Second-ranked Big West Long Beach State swept away visiting MPSF No. 12 Stanford on Friday in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
There were also three MPSF games as No. 2 UCLA, No. 5 USC — behind 28 kills from Simon Gallas — and No. 9 Grand Canyon all won.
Both MIVA-ranked teams, No. 8 Ball State and No. 15 Ohio State, won, and No. 4 Penn State remained undefeated and in command of EIVA.
The three games involving Carolina Conference teams lasted five, and one featured a 29-win performance by Lees-McRae’s Michael Marsans.
Recaps follow, but first a look at Saturday’s schedule.
There are two games involving MPSF teams — No. 9 Grand Canyon is trying to win again at No. 13 BYU and No. 12 Stanford is at Big West CSUN.
In MIVA, Chicago teams face off when No. 10 Lewis plays No. 14 Loyola. Also, McKendree is at Purdue Fort Wayne.
Fourth-ranked Penn State plays NJIT in one of four EIVA games. Also, Princeton goes to George Mason, Sacred Heart is to Charleston, and you can call them Francis as Saint Francis (PA) goes to St. Francis Brooklyn.
Conference Carolinas have four games — Erskine at North Greenville, King at Barton, Belmont Abbey at Emmanuel and Lees-McRae at Mount Olive.
Matches involving independents include Central State of the SIAC playing Daemen and Fairleigh Dickinson playing Alderson Broaddus.
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MPSF—UCLA (10-2, 2-0) batted .478 and won 25-13, 25-20, 25-15 at Concordia (5-4, 0-2). The Bruins had five aces and 15 errors, and Alex Knight and Ido David had 11 kills apiece. Knight hit .444 and added an assist, an ace, three blocks and eight digs. David erred on 17 attacks to reach .588. CUI’s Uriel Batista had eight kills…
USC (11-3, 1-1) hit .459, got 28 kills from Simon Gallas and beat the visiting No. 7 Pepperdine 22-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-20. Gallas had two kills on 45 kills and hit .578 to go with an ace, six digs and four blocks, one solo. Sam Kobrin had 13 kills, hit .323 and had four assists, a dig and two blocks, one solo. Chris Hall had two kills in four error-free tries, 56 assists, one block and eight digs. The Trojans had an ace and 14 errors. Pepperdine (7-5, 2-2) hit .333 and had an ace and nine errors. Spencer Wickens led the team with 22 kills, hit .465 and added an assist, a block and 11 digs. Jacob Steele had 15 kills, one assist, one solo block and seven digs. Bryce Dvorak had 55 assists, one block and three digs…
Grand Canyon (8-6 .2-1) hit .412 and won 21-25, 25-19, 25-19, 22-22 at BYU (5-8, 0-1). Christian Janke led the ‘Lopes with 21 kills and hit .606 after being erroneous on 33 kills. He had one assist, one block and four digs. Camden Gianni had 16 kills, shot .444 and had one assist, two aces, three blocks and eight digs. Nicholas Slith had one kill, 51 assists, two blocks and eight digs. GCU had four aces and 16 errors. BYU, which hit .310 and had four aces and 16 errors, got 15 kills from Davide Gardini and 14 from Miks Ramanis. Gardini was error-free on 25 kills, hit .600 and had four assists, an ace, two blocks and three digs. Ramanis had an ace, a block and four digs…
Long Beach State (8-2) Big West subdued visiting Stanford MPSF 25-19, 25-22, 25-18. Long Beach hit just .211 and had seven aces and 11 errors. Alex Nikolov led the way with nine kills, five aces, a solo block and three digs. Stanford (8-4) hit .170 and had an ace and 18 errors. Will Rottman had 12 kills, two blocks and four digs, and Justin Liu had 16 digs and one assist.
