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Ohio State Mens Volleyball (2011, 2016, 2017 National Champions)

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Men's volleyball: Buckeyes win first national title
Sunday, May 8, 2011
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Ohio State and Shawn Sangrey saved their best for when it counted the most as the Buckeyes won their first men's volleyball national championship last night with a five-set victory over UC Santa Barbara.

Sangrey, a junior from Columbia, Pa., had a career-high 30 kills, the last three coming in the waning moments of the fifth set in State College, Pa. Then, senior setter Steve Kehoe leaped to block UCSB All-American Jeff Menzel's last shot at keeping the Gauchos alive, and the third-seeded Buckeyes made off with the title.

"We just had to step it up," Sangrey said of the team attitude headed into the fifth set, which they won 15-9. "We talked before the game about giving it everything we've got. We knew this was the last game and we wanted to go out on top."

In the celebration that ensued, Kehoe became the bottom man on a pile of Buckeyes near center court while coach Pete Hanson punched the air.

Ohio State (26-6) made its 18th trip to the final four and its third appearance in the title game, but there was a long-held resolve on the team, led by seniors Kehoe, John Klanac and Kevin Heine, not to let that be enough.

"We knew this was our last go-around," Klanac said. "We knew what was at stake."

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...uckeyes-win-first-national-title.html?sid=101
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uUGMztfyGc"]YouTube - Ohio State Captures Volleyball Championship[/ame]
 
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Played against Kehoe in high school... he is an amazing volleyball player. Awesome to see him leading the Bucks to the national title!

Congrats to the Men's Volleyball team, and thanks for giving us something positive to focus on, we needed it right now.
 
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"Oh, Come, let's sing Ohio's Praise....." Great job Volleybucks. Watched much of it (my TiVo switched to The Strongest Man Contest -ugh).

Looked like OSU outclassed the Gauchos on outside hitting, serving sucked pretty much, but the kids sheepishly grinned, and kept on digging. Glad to see the Dispatch covered it with a story, I'll look it up...

Now for the Tennisbucks to make it another....

:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger: First volleyball title for OSU. They had a very telling (at least to me) comparison, that UCSB had 20 varsity sports, and OSU had 36 (38?).....that shows the breadth of our programs. Thank you football for allowing OSU to field so many opportunities for our young people.
 
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Bump for what should be a fun match on Friday for those of you that live relatively close to Fort Wayne, IN. The Bucks are in Fort Wayne on Friday night for their first conference game against IPFW at the new Gates Center at 7pm. If you live somewhat close, come out and support the Bucks! Sitting in 9th place nationally with an 8-4 record. IPFW is always a great team and tough MIVA opponent.
 
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scarletmike said:
The Bucks take on George Mason on May 3 at 6pm in one of the play-in games. Winner advances to face UCLA. Buckeyes are the 3 seed in the tourney, UCLA the 2.
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The NCAA Men’s Volleyball Committee announced today the six teams vying for the 2016 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship. The top two seeds have been placed in the bracket; the remaining four teams will compete for the last two berths in the bracket via two play-in matches. The play-in matches will take place May 3 and the semifinals and final will take place May 5 and 7. The play-ins, semifinals and championship will all be played in University Park, Pennsylvania, at Recreation Hall. Pennsylvania State University is the host.

n the first play-in match No. 4 seed Long Beach State University (24-7) will play No. 5 seed Erskine College (20-6), with the winner advancing to the championship bracket to play No. 1 seed Brigham Young University (26-3). In the second play-in match No. 3 seed The Ohio State University (28-2) will be paired with No. 6 seed George Mason University (18-11). The winner will be placed in the championship bracket to play No. 2 seed University of California, Los Angeles (25-6). Game times for the play-in matches are 6 and 8 p.m. Eastern time. Game times for the semifinals are 6 and 8 p.m. Eastern time. The championship match will be played at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The semifinals will be streamed live on www.NCAA.com and the championship match will be broadcast live on Saturday, May 7 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN2.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball...s-volleyball-committee-announces-championship

The bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/volleyball-men/nc

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Men's Volleyball: A school record four Buckeyes were named AVCA All-Americans – Miles Johnson (first team), Nicolas Szerszen (first team), Christy Blough (second team), and Gabriel Domecus (honorable mention).
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...first-b1g-tournament-title-men-win-their-11th

And the good news is they are all underclassmen and so they should be back next year. Johnson, Blough, and Domecus are juniors and Szerszen is a sophomore.
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-volley/mtt/osu-m-volley-mtt.html
 
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