Ethan Champlin had 15 saves and six blocks, Merrick McHenry added 10 kills on .818 hitting with five blocks and No. 1 seed UCLA beat Long Beach State 25-20, 25-21, 27-29, 25-21 to win its second consecutive NCAA men’s volleyball championship. UCLA (26-5) has won 21 NCAA men’s volleyball titles, the most all time.
LONG BEACH , Calif. — Ethan Champlin had 15 saves and six blocks, Merrick McHenry added 10 kills on .818 hitting with five blocks and No. 1 seed UCLA beat Long Beach State 25-20, 25-21, 27-29, 25-21 Saturday to win its second consecutive NCAA men’s volleyball championship.
Zach Rama’s back-to-back kills gave the Bruins, ranked No. 2 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, the lead for good at 22-20 in the fourth and final set. McHenry followed with a service ace that pulled top-ranked and No. 2 seed LBSU within a point and another kill by Rama — his third and final point of the match — made it 23-21 before consecutive attack errors by Long Beach State’s Skyler Varga sealed it.
Sotiris Siapanis led top-ranked and No. 2 seed Long Beach State with 12 kills but hit just .161 and had four service errors. Aidan Knipe had 38 assists, eight digs and eight total blocks. Varga finished with 11 kills on .081 hitting.Say hello to EA Sports College Football. The beloved video-game behemoth is backA service error by Siapanis started a 4-0 run that gave the Bruins the lead for good.
There were 18 ties and seven lead changes in the third set before a service error by David and a block DiAeris McRaven capped a marathon third set at 29-27 to keep LSBU’s season alive.
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