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All-MPSF outside attacker Brenden Sander delivered his farewell performance at the Smith Fieldhouse in grand fashion.
Sander finished with a match-high 18 kills while hitting .485 as BYU rallied to beat UCLA 17-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-21 in the MPSF Tournament finals on Saturday in Provo, Utah. Continue reading “Sander exits Smith Fieldhouse leading BYU to another MPSF title”
Off the Block throughout the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections”
Two days until Selection Sunday and bracketology numbers remain close among teams vying for the final spots to the NCAA Tournament.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
Off the Block each week throughout the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections”
Five days until Selection Sunday and bracketology numbers remain close among teams vying for the final spots to the NCAA Tournament.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding. Continue reading “Bracketology: Team comparisons using selection committee criteria”
Outside attacker David Wieczorek capped off the regular season becoming the first Pepperdine player in almost a decade to win the conference’s top individual honor.
The MPSF announced Thursday that Wieczorek was selected as the 2018 MPSF Player of the Year. Continue reading “Pepperdine outside Wieczorek named 2018 MPSF Player of Year”
Off the Block each week throughout the postseason will unveil its latest detailed projections to the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “Bracketology: Latest NCAA Tournament projections”
BYU received a big bump in a NCAA Tournament selection committee criteria category entering the postseason.
The Cougars jumped five spots to No. 3 in the new strength of schedule rankings that the NCAA released earlier this week. Continue reading “BYU climbs to No. 3 in latest strength of schedule rankings”
Jonathan Bates | Associate Editor
This will be the final postseason at BYU for assistant coach Jaylen Reyes.
Reyes at the end of the season will leave BYU to become the assistant coach for the Nebraska women’s volleyball team, a position he accepted in March.
Reyes replaces former Long Beach State mens’ volleyball player and assistant coach Tyler Hildebrand, who left the Huskers after being name the director of coaching for United States Beach National Team Program in February.
Reyes played libero at BYU from 2012-2015 and has spent the last three years on staff as an assistant coach. As a player, Reyes ranks as BYU’s all-time rally-scoring era leader in games played (431) and second in career digs (762). Among his coaching accomplishments are three consecutive MPSF regular season championships and two Volley Four appearances and BYU players earning eight All-American selections. He was honored as one of the 30 under 30 recipients from the AVCA last week.
The 2018 BYU men’s volleyball team won the MPSF regular season and will be the No. 1 seed for the upcoming MPSF Tournament.
Check out part one of an interview with Reyes as he discusses fan reaction to his move to Nebraska, how the opportunity to move to Nebraska came about, why he moved to the women’s side, his coaching influences, what he will miss about BYU and what he will miss about men’s volleyball. Part two of this interview will posted Thursday on the Off the Block website.
Add another national award to the college men’s volleyball career of BYU outside attacker Brenden Sander.
The All-American senior received more than 3,000 championship round votes to win the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Player of the Month for March. Continue reading “BYU outside Sander wins OTB, Springbak National Player of Month”
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