This NCAA report includes this week’s AVCA men’s poll and player of the week, some women’s happenings, and the men’s results from Tuesday with a look ahead to the Wednesday and Thursday schedules.
AVCA POLL: The top nine teams stayed exactly the same. Loyola Chicago moved up four spots to No. 10. No one dropped out.
Click here for the complete AVCA Men’s National Collegiate Coaches Poll.
AVCA POW: The national player of the week is Diego Villafane of unbeaten Charleston. The graduate-student setter and his team swept Harvard twice last week and hit a combined .408. He averaged 9.5 assists, 2.0 digs and .80 blocks. He is the first Charleston player to win the honor.
BROWN COACH KIM LEAVES: Ahen Kim, head coach at Brown the past five years, is leaving to coach a professional team in Korea. During his time in Providence, Rhode Island, the Bears went 59-39 overall, 32-22 in the Ivy League. Brown won the Ivy in 2021 and went to the NCAA Tournament for the third time and first time since 1998.
BARRY GOLDBERG COURT AT AU: The volleyball court at American University will be named for Barry Goldberg, who last fall completed his 34th season as the school’s head coach. Goldberg has won 812 matches at the school and taken the program to the NCAA…
