The first-week schedule remains light, but the result was heavy for previously winless Lincoln Memorial as the Railsplitters pulled off the biggest victory in program history with a five-set win at UC Santa Barbara on Friday.
Lincoln Memorial is a tiny independent from Tennessee that made waves in men’s college volleyball in 2022 as it got 20 wins, including an early season upset of Loyola, while UCSB is ranked No. 7 in the AVCA preseason coaches poll.
Friday numbers of note: In Grand Canyon’s four-set win over Lindenwood, Lindenwood won the second set 37-35 and for the match had three aces and 30 serving errors, 10 in that third set. The line of the night went to UC Irvine’s Francesco, who had 22 kills and hit .588 in a four-set win over Lewis, and UCLA hit .484 in a sweep of UC San Diego.
Friday’s recaps and top performances follow, but first at look ahead.
There are 13 more matches Saturday involving Division I-II NCAA teams, including Penn State at Ohio State, Lewis at BYU and UCLA at Santa Barbara.
Also on tap are Lincoln Memorial against CSUN, UC Irvine vs. McKendree, NJIT vs. Purdue Fort Wayne and Saint Francis at Stanford. Not all are being streamed or televised but If it’s being shown, we have the viewing links in our
