McMaster and Laval take on the NCAA
Two of the top Canadian mens' volleyball teams are in California this week to take on multiple opponents from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and Pacific 10 (PAC10) conferences of the NCAA. Long Beach State University, California State Northridge, Pepperdine, University of California, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles will play exhibition matches against the Marauders and Rouge et Or over the next few days.
All four of the American teams were ranked within the top 15 of the NCAA as of last season.
McMaster
- Pepperdine on December 29th
- UCLA on December 30th
- Long Beach State on December 31st
Laval
- Long Beach State on December 30th
- Pepperdine on January 1st
- UCSB on January 4th
- Cal State Northridge on January 5th
Check back for the results of these matches.
Source: McMaster Athletics
Source: Laval Athletics
McMaster
McMaster has finished their California swing. While we are still trying to track down some results we do have these to share with you. McMaster played Long Beach State University in a two court scrimmage with these results:
The teams split into two squads for a pair of best-of-three matches. On Court 1, LBSU toppled McMaster, 25-19, 25-8. The 49ers were also successful on Court 2, winning 25-18, 26-24.
Source: longbeachstate.com
UCLA defeated McMaster 4-1 (25-22)(25-15)(31-29)(25-19)(13-15). They decided to play all five sets.
Source: Marauder Athletics
It turns out the Pepperdine match on December 29th 2010 was actually more of a joint practice with a scrimmage.
"It was actually more of a joint practice/scrimmage than anything, as a score was not even kept."
Source: Pepperdine SID
Laval
Laval defeated Long Beach State 3 sets to 1. (25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 25-21).
Laval played a seven set ultra-match against Pepperdine. Although after the seven sets the score was 4-3 Laval, we can't guarantee that this seven set monster actually was a "match", it might just be a scrimmage like McMaster, probably even a multi-court scrimmage. The scores were (22-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 15-13)
Source: Laval Athletics
Laval is still down in California and will be visiting UCSB tomorrow and Cal State Northridge the following day. We will bring you the results as those become available.