Penn State was No. 1 for a day and a half until No. 15 Ohio State made sure the Nittany Lions won’t be next week.
On a Tuesday night non-conference showdown in State College, the Buckeyes of the MIVA got not only a much-needed victory, but they upset Penn State of the EIVA in an up-and-down five-set affair, all but ensuring that there will be a new holder of the top spot in next week’s AVCA Men’s National Collegiate Coaches Poll.
Speaking of which, in this report we have the AVCA men’s and beach polls, the respective POWs, results of the six NCAA Division I-II men’s matches played Tuesday, a look at the limited Wednesday and Thursday schedules, and some NCAA women’s coaching moves.
Ohio State (13-9) won 25-21, 18-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-13 by hitting .314 with a balanced attack at Penn State (18-3). Shane Wetzel led with 15 kills, three aces and six digs. Jack Stevens had 12 kills, hit .375, and had a block and four digs. Jacob Pasteur had 12 kills, three assists and seven digs. Michael Wright had 43 assists, a block and two digs. His team hit .314 and had six aces and 15 serving errors. The Buckeyes beat a No. 1 team for the first time since knocking out BYU in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, also at Penn State’s Rec Hall.
