Unheralded Concordia stunned Grand Canyon in the MPSF, Hawai’i won for fun against a ranked foe on the mainland and BYU captured a marathon nail-biter over Pepperdine in a match of top-10 teams on Friday in Division I-II NCAA men’s volleyball.
Also, efficient Long Beach State bounced back from a loss last weekend at Hawaii with a victory over a ranked SoCal rival, Ohio State kept its big week rolling and Daemen remained undefeated in the NEC.
A full slate of men’s volleyball is scheduled for Saturday.
Hawai’i visits CSUN in a Big West encounter. The MPSF sees rematches of Pepperdine at BYU and Concordia at Grand Canyon. Long Beach State plays at USC in a crossover.
The MIVA has three matches: Quincy at Ohio State, Lindenwood at Ball State and Purdue Fort Wayne at Lewis. In an EIVA-MIVA neutral site crossover, Princeton faces Loyola Chicago at George Mason.
In Conference Carolinas, North Greenville is at Barton, Lees-McRae is at Erskine and Belmont Abbey is at Mount Olive.
The NEC has a full slate: Saint Francis (Pa.) at Daemen, Fairleigh Dickinson at D’Youville, St. Francis Brooklyn at Merrimack and LIU at Sacred Heart.
In the SIAC, Benedict is at Edward Waters and Kentucky State is at Central State. In an independent tussle, Limestone visits Lincoln Memorial.
On Sunday two nonconference matches are scheduled: Lincoln Memorial at Emmanuel (Ga.) and Loyola Chicago at George Mason. Also in the SIAC, Edward Waters hosts Fort Valley State.
No. 5 Grand Canyon (20-2, 5-2 MPSF) suffered a momentum-sapping 25-23, 25-23, 25-27, 12-25, 15-9 loss in Phoenix to Concordia Irvine (7-12, 1-4). The visiting Eagles seemed to have been grounded after dropping a lopsided fourth, but a five-point surge gave them a 10-6 advantage in the deciding set. Concordia, which hit .714 in the fifth, then ran off the last four points of the match, with Gage Doble and Uriel Batista each notching two kills. Doble finished with 22 kills on .600 hitting, Batista had 17 kills and Makai Lipson dished 44 assists in setting an attack that hit .396. Camden Gianni’s 20 kills led the Lopes, who lost for the first time at home in 16 matches.
Hawai’i (19-2, 2-1 Big West) had its potent offense in high gear, hitting .478 as No. 14 CSUN (12-8, 1-2) was blitzed on its home floor in three non-threatening sets (25-22, 25-14, 25-18). The No. 2-ranked Rainbow Warriors committed just seven attacking errors and pounded five aces against 12 serving miscues. Chaz…
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