual voluntary agreement brushed up Alderson Broaddus 25-20, 25-21, 25-20; the SIAC’s Central State (5-9) beat Alderson Broaddus (2-8) 25-22, 25-21, 25-17 and after that Central State was defeated by Missouri S&T (5-8) of the individual voluntary agreement in 5 24-26, 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 15-11.
No suits are arranged on Super Bowl Sunday, neither exist any type of onMonday Tuesday, there are 2 Conference Carolinas matches when King plays Lees- McRae as well as Belmont Abbey playsNorth Greenville UC San Diego of the Big West plays host to Westcliff as well as Tusculum is residence for Lincoln Memorial.
