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April 13, 2012April 13, 2012

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

It’s the final weekend of the regular season, and with that may finally come clarity to the conference tournament brackets.

No. 8 Ohio State will play IPFW in its conference season finale with a chance to win the MIVA regular season championship. In addition, No. 4 BYU and No. 7 Penn State will open a two-match non-conference series with signficant NCAA Tournament implications.

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April 6, 2012April 6, 2012

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

The conference tournaments are still two weeks away but this weekend will have a postseason feel because of all the big matches with conference tournament seeding implications.

No. 3 BYU will open a two-match series at No. 4 UCLA with a chance to win the MPSF regular season title, while No. 8 Ohio State and No. 9 Lewis will continue to battle for first place in the MIVA.

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March 23, 2012August 13, 2014

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

Less than a month from the start of the conference tournaments, teams will be jockeying for postseason seeding in several critical match-ups this weekend in college men’s volleyball.

No. 3 BYU will attempt to take sole possession of first place in the MPSF as it travels to play No. 9 Long Beach State. In addition, Grand Canyon will try to continue its shocking run through the MIVA and upset Loyola in a two-match weekend series.

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March 17, 2012August 13, 2014

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

It’s all about the rematch tonight in college men’s volleyball.

Hawai’i after almost upsetting No. 4 BYU on Friday will try for a second time to beat the Cougars, while in the Midwest IPFW looks to stay alive for a top four seed in the MIVA Tournament as it plays Grand Canyon.

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March 16, 2012March 16, 2012

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

It’s all about the story lines on the sidelines tonight in college men’s volleyball.

UCLA coach Al Scates and Pepperdine coach Marv Dunphy will face each other for the final time in a coaching rivalry stretching back 35 years. In addition, Mike Wilton after being the Hawai’i head coach for 17 years will make his first trip back to the islands as a BYU assistant coach.

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March 10, 2012March 10, 2012

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

The biggest weekend of non-conference matches is being overshadowed by a matchup between the top two teams in the nation.

No. 1 UCLA will play host to No. 2 UC Irvine as the Bruins attempt to extend their first-place lead in the MPSF. In addition, No. 7 Lewis looks to rebound from its upset loss against Cal Baptist and closes the Active Ankle Tournament against No. 10 Long Beach State.

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March 9, 2012March 9, 2012

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

Spring break is finally here and that means a big weekend of non-conference matches in college men’s volleyball.

No. 3 Penn State looks to rebound from its first loss in more than a month as plays No. 5 USC tonight in Los Angeles, while IPFW hopes to beat No. 10 Long Beach State and send a message that it belongs among the nationally ranked teams.

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January 28, 2012January 29, 2012

Top 5 men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

It’s a Midwest thing tonight in college men’s volleyball.

Three matches involving top 10 nationally ranked teams will be played in the Midwest, including No. 9 Ohio State playing host to No. 4 Stanford. In addition, No. 6 Lewis will look to move into the top five of the national rankings next week if it can beat George Mason tonight.

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January 6, 2012January 6, 2012

In a sentence or two about every NCAA men’s volleyball team

Most of the time all the preseason talk surrounding a team can be summed up in one or two sentences — and that’s what we did.

With the NCAA men’s volleyball season beginning in earnest this weekend, get a quick breakdown of every men’s volleyball team from around the nation as they enter the 2012 season.

Check out what to know about each Division I-II men’s volleyball team at the start of the 2012 season.
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December 17, 2011December 17, 2011

Grand Canyon signs 6-foot-9 Californian middle attacker

Grand Canyon received a commitment from a high school middle attacker who will become the tallest player in its program history.

Grand Canyon announced Thursday that high school senior Christian Ward had signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Antelopes beginning in the 2013 season.
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