UCLA, GCU, Harvard win in NCAA men’s volleyball; Fury gets PVF victory
Stanford’s Ryan DuRoss hits against the Pepperdine triple block/Sarah Otteman photo
UCLA bounced back at BYU, Grand Canyon stayed unbeaten, and Harvard knocked off Princeton on Saturday in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.
In the Pro Volleyball Federation, the Columbus Fury swept at the Vegas Thrill.
Recaps and top performances follow.
There are no men’s matches Sunday or Monday. On Tuesday, there are eight, including two in Conference Carolinas when North Greenville plays Belmont Abbey and Erskine plays Emmanuel. The MIVA’s Charleston goes to the MPSF’s Concordia Irvine.
The Pro Volleyball Federation has a Sunday match when the Omaha Supernovas go to the Orlando Valkyries. Monday the Vegas Thrill are at the Columbus Fury.
Saturday men
Three MPSF matches highlighted the Saturday schedule, including a second five-setter at No. 8 BYU, this time won by No. 4 UCLA.
A day after losing in Provo in five, UCLA (12-4, 3-1) won 25-21, 21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-10. Ethan Champlin had 14 kills with one error in 20 attacks to hit .650 and added six digs. Ido David had 10 kills, a block and eight digs and one of his team’s eight aces and seven of its 32 serving errors. BYU (10-6, 1-3) got 12 kills from Miks Ramanis and 10 from Luke Benson. Teon Taylor had nine kills and hit .429 …
Second-ranked Grand Canyon improved to 13-0, 4-0 with a sweep of visiting No 10 USC (10-6, 2-2). Gianni Camden and Jackson Hickman led a balanced attack with 12 kills each. Karter Rogers added 10 kills with two errors in 16 attacks and Rico Wardlow had nine kills with one error in 12 attacks. USC got 12 kills from Dillon Klein, who had three blocks and two digs. Wesley Smith had seven kills with one error in 10 attacks, three digs and six blocks, two solo …
No. 6 Stanford (8-6, 1-1) beat No 11 Pepperdine (10-5, 1-3) 21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 as Theo Snoey had 13 kills, an ace, three blocks and seven digs, and Alex Rottman had 11 kills, hit .321, and had five digs and six blocks, one solo. Stanford won at Pepperdine for the first time since 2017, Pepperdine’s Ryan Barnett had a career-high 20 kills, hitting .389, to go with an assist, four blocks and six digs. Cole Ketrzynski had 10 kills, two blocks and three digs, and Cole Rasic had 10 kills, two assists, an ace a block and two digs. Ethan Watson had seven kills with one error in nine swings and eight blocks, two solo. Stanford’s …
No. 15 Lewis (9-7) of the MIVA was in danger of being on the bad end of a reverse sweep but came through with a 25-20, 25-15, 19-25, 19-25, 15-19 victory at the Big West’s No. 16 CSUN (8-6). Max Roquet led Lewis with 13 kills, an assist, two blocks and seven digs. Syver Drolsum had 10 kills, hit .389, and had two assists and two digs. Piot Wymoczyl had six kills in nine errorless attacks and six blocks, two solo, and two digs. CSUN’s Kyle Hobus had 25 kills of his team’s 55 kills, hit .426 and had an assist, two aces, four blocks and seven digs …
Fifth-ranked UC Irvine (10-4) of the Big West swept at the MPSF’s Concordia Irvine (5-5). Hilir Henno — who had one error in 27 attacks — and William D’Arcy had 12 kills each and Connor Campbell had 11. Campbell had no errors in 13 attacks …
There were three MIVA matches.
No. 7 Ohio State (13-3, 7-1) swept easily at Queens (6-11, 1-6) as the Buckeyes hit .459 and nine players had kills, nine by Cole Young … No, 12 Loyola Chicago (9-8, 4-3) won in four at Lindenwood (5-8, 2-4) behind 17 kills from Parker Van Buren, 15 from Daniel Fabikovic and 12 from Jack Yentz. Lindenwood’s AJ Lewis had 16 kills … Purdue Fort Wayne (9-7, 3-4) rallied to beat visiting McKendree (7-6, 4-3) 25-21, 26-24, 20-25, 19-25, 17-15. Jon Diedrich had 18 kills and 15 digs and Mark Frazier 16 kills, two aces and 10 digs. Lindenwood’s Kevin Schuele had 16 kills and Sam Hoskin 13 …
Harvard’s Logan Shepherd blocks Princeton’s Henry Wedbush with one hand/Harvard Twitter
Harvard (6-5, 3-1) upset visiting No. 14 Princeton (7-8, 1-3) in the EIVA 25-17, 25-23, 16-25, 26-24. The Crimson had six players with six or more kills, 11 by Zach Berty, who hit .304, had an ace, three blocks and five digs. Logan Shepherd had eight kills, five assists, three blocks and 13 digs. Princeton’s Nyherowo Omene had 19 kills, an assist, an ace, a dig and four blocks, one solo …
No. 9 Penn State (12-3, 4-0) maintained its lead with a sweep of visiting NJIT (7-8, 0-3). John Kerr led with 13 kills and hit .524 with two errors in 21 attacks to go with an ace, two blocks and four digs. Michal Kowal had 12 kills with one error in 19 swings … George Mason (6-6, 2-1) battled to a 17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 16-14 victory at Charleston (8-6, 1-3). Liam French led Mason with 22 kills, four aces and four digs. Omar Hoyos had 14 kills, an assist, an ace, two blocks and seven digs. Charleston’s Ras Jessee Delancy had the line of the night with 27 kills while hitting .524 to go with four digs and two blocks, one solo …
There were three Conference Carolinas matches as King (2-12, 2-4) hit .350 and swept visiting North Greenville (6-4, 5-1), dropping the Crusaders into a first-place tie with idle Belmont Abbey; Mount Olive (10-3, 4-2) beat visiting Emmanuel (5-9, 2-4) n four, and Erskine (8-5, 4-2) won in five at Barton (7-5, 2-4). Erskine’s Kacper Rybarczyk had 23 kills and Pablo Zamar 21 …
Independent No. 19 Lincoln Memorial (10-3) hit .533 and swept Lees-McRae of Conference Carolinas (1-13). Matthew Gentry had 10 kills in 11 errorless attacks …
In the NEC, No. 20 Daemen swept LIU, D’Youville beat FDU in four, and Saint Francis (PA) swept at Sacred Heart … the SIAC’s Edward Waters beat Talladega in four, but league mate Kentucky State was swept by independent Maryville … the ECC’s Dominican beat John Jay in five as Phinehas Wiley had 24 kills …
Pro Volleyball Federation
Columbus (2-2) won 26-24, 25-23, 25-20 at Vegas (2-4).
Reagan Cooper led the Fury with 15 kills, two aces, six digs, and two blocks, one solo. Megan Courtney Lush had 10 kills, nine digs, an ace and a solo block. Ivania De Jesus Ortiz had three aces and three digs.
Hannah Maddux led the Thrill with 15 kills, two aces and nine digs. Hippe Saskia had 10 and Molly McCage nine and two blocks.
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