Third-seeded UC Irvine not solely upset Long Beach State within the Big West semifinals Friday evening, however the Anteaters got here away with a 25-21, 25-17, 25-20 sweep on their dwelling flooring.
It adopted Hawai’i’s sweep of UC Santa Barbara, which pits the Rainbow Warriors and UCI in Saturday’s remaining.
Long Beach is now in a bunch with BYU, Grand Canyon and the loser of Saturday’s MIVA title tilt between Ball State or Ohio State. All are hoping that there are not any upsets and that Hawai’i beats UCI, UCLA beats Stanford within the MPSF remaining and that Penn State wins the EIVA championship match towards Princeton.
There are 5 automated bids within the NCAA Division I-II males’s volleyball match, one every for the Big West, MPSF, MIVA, EIVA and Conference Carolinas. Then there are two at massive bids.
The NCAA RPI will not be the one issue, however by way of Friday the rankings confirmed UCLA at No. 1 with an NCAA RPI worth of .67314, adopted by Penn State (.65980), Hawai’i (.64705), Long Beach State (.63415), GCU (.60555), Ohio State (.59635), BYU (.59531), Ball State (.59280) and UCI (58998).
Edward Waters gained the SIAC title on Friday however there are nonetheless six convention titles to be determined Saturday.
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Big West
Top-seeded Hawai’i (27-2) vs. third-seeded UC Irvine (18-10) in Irvine.
The winner will get the Big West’s automated NCAA bid. If UCI wins, it will be exhausting to think about Hawai’i not getting one of many two at-large bids. If Hawai’i wins, UCI can be one of many strongest groups into account.
In the common season, the groups performed twice in Hawai’i on back-to-back nights. Hawai’i gained in 4 on April 7 after which swept the subsequent day.
UCI’s Hilir Henno had 22 kills towards Long Beach State, hitting .471 to go along with two aces, three blocks and 7 digs. Francesco Sani had eight kills, an help, two aces, 5 blocks and three digs. Joe Karlous had 26 assists, two blocks and two digs. His workforce hit .329 and had 4 aces and 12 serving errors. UCI held a 12.5-5.5 blocks benefit.
Long Beach State hit an uncharacteristically low .157 and had no aces and 12 errors. Clarke Godbold had 9 kills, three blocks and a dig. Sotiris Siapanis had seven kills however hit .000 and had a block and 7 digs.
Hawai’i, which gained its tenth match in a row since shedding to Long Beach on March 17, overpowered UC Santa Barbara 25-18, 25-19, 25-18. The Rainbow Warriors hit .394 and had 4 aces and 12 errors. Dimitrios Mouchlias led with 13 kills as he hit .476 and had an ace, two blocks and a dig. Chaz Galloway had 9 kills with no errors in 13 assaults, three blocks and 5 digs. Spyros Chakas had eight kills, 4 assists and 7 digs. Jakob Thelle had two kills, 26 assists, three blocks, 12 digs, and an ace to finish the match.
UCSB (8-17), which hit .113, had 4 aces and 14 errors. Ben Coordt and Nick Amoruso had six kills every.
MPSF
Top-seeded UCLA (28-2) vs No. 3 Stanford (15-12) at Stanford.
UCLA swept Grand Canyon within the semifinals, whereas Stanford superior by beating USC in 4 after which second-seeded BYU in 5. UCLA swept at Stanford in back-to-back conferences on March 17-18 within the common season.
The winner will get the MPSF automated bid. If UCLA wins, Stanford wouldn’t be within the NCAA at-large pool. But if Stanford wins, UCLA would nearly assuredly get one of many two at-large spots.
MIVA
Top-seeded Ball State (20-8) vs. third-seeded Ohio State (21-9) at Ball State.
Ball State superior with sweeps of eighth-seeded Quincy and fourth-seeded Lewis. Ohio State swept sixth-seeded Lindenwood after which beat seventh-seeded McKendree in 4.
In the common season, Ball State swept Ohio State on March 15 in Muncie, and three days later Ohio State gained in 5 on its dwelling courtroom.
The winner will get the MIVA automated bid and the loser will probably be in NCAA at-large consideration.
EIVA
Top-seeded Penn State (25-3) vs. second-seeded Princeton (14-11).
Penn State beat George Mason in 4 within the semifinals and Princeton did the identical to NJIT.
Penn State swept the Tigers in back-to-back conferences at Penn State on February 17-18.
The EIVA will get an automated bid. If Princeton wins, Penn State can be one of many strongest groups in at-large consideration.
Conference Carolinas
Top-seeded North Greenville (19-7) vs. third-seeded King (15-5) in Bristol, Tennessee.
In their first regular-season-meeting February 8, King pulled off a reverse sweep to beat the visiting Crusaders in 5. North Greenville gained the rematch at dwelling in 4. The winner will get an automated NCAA bid. The league doesn’t have any groups within the at-large hunt.
Friday, North Greenville swept fourth-seeded Belmont Abbey (15-16) behind Diego Rosich within the 25-23, 25-22, 25-21 victory. Rosich hit .464 and had an help, an ace, a block and 12 digs. Jacob Brown had 10 kills with one error in 20 assaults, an help, an ace, two blocks and 5 digs. Jorge Riesgo had two kills in 4 errorless tries, 38 assists, an ace and three digs. North Greenville hit .314 and had 4 aces and 12 serving errors. Belmont Abbey hit .183 and had two aces and 5 errors. Matteo Miselli had 16 kills and Matthew Staskunas 12.
King swept second-seeded Erskine (14-13) 25-17. 25-21, 25-21 as Warren Davis had 15 kills, hit .387, and had two aces. Kellan Kennedy had 9 kills with one error in 15 assaults, two aces, three digs and three blocks. King hit .310 and had 5 aces and 15 errors. Erskine hit .143 and had three aces and 12 errors. Kacper Rybarczyk had 9 kils.
North Greenville and Erskine are the one Conference Carolinas groups with general profitable data.
NEC
Top-seeded Saint Francis (PA) (16-11) vs. third-seeded LIU (18-11) in Loretto, Pennsylvania.
LIU beat Merrimack and the semifinals and swept second-seeded Daemen within the semis.
In the common season, LIU beat visiting SFU in 5 on February 18, 21-19 within the fifth. SFU swept at dwelling on April 14.
The NEC doesn’t get an automated NCAA bid and neither LIU nor Saint Francis can be in at-large consideration. This is the primary NEC Championship.
SIAC
Top-seeded Edward Waters (16-4) gained the second SIAC title by beating defending-champion and second-seeded Central State (16-15). EWU went 10-0 towards SIAC groups this season. Edouard Evens had 20 kills within the 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-21 victory. Evens hit .390 and had 5 blocks and 15 digs. Bryan Pepen had 12 kills and Kaelen Ingram 10. Cameron Lee had 14 kills for Central State.
The SIAC doesn’t get an automated NCAA bid and Edward Waters won’t be in at-large consideration.
