US EditionLong Beach State, UCLA reach NCAA men’s volleyball title match
- Long Beach State and UCLA will compete on Monday at 4 p.m. PT for the NCAA men's volleyball national championship.
- The matchup follows UCLA's sweep of second-seeded Hawaii, which struggled with a season-worst.188 hitting percentage while short-handed.
- Long Beach State, the top seed with a 29-3 record, entered the final after defeating fifth-seeded Pepperdine and previously winning both regular-season matches against UCLA.
- Freshman setter Moni Nikolov, recently honored as the national player of the year, set a new NCAA single-season record for aces by delivering five in the match, while also contributing a team-high 52 assists, along with six kills and 10 digs.
- The title game offers UCLA a chance to win a rare third consecutive national title, while Long Beach aims to claim its fourth NCAA crown and avenge last year's final loss to UCLA.
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Long Beach State, UCLA reach NCAA men’s volleyball title match
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second straight season, the Long Beach State and UCLA men’s volleyball teams will square off with a national championship at stake. Third-seeded UCLA, chasing its 22nd national crown and looking to become the first program to win three straight in more than 40 years, will have to get past the team that spent the majority of the 2025 season atop the rankings. For top-seeded Long Beach, Monday’s 4 p.m. PT title match repre…
Men's Volleyball Plays Long Beach State for NCAA Title on Monday
The UCLA men's volleyball program, winners of back-to-back National Championships and 21 NCAA titles, heads to the NCAA Championship finals on Monday, May 12. The Bruins will continue their quest for a 3-peat on Monday, May 12, against the No. 1 seed Long Beach State at 4 pm PT (7 pm ET), and will be broadcast on ESPN2.
Kandev, Dickinson lift The Beach past Waves, qualify for National Championship
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 1 seed Long Beach State men’s volleyball (28-3) and the No. 5 Pepperdine Waves (21-9) locked into a thriller of a match on Saturday, May 10 at the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio that ended in a 3-1 LBSU win. Outside hitter Alex Kandev and redshirt senior opposite Nato Dickinson registered 19 kills apiece as they eventually found a way to power through the tough Pepperdine… Source
UCR Drop Series Opener to Long Beach State - UC Riverside Athletics
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside kicked off a three game series with Long Beach State tonight at The Plex. The Highlanders entered the series dropping two-of-three at CSUN over the weekend and the Dirtbags topped UCLA in a mid-week game in Long Beach.
Long Beach State's Moni Nikolov Named NCAA Player of the Year
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2024-25 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Long Beach State star freshman setter Moni Nikolov’s historic season continues this week at the NCAA Tournament, as he’s led the Beach to the No. 1 overall seed and a Final Four match on Saturday against Pepperdine at 2pm. Nikolov […] Source
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