EIVA — Penn State (11-3, 6-0) batted .387 and won 25-17, 25-14, 27-25 at Saint Francis Brooklyn (7-5, 3-4) to improve to 18-0 in conference sets. The Nittany Lions, who had six aces and 16 errors, got 12 kills from Toby Ezeonu, who was error-free on 16 kills to go with two blocks, one solo. Cal Fisher had 10 kills, shot .389, and had four aces, one block, and five digs. St. Francis hit .229 and had an ace and 19 errors. David Vorfi and Jack Hershman had eight kills apiece…
INJIT (8-3, 4-1) stayed one game in the loss column with a 25-19, 25-23, 25-21 win over the visitors Saint Francis (PENNSYLVANIA). The Highlanders hit .329 and had two aces and 12 errors, and Jens Feldhus led them with 11 kills, an assist, an ace, a block and four digs. Griffin Fieseler had three kills in six error-free attempts, 25 assists and seven digs. SFU (7-6, 4-2) hit .140 and had eight aces and 15 errors. Blake Liprando led with 12 kills, two aces, one block and six digs…
Charleston (5-4, 2-3) hit .354 and beat the visit Sacred Heart 25-22, 16-25, 25-17, 28-26. Jake Vorburger led with 16 kills, hit .394 and blocked and recovered. Lachlan Bray had 12 kills, three aces, one block and three digs. Charleston had five aces and 14 errors. Sacred Heart (4-5, 0-5) hit .213 and had five aces and 15 errors. Patrick Mucherino led with 18 kills, two aces, a solo block and five digs. Mark Berry killed 15…
George Mason (5-6) won a crazy fourth set and beat the visiting independent Fairleigh Dickinson 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 31-29. Mason, who hit .289 and had eight aces and 20 errors, got 19 kills from Omar Hoyos. He hit .533 and had one assist, three aces and eight digs. Zach Talamoa had one kill, 50 assists, two aces, four blocks and four digs. FDU (2-7) hit .159 and had two aces and 14 errors. Jack Lydon and Artem Vetrov have managed 11 wins each.
MIVA – Ball State (11-2, 5-1) beat the visitors Quincy 25-22, 25-17, 25-19. Ball State hit .240 and had seven aces and eight errors. Bryce Behrendt had 10 kills and hit .368, and Nick Martinski had nine kills, three aces, 10 digs and three blocks, one solo. Quincy (3-9, 0-6) hit .115 and had an ace and eight errors. Nathan Lawton led with 10 kills, the ace, two blocks and eight digs…
ohio state (7-6, 3-3) visit swept away Linden 25-16, 25-20, 25-19. The Buckeyes hit .493 with 44 kills and seven errors on 75 kills to go with three aces and 14 errors. Jacob Pasteur had 15 error-free kills in 21 attacks, four assists, one recovery and three blocks. Samuel Clark had 15 kills, two aces, eight digs and two blocks. Lindenwood (3-8, 1-5) hit .148 and had an ace and seven errors, and AJ Lewis had 10 kills.
CAROLINES CONFERENCE — Lees McRae (5-5, 2-4) matched his conference win total from last season with a 25-23, 27-29, 25-19, 21-25, 27-25 win over the visitors barton (0-7, 0-4). Michael Marsans had 29 kills, the most by an LM player since 2015, and added two assists, two aces, a solo block and seven digs. Max Kuntz had seven kills, three assists, three aces and 10 digs, and Bradley Peters had four kills, 45 assists, two aces, four blocks and 14 digs. Steven Nalls added 13 digs and five assists. Lees-McRae hit .194 and had nine aces and 20 errors. Barton, who hit .211 and had eight aces and 27 errors, had 21 kills from Brandon Johnston, who also had two assists, two aces, one block and eight digs. Zach Reider had 17 kills, hit .500 and had an ace, three blocks and a dig. Seth Deppe had three kills, 55 assists, two aces, four blocks and nine digs…
Mount Olive (5-3, 3-1) beat the visitors King 25-17, 23-25, 30-28, 23-25, 16-14 behind 21 kills from Dominic Hagerty. He hit .326 and had one block and 10 digs. Tobi Azeez had 17 kills, one assist, three aces, one block and six digs. Trevor Tresor had 15 digs and four assists, and Jarrod Fergsuon had kills, 57 assists, two blocks and 11 digs. Mount Olive hit .305 and had four aces and 18 errors. King (4-9, 3-2) hit .250 and had three aces and 22 errors. Suetonius Harris led with 19 kills, two aces, one block and 15 digs. JT Deppe had 17 kills, two assists, six blocks and 16 digs. Jack Sarnowski had three kills in as many attempts, an ace and three digs…
Independent queens (8-7) beat visits Belmont Abbey 18-25, 25-14, 25-16, 22-25, 15-11. Daniel Leitao led with 17 kills, two blocks and 15 digs. Queens hit .291 and had 10 aces – four each by Stirling Sims and Ananias Hayes – and 19 errors. Belmont Abbey (10-5) hit .168 and had seven aces and 14 errors. Matteo Miselli had 15 kills, had .370 and added an assist, an ace, three blocks and eight digs in the loss.
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