Wednesday, October 31 Match Day

Update: Boo! Now give me some candy! Whoa. Whitman takes set one over Whitworth 25-22. Remember, a loss by Whitworth puts PLU in the driver’s seat for the Pool A bid. Whitworth had 14 attack errors on 8 blocks by Whitman. Whitman with a 25-16 win in set two. Up 2-0. Whitworth storms back and……

West RAC Rankings – Review

The NCAA played a little trick or treat with us by saying they updated the rankings and then didn’t. It’s all fixed now. The third regional rankings are out and they can be found here. These rankings will actually feed into the final ranking, which will be done on Sunday. None of the previous two……

D3VbWest All-Region Team (2018)

The AVCA will put out their All-Region team in November and the voting starts today. I certainly don’t want to influence any voters out there but I decided to announce my own D3VbWest All-Region Team today. I will have 14 on the team with 6 honorable mention selections, which just happens to match what the……

2018 Conference Tournament Previews

The 2018 Conference Tournament Previews are posted in the left side menu. I hope you enjoy them.

Players of the Week (10/31/18)

The following players have earned POW honors for week nine of the season. Links are attached to the conference name when available. I will also include the AVCA Player of the Week, which is awarded to one player nationally each week. (I will do this award regardless of whether it’s awarded to a West Region……

AVCA Top 25 (10/30/18)

The week nine AVCA Top 25 coaches poll is out, which you can find here. Another week and another Top 25 with not much changing as we head into the last week of the regular season. Calvin keeps the top spot with 65 first place votes and 1738 total points. Calvin is followed by JWU (RI),……

West RAC Ranking Predictions (10/30/18)

The third public release of the RAC rankings will come out on Wednesday and this one is more important than the first two. The reason is that the ranked win criterion is based on the final ranking (done this upcoming Sunday) and this one. That means any ranked wins/losses are now set in stone starting……

D3VbWest Top 25 (10/29/18)

Here are the rankings for the ninth week. The Top 25 is my ranking for the nation. I will be doing a West Region rankings separately. D3VBWest Top 25 (10/29/18) My rank, (my Week 8 rank, AVCA rank), record, key results last week 1 (1, 1). Calvin 26-1 W: Hope. 2 (2, 3). Wittenberg 20-2 W:……

2018 Awards

The SCIAC has released their All-Conference Honors, which means the 2018 Awards Page is now up on the left side menu. This will contain all of the 2018 winners and will be updated as they get announced. I tend to refrain from commentary on the awards as I think they speak for themselves. I am……

Weekly Wrap-Up (10/28/18)

This is going to be an abbreviated Wrap-Up. I was able to attend two matches at the dome (Centenary) so between that and all of the traveling my time is limited. I’ve been to Centenary a number of times over the years but this was the first time I noticed their bathroom signs were “Ladies”……