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Two outside attackers who were among the EIVA offensive leaders are earning a share of the conference’s top individual honor.
Penn State’s Brett Wildman and NJIT’s Alvaro Gimeno on Tuesday were named the 2020 Uvaldo Acosta Memorial EIVA Co-Players of the Year. Continue reading “NJIT’s Gimeno, Penn State’s Wildman selected as EIVA Co-Players of the Year”
Two more top-10 ranked teams will play upcoming home matches in near empty arenas.
Both No. 8/9 Pepperdine and No. 10/8 Penn State announced Wednesday that it will close its home matches to the public for the next three weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading “Penn State, Pepperdine to restrict fans from attending home matches”
Setter Roque Nido is earning a college men’s volleyball national award to cap off a month that featured him leading NJIT to two victories against nationally ranked teams.
Nido was selected on Sunday as the Off the Block National Player of the Month for January. Continue reading “NJIT setter Nido wins National Player of Month for January”
Off the Block announced on Monday the recipients of the National Position Player of the Week Awards and the National Freshman of the Week.
The National Position Player of the Week Awards recognize the libero, middle attacker, opposite, outside attacker and setter who had the best performances in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the week. In addition, the National Player of the Week is presented to the top freshman from the week in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball. Continue reading “Recipients unveiled for Off the Block National Weekly Awards”
The final block of middle attacker Jason Donorovich’s match-high nine block performance officially put an end to the upset scare for No. 10/9 Penn State.
Donorovich and outside attacker Henrik Falck Lauten closed out the match with back-to-back blocks as Penn State defeated USC 23-25, 29-27, 27-29, 25-23, 15-12 on Sunday in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge. Continue reading “Match-point video: Penn State beats USC in five games for fourth straight victory”
A season-best offensive performance culminated with No. 10/9 Penn State earning its first win against No. 6/6 UCLA in 12 years.
Setter Cole Bogner had 38 assists and guided the Nittany Lions to a .500 attack percentage as they swept the Bruins 25-22, 29-27, 26-24 on Friday in University Park, Pennsylvania, at the Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge. Continue reading “Match-point video: Penn State beats UCLA for first time since 2008”
Check out Off the Block’s postmatch interview with George Mason coach Jay Hosack following the team’s four-game victory against No. 8/9 Pepperdine on Friday. Continue reading “Audio: Coach proud of George Mason overcoming injuries to beat Pepperdine”
Setter Roque Nido guided the offense to a .442 attack percentage as NJIT swept No. 12 USC 25-20, 25-20, 25-17 on Saturday at the AVCA Showcase for the program’s first win against a nationally ranked team in three years.
All-EIVA opposite Alvaro Gimeno had both a match-high three aces and 11 kills while hitting .529 in the victory. In addition, outside attacker Jens Feldthus added 10 kills on a .438 attack percentage. Continue reading “Audio: NJIT coach reacts to sweeping No. 12 USC at AVCA Showcase”
Setter Ayrto Garcia-Jurado in his college debut guided the offense to a . 443 attack percentage as George Mason swept No. 12 USC 25-23, 25-23, 25-20 on Friday in Fairfax, Virginia. Continue reading “Audio: George Mason coach reacts to sweeping No. 12 USC”
Coach Mike Rumbaugh did not call it the biggest home win in program history but he said beating No. 7/5 Stanford was up there.
Saint Francis rallied from a two-game deficit to beat Stanford 15-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-11 on Wednesday in Loretto, Pennsylvania, for its first home win in program history against top-10 nationally ranked team. Continue reading “Audio: Saint Francis coach reacts to comeback win against No. 7/5 Stanford”
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