On the campus of Ohio State 4 groups battled within the Massive+ Volleyball Problem. UCLA and USC made the journey out from the golden state. Penn State cruised over from Joyful Valley to take part. On evening one Penn State confronted off in opposition to UCLA and the Ohio State hosted the Trojans.
Night time One Jan. 31st
UCLA vs. Penn State
The quantity three-ranked UCLA Bruins returned to kind after their loss final weekend to Ohio State in Austin, Texas. The Bruins swept quantity 17th ranked Penn State (28-26, 25-22, 25-15). As a workforce UCLA hit .449 and redshirt junior Cooper Robinson led the cost with 15 kills and hit .565. “We have been in system a bit bit extra final evening and that led to environment friendly offense. We put good stress on them with our serve and allowed our protection to show factors,” stated UCLA Head Coach John Hawks.
Coming off the bench and making an ideal contribution was reverse David Decker, who completed with eight kills on 12 swings with a .583 hitting proportion. Coach Hawks was excited after the match. When requested what bruins impressed him, “David Decker off the bench at reverse was key for us, as was Andrew Rowan operating our offense. Andrew has a capability to present our hitters one of the best alternatives for clear swings”.
Penn State drops to 0-5 on the season with all their matches in opposition to ranked groups. This powerful nonconference schedule will definitely put together them for his or her EIVA convention play. The Nittany Lions hit .172 for the match and from the service line they generated 5 aces. Redshirt senior Will Kuhns was in a position to rack up 11 kills with a .217 hitting proportion.
USC at Ohio State
The AVCA sixth-ranked Trojans marched into the Covelli Heart and beat Ohio State in 4 units (25-18, 29-27, 21-25, 25-20). USC hit a powerful .500 for the match and junior, exterior hitter Dillon Klein was the star of the present. Klien recorded 22 kills on 30 swings with one error for an unbelievable hitting proportion of .700. “Klein’s efficiency was clear and environment friendly. He’s doing a pleasant job of recognizing when he can take a swing and when he must put a ball in play. A whole lot of development together with his sport, however extra importantly, his workforce management and mentoring. Actually spectacular attacking and he’s hungry to compete once more,” stated USC Head Coach Jeff Nygaard.
Sophomore setter Caleb Blanchette from Brentwood, Tennessee dished out 49 assists and had 4 digs for the lads of Troy. The freshman of USC introduced nice contribution within the win, exterior hitter Sterling Foley had eight kills with a .500 hitting proportion and center Parker Tomkinson recorded a career-high eight blocks. “This was a great win for SC. The whole lot we showcased was from all the main focus, work and studying this workforce has performed from August until now. We even have fairly much more potential to actualize. What’s enjoyable for our teaching workers is that this group of Trojans are hungry for that,” stated Nygaard.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have been coming off with an enormous victory in opposition to UCLA on the First Level Problem in Austin, Texas final week. Nonetheless, they might not decelerate the Trojans stifling offense. As a workforce the Buckeyes hit .243 and recorded 15 service errors. Junior Shane Wetzel confirmed up massive time with 20 kills and hitting .500 for the match. Additionally, freshman Stanislaw Chacinski added 10 kills and senior Kyle Teune completed the day with 11 kills.
Kevin Pratte has enthusiastically been concerned in volleyball for over 23 years. Pratte began taking part in in center college and was lucky sufficient to play NCAA Division 1 volleyball at The College of the Pacific. After his taking part in profession Pratte received concerned in teaching volleyball. In 2009 Pratte was the graduate assistant coach for the College of Nebraska ladies’s volleyball program. Later in his profession Pratte made teaching stops at College of the Pacific, a number of neighborhood faculties and coached at WAVE Volleyball Membership for seven years. At present Pratte is a bodily training instructor within the San Diego Unified College District, San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary member, a school volleyball recruiting coordinator, hosts a volleyball podcast present, the proprietor of the Center Hitter web site and runs a non-profit group to assist increase funds to present boys’ highschool volleyball college students scholarships to play membership volleyball. He’s excited to proceed writing for Volleyball Journal and is keen to cowl the sport.
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