Beach crash the waves 3-1 to drive the end of the successive championship

Columbus, Ohio -Top seed Long Beach State stormed the No. 5 Saatgut Pepperdine 3-1 in the Covelli Center in the National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship semi-final in the Covelli Center.

After a slow start tHe showed beach a strong offensive performance and recorded a hit of 0.482 with 66 kills and 65 templates, with the percentage of the waves being distributed in the game of 0.421. AVCA and BIG West player of the year Moni Nikolov Put on a new single season record in national collegiate volleyball after serving five aces with 102 a year and the count.

The top actors in the beach are Redshirt senior NATO Dickinsonwho led the team in both blocks with five and points with 21.5 after they had met 19 kills to 0.485. The strike balance was compared by the newcomer Alex Kandev who ended with 19 kills when he hit .533 for the match. The second set was a highlight for Kandev, which put together nine kills while he had only made one mistake to make 0.667. Nikolov's outstanding night included the best 42 assists that create six kills and handful of aces.

In the first set, LBSU fell into the waves with a score of 25-20Last but not least, there is a lack of seven service errors and a hit percentage of 0.269 in order to achieve only a share of 70 percent. From the beginning, the waves were able to use every Miscue to swing the swing to achieve the early advantage in the game.

However, the second saw the rally the beach The hotly competitive frame with 15 ties and six main changes themselves the team score. The set started with Diaeris mcraven A hit at 1-0, supported by Nikolov, to set the pace for LBSU. Pepperdine was still with the wave from the first set and was able to watch early ties with the set at every point.

Long Beach State was able Get the slight advantage of 15-13 at the time limit in the media after a Kandev was killed, but Pepperdine gathered to knot the frame at 16 per piece when Ryan Barnetts surcharged the ground. The waves achieved the next two unanswered to sweep at the front, but a Kill for Dickenson followed a Nikolov -Ace to knot the score again. The last tie of the frame came 20 after Cole Hartkes strike for the waves, but the beach was able to return to the high side on the following point and sealed the frame with Kandev's ninth kill of the set.

In the third set, the beach secured a 25-19 win against the waves Skyer Varga'S Five Kills that give the LBSU criminal offense power. Nikolov's instrumental game included back-to-back service mass in order to achieve the score of 11 and later 12-8 to expand the lead. Kerdev again completed the last point of the set, which was supported by Nikolov in the connection of Sofia, Bulgaria. The beach offense was most effective in the frame and met an eye several .720 with 18 kills on 25 swings and without errors.

In the fourth set, LBSU achieved the 25:23 victory to advance the championship game. Dickinson shone with eight kills and two blocks, including the decisive point. The waves were able to keep the set competitive and gang the frame together so late at 18-19 after Barnet was able to claim the point, but a kill for Isaiah Preutu A large block for Dickinson and McRaven followed to bring the two -point in the lead to the beach. Pepperdine was able to ward off the first game point attempt, but Dickenson closed the door on the waves to send LBSU to the final.

Pepperdine was repelled by a trio of double -digit killing performance with Ilay Haver with 14 and the couple Cole Hartke and Ryan Barnett at 13 per piece in the loss. Former UC San Diego Setter Gabriel Dyer added 48 templates in the game. The waves end the year at 21-10 and an MPSF championship.