FloVolleyball Weekly Notebook: UC San Diego's Run Continues

Conference play is rolling as we get into the meat of the men’s volleyball season. Catch up on the top headlines from the last seven days. 

What a weekend for the Metro Volleyball Club out of Washington D.C. Playing in their hometown tournament, the Capitol Hill Classic, Metro teams won the 18 Open, 17 Open, 16 Open, and 14 Open divisions and finished second in 13 Open and third in 15 Open. 

Wednesday marks the last leg of CEV Champions League men’s group stage matches. Although all five current pool leaders have secured advancement regardless of what happens in Wednesday’s matches, three quarterfinal spots remain in play. 

With one day of action remaining the group stage of Champions League, only three teams have secured their spots in the quarterfinals of Europe’s top professional volleyball competition. The remaining five quarterfinalists will be determined by Tuesday’s matches.

Revolution PGH 18 White head coach Mike Hogan occasionally gets nervous about having just eight players on his roster — especially about having only one setter. 

It’s a great week for men’s volleyball when one of its own appears in the pages of the New York Times. But Daenan Gyimah’s Style section debut wasn’t the only big storyline in NCAA men’s action. Keep reading to get caught up.

Metro Volleyball Club’s 18 Travel team has 16 players on it — and as many college teams. 

It’s February! Which in the world of men’s college volleyball means we’re approaching the start of league action and are seeing some major fireworks from the last few weeks of nonconference play.

Although West Coast teams have a lock on the top spots in the rankings, it was East Coast teams that led the headlines in NCAA men’s volleyball this week. 

Another week into men’s volleyball season and there are plenty of surprising results and big-time performances to cover in this week’s edition of the NCAA men’s notebook.