NCAA men’s final 6 preview - Articles

BYU and UCLA have to hurry up and wait. They don’t play until Thursday. But on Tuesday at Penn State, the National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship begins with play-in matches between Long Beach State vs. Erskine and Ohio State vs. George Mason. The winners advance to the semifinals. Here’s the field: No. 1 BYU (26-3) No. 2 UCLA (25-6) No. 3 Ohio State (28-2) No. 4 Long Beach State (24-7) No. 5 Erskine (20-6) No. 6 George Mason (18-11) The play-in matches will be shown on GoPSUnow, the video arm of Penn State. Here is the link to the link. http://ift.tt/1woyPMl The semifinal matches will be streamed on NCAA.com via the Penn State video. BYU awaits the LBSU/Erskine winner, while UCLA plays the Ohio State/GMU winner. The national championship match will be played on Saturday at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific and televised by ESPN2. The Beach is making its eighth NCAA postseason appearance and first since 2008. LBSU has advanced to the NCAA finals six times with one national title coming in 1991, when current head coach Alan Knipe was a starting middle blocker for the 49ers. Erskine is making its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years as it swept Barton College in the finals of the Conference Carolinas Tournament to earn the league's automatic bid. This is the first-ever meeting between Long Beach State and Erskine. The two teams have three common opponents this season. The Beach is 2-1, and the Flying Fleet are 2-2 in those matches. Both squads fell to...

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