Fort-Wayne
The 14th-ranked Fort Wayne Mastodons made an amazing comeback on the road at Statham Sports Center in Lebanon, Illinois, against Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) rivals McKendree Bearcats after being two sets down – 3-2 (28-30, 22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-13). The Puerto Rican sophomore outside hitter Pelegrín Vargas topped the winning side, who improved their record to 9-1 (1-0 in MIVA), with 25 points (6 kill blocks), while Chilean freshman middle blocker Tomás Gago made 8 kill blocks (18 points). In McKendree (3-6 overall, 1-1 in MIVA), senior outside hitter Nolan Rueter scored 25 points (5 kill blocks).
Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters (independent) swept Emmanuel Lions (Carolinas) by a 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-19) at home ground Mary E. Mars Gymnasium in Harrogate, Tennessee. Sophomore opposite Evan Cory led LMU with 16 points (3 aces) while Brazilian sophomore middle blocker Pedro Carvalho made 4 kill blocks (10 points). The Railsplitters now have a 4-5 record, while the Lions dropped to 2-7.
2018 NCAA Men’s Volleyball Season standings, last updated on February 5 (ncaa.com):
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
POINTS |
RECORD |
PREVIOUS |
|
1 |
Long Beach State (23) |
373 |
10-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
UCLA (2) |
350 |
10-1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Hawaii |
323 |
8-1 |
3 |
|
4 |
UC Irvine |
292 |
11-2 |
4 |
|
5 |
Ohio State |
286 |
7-2 |
5 |
|
6 |
Loyola-Chicago |
243 |
7-2 |
7 |
|
7 |
BYU |
212 |
6-4 |
6 |
|
8 |
Lewis |
197 |
6-3 |
8 |
|
9 |
Penn State |
173 |
5-2 |
9 |
|
10 |
Grand Canyon |
133 |
10-2 |
10 |
|
11 |
Pepperdine |
124 |
4-2 |
12 |
|
12 |
CSUN |
116 |
6-3 |
11 |
|
13 |
UC Santa Barbara |
87 |
4-4 |
14 |
|
T-14 |
Fort Wayne |
37 |
8-1 |
15 |
|
T-14 |
Southern California |
37 |
3-7 |
13 |
Individual stats, last updated on February 7
Top 3 scorers (points per set):
- Tanner Syftestad (senior opposite, UC San Diego) 6.11
- Arvis Greene, Jr. (senior opposite, CSUN) 5.32
- Jake Hanes (freshman opposite, Ohio State) 4.75
Top 3 blockers (kill blocks per set):
- Aleksandar Perišić (SRB, freshman middle blocker, Queens-NC) 1.538
- Scott Stadick (sophomore middle blocker, UC Irvine) 1.404
- Tomás Gago (CHI, freshman middle blocker, Fort Wayne) 1.379
Top 3 servers (aces per set):
- Alex Harthaller (AUT, senior outside hitter, Pepperdine) .632
- Arvis Greene, Jr. (senior opposite, CSUN) .600
- Jalen Penrose (senior opposite, Penn State) .593
