Both matches at Penn State on Friday went four, as No. 2 UCLA of the MPSF defeated No. 13 Ohio State of the MIVA and the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions of the EIVA battled past No. 10 USC of the MPSF.
There were three surprising upsets in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
CSUN of the Big West, which had lost three in a row, bounced back and beat visiting No. 6 Stanford of the MPSF in five.
George Mason of the EIVA finally broke through after starting 0-7 and not only won, but swept No. 14 Lewis of the MIVA.
And 15th-ranked UC Santa Barbara of the Big West, which was 1-7 and had lost seven in a row, beat visiting No. 5 Pepperdine of the MPSF in five.
No. 9 Grand Canyon stayed unbeaten and updended No. 7 UC Irvine.
And No. 3 Long Beach State escaped with a five-set win over visiting No. 12 Loyola Chicago.
The action continues at Penn State on Saturday when UCLA plays the Nittany Lions and Ohio State faces USC.
There is one match involving the Big West when UCI is back at GCU.
The other MPSF team in action is Stanford, which plays an NAIA team when it goes to The Masters University.
Among the other MIVA teams in action are Lewis playing Mount Olive of Conference Carolinas at Mason and Purdue Fort Wayne playing Mason.
The EIVA’s Charleston, off to a 7-0 start, plays host to Erskine of Conference Carolinas and Princeton plays host to Tusculum.
King of Conference Carolinas plays host to Fort Valley State of the SIAC, while Barton of ConfCarolinas entertains Queens.
Central State of the SIAC plays independent Lincoln Memorial.
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UCLA improved to 8-0 with its 25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23 over Ohio State (6-3) at Penn State. Ido David led with 18 kills as he hit .452 and had two assists, two aces, seven digs and three blocks. Ethan Champlin had 14 kills, hit .303 and added three assists, three aces, five digs and two blocks. The Bruins hit .320 and had 11 aces and 23 serving errors. Ohio State, which hit .274 and had three aces and 14 errors, got 18 kills from Samuel Clark, who hit .368 and had eight digs and a block; Jacob Pasteur had 13 kills, three assists, two aces, 13 digs and three blocks, two solo …
Penn State (7-1) got a big boost with the return of Cal Fisher in its 30-28, 25-20, 23-25, 25-18 win over USC (6-3). Fisher, who came in for the first time this season with his team trailing 17-14 in the first set,…
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