Penn State went down 24-24 in the first set against Pepperdine in Austin, Texas, on Friday, but then the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions came back to beat the No. 5 Waves 26-24, 25-18, 19-25, 25-14. In the First Point Collegiate Challenge nightcap, No. 15 Lewis also was down 24-22 in the first set before winning, but in this one No. 8 Stanford ultimately came away with a 24-26, 25-23, 25-20, 25-22 victory.
Other winners included top-ranked Hawai’i, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Long Beach State and No, 6 Ball State.
A recap of Friday’s action follows, and there were two NCAA women’s coaching moves, but first a look at what’s happening Saturday in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
They’re back at it again in the Texas capitol for the second day of the First Point Collegiate Challenge when Pepperdine plays Lewis and Stanford plays Penn State.
Among the other matches on the schedule are UC San Diego at UCLA, Long Beach State at George Mason and UC Irvine at Concordia Irvine.
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Penn State (5-0) of the EIVA hit .400 and beat previously unbeaten Pepperdine (4-1) of the MPSF. Its Penn State’s best start since 2009. John Kerr had 20 kills with four errors in 39 attacks. He added two assists, three blocks and five digs, Michal Kowal had 11 kills with one error in 16 attacks, two assists, four aces, four digs and three blocks, one solo, and Toby Ezeonu had 10 kills in 20 errorless attacks. Brett Wildman, last year’s EIVA player of the year, made his season debut with seven kills and eight digs. Jaylen Jasper led Pepperdine with 21 kills — eight in the third set — as he hit .368 and had an ace and six digs …
Stanford (5-0) got a career-high 21 kills from Theo Snowy in its win over Lewis (3-3). Snoey had five errors in 32 attacks and hit .500 to go with two aces, seven digs and two blocks.
Pepperdine’s Max Roquet led the Flyers with 18 kills …
Hawai’i (4-0) swept visiting Saint Francis (0-4). The Greek pair of Dimitrios Mouchlias and Spyros Chakas had 14 kills kills each … Long Beach State (3-0) swept LIU (3-2) at George Mason in Virginia. Long Beach had 35 kills with seven errors in 66 swings to hit .424. Spencer Olivier had 10 kills with one error in 16 attacks … UCLA (5-0) swept visiting No. 12 UC Santa Barbara (1-6) after escaping 32-30 in the first set. The Bruins won the next two 25-17,…
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