Hawai’i bounced back in a big way in its Big West match against Long Beach State, Loyola Chicago was upset in the MIVA, and Ohio State pulled off a reverse sweep to even the MIVA score with Ball State in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball on Saturday.
It was business as usual for Penn State and UCLA, which recorded sweeps, and Daemen of the NEC got a big win at the Big West’s CSUN as Zach Schneider had 26 kills.
On Friday night, fourth-ranked Long Beach State swept at No. 1 Hawai’i in their Big West showdown. Saturday night, Hawai’i (18-2, 1-1) responded with a 25-16, 25-23, 25-23 sweep of its own. The Rainbow Warriors hit .385 with 36 kills and six errors in 78 attacks. Chaz Galloway led with 11 kills and he hit .429 after having two errors in 21 attacks to go with three assists, an ace, two blocks and four digs. Spyros Chakas, who hit negative the night before, had 10 kills, hit .348 and had an ace, four digs and six blocks, one solo. Dimitrios Mouchlias had eight kills, hit .350 and had a block and six digs. Jakob Thelle had a kill, 25 assists, three aces, four blocks and six digs.
Long Beach State (12-3, 3-1) got 14 kills from Spencer Olivier, who hit .417 and had an ace and eight digs. Clarke Godbold had 11 kills, hit .348, and had two aces, a block and eight digs. Long Beach hit .247 and had five aces and 16 serving errors. Hawai’i had five aces and 11 errors. The next time the teams should meet will likely be in the Big West Championship, set for UC Irvine April 20-22. Last year, Hawai’i beat Long Beach in the national-championship match …
Also in the Big West, CSUN (12-7) got knocked off by the NEC’s Daemen (12-3), the surprise team of the Northeast this season. Zach Schneider led CSUN with 26 kills, hit .488 and added two assists and for digs in the 25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 22-25, 15-12 victory. Cameron Milligan had 14 kills, two assists, seven digs and two solo blocks. Griffin Walters had 20 kills for CSUN to go with an ace, nine digs and three blocks. Kyle Hobus had 17 kills, an assist, 11 digs and a solo block …
No. 2 Penn State (18-2, 4-0) swept its EIVA match with visiting Saint Francis (PA) (6-11, 3-2) despite hitting .244 in the 27-25, 25-22, 25-14 victory. Cal Fisher led with 11 kills, an assist, two aces, three blocks and 10 digs. Penn State had six aces and 20 errors. Saint Francis hit .084 and had three aces…
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