Hawai’i swept at Barton on Saturday to finish its North Carolina trip 3-0 as the top-ranked Rainbow Warriors improved to 7-0. There were no upsets in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball as most of the top teams were off and/or played lesser opponents.
That was pretty much the case Friday, but No. 12 BYU won in five at No. 6 UC Irvine despite 26 kills by UCI’s Francesco Sani.
There are four matches Sunday involving NCAA Division I-II teams, UC San Diego plays Grand Canyon, Central State is at Merrimack, Daemen plays St. John Fisher and Fort Valley State faces Campbellsville.
There were two more NCAA Division I coaching transactions this past week, including the end of a 20-year coaching career for Jaime Gordon at Morehead State.
MOREHEAD STATE: Jaime Gordon, who has doubled as the athletic director sine 2019, is the winning coach at the Kentucky school in any sport. He announced Friday that he’s stepping down after 20 years as the women’s volleyball coach to just be the A.D.
Morehead State finished 14-16 this past season, 10-8 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Gordon’s career record was 360-266. He took teams to the 2011, 2013 and 2020 NCAA Tournaments.
EASTERN MICHIGAN: Darcy Dorton resigned after four years in which her teams went 33-74,
5-25 this past season, which include 4-14 in the MAC. EMU has been to the NCAA Tournament just once, in 2018, and after that season coach Kimi Olson left to be an assistant at Michigan State.
SATURDAY NCAA: Hawai’i of the Big West out-hit Barton (0-5) of Conference Carolinas .429 to .023 and had a season-high nine blocks in the 25-11, 25-19, 25-14 victory. Alaka’i Todd led with 13 kills as he hit .455 and had three blocks and eight digs …
Fifth-ranked Pepperdine (7-1) of the MPSF hit .538 and swept at George Mason (0-8). Jaylen Jasper had 11 kills, hit .647, and had two aces, two digs and two solo blocks …
No. 6 Ball State (4-2) of the MIVA swept Sacred Heart (1-4) of the NEC as the Cardinals hit .456 and got 14 kills from Kaleb Jenness. He had two errors in 24 attacks, an ace, three digs and two blocks …
No. 7 Stanford (6-1) swept UC Santa Cruz (7-1). Alex Rottman led with 15 kills and had one error in 25 attacks to go with an ace, three digs and two blocks …
No. 11 Loyola Chicago of the MIVA is also 7-0 after it swept St. Francis Brooklyn (3-4) of the NEC. The Ramblers hit .423 and got 14 kills from Parker Van Buren and 12 from Cole Schlothauer. Van Buren…
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