Top Four MPSF Seeds Clinched Entering Final Week
Photo: Davide Gardini, BYU (Courtesy: BYU Athletics)
MPSF Men's Volleyball Weekkly Release # 11 (PDF)
KEVIN KOBRINE OF UCLA
MPSF/MOLTEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UCLA redshirt-sophomore opposite
Kevin Kobrine (Newport Beach, CA/Corona Del Mar HS) led the Bruins in kills over a two-match split against No. 2 BYU (Apr. 9-10). He averaged 5.00 kills/set and hit .426 on 61 swings with 35 kills in the series. Kobrine’s 23 kills in the win were a career-best, while hitting .500. Two of his kills saved set points in a comeback win from an 18-24 third-set deficit. He added a team-best and career-high 12 digs for a double-double in the victory. Both the kills (23) and the digs (12) were UCLA season-highs. This is the second career MPSF weekly award for Kobrine, repeating the honor from last week.
Others Nominated: Billy Fauntleroy (USC); Kyle Thompson (GCU)…
HEATH HUGHES OF GRAND CANYON
MPSF/MOLTEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Grand Canyon redshirt-sophomore setter
Heath Hughes (Haines City, FL/Polk State Chain of Lakes) helped the Antelopes to a pair of wins at USC (Apr. 9-10), which clinched the four seed for the MPSF Tournament. In the five-set win on night two, Hughes recorded a double-double on 45 assists and 17 digs (just two digs off the MPSF season-high). He totaled 19 digs (2.38 D/S) and five blocks (0.63 B/S) in the series. This is the first career MPSF weekly award for Hughes.
Others Nominated: Cole Paxson (USC)…
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, April 16
*Concordia at Grand Canyon---6:00 pm
*Pepperdine at Stanford---6:00 pm
Saturday, April 17
*Concordia at Grand Canyon---4:00 pm
*Pepperdine at Stanford---4:00 pm
2021 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
Host: Brigham Young University
Smith Fieldhouse; Provo, UT
April 22-24, 2021
MPSF Tournament Live Stream Powered by FLOSports:
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MPSF Quarterfinals: Thursday, April 22
No. 1 seed BYU---Bye
No. 2 seed UCLA vs. No. 7 seed---2:00 pm
No. 4 seed Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 seed---5:00 pm
No. 3 seed Pepperdine vs. No. 6 seed---8:00 pm
MPSF Semifinals: Friday, April 23
Semifinal # 1: Highest-Seeded Quarterfinal Winners---4:00 pm
Semifinal # 2: Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 seed BYU---7:00 pm
MPSF Championship: Saturday, April 24
Semifinal Winners---7:00 pm
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, April 10
*at No. 6 UCLA 3, No. 2 BYU 1
(25-18, 21-25, 27-25, 25-15)
*No. 9 Grand Canyon 3, at USC 2
(33-31, 25-18, 22-25, 17-25, 15-11)
Friday, April 9
*No. 2 BYU 3, at No. 6 UCLA 0
(25-19, 25-16, 25-17)
*No. 9 Grand Canyon 3, at USC 0
(25-18, 25-22, 28-26)
Saturday, April 3
*No. 6 UCLA 3, at No. 9 Grand Canyon 1
(25-16, 29-27, 19-25, 25-15)
*at Stanford 3, No. RV Concordia 2
(27-25, 25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 15-12)
SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES
*MPSF Conference Match
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