Loyola Men's Volleyball Wins National Championship

[swellafelon]

Loyola's men's volleyball team beat Stanford yesterday before a sellout crowd of 4500 at Loyola's Gentile Arena to win the National Title.

http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-volley/loyc-m-volley-body.html

[Shox21]

Good for them. Congrats.

[ShockTalk]

Loyola's men's volleyball team beat Stanford yesterday before a sellout crowd of 4500 at Loyola's Gentile Arena to win the National Title.


http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports...lley-body.html

See! Here's a reason why the MVC wanted Loyola......to win a National Championship for them......oh, wait.

Seriously, congratulations to Loyola and their men's volleyball team.

[Kung Wu]

The headlining photo under men's volleyball on NCAA.com (shame on you NCAA):



Source: http://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-...4/history-home

[1972Shocker]

Congrats to the Ramblers. It's 1st Volleyball title, but not it's 1st National Championship. I kind of hate to admit it but I remember when they won the 1963 NCAA Men's basketball national championship.

Edit: Actually, I'm kind of proud of myself that I can remember it, but I it's also a reminder that I am now pretty much officially an old fart.

[WuDrWu]

How many D1 men's volleyball programs exist?


Might as well ask while I'm at it......how many of those are east of California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo).

[1979Shocker]

The headlining photo under men's volleyball on NCAA.com (shame on you NCAA):



Source: http://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-...4/history-home

I missed it. What did the NCAA do?

[Kung Wu]

I missed it. What did the NCAA do?

Chose possibly the most unflattering photo of Loyola's stud that they possibly could have.

[_kai_]

Congrats to the Ramblers. Very cool.

[WSUwatcher]

Give credit where credit is due. Kudos to Loyola, which is now the leader among current Valley teams in D-1 national championships, and beating a California team to win this one should count for something. NCAA men's volleyball is one of those somewhat esoteric, mostly regional sports (wrestling, lacrosse, hockey, volleyball, etc.), and it's impressive when a team outside the primary region manages to win.

Having said that, it's still time for WSU to get the heck out of the Valley, and it isn't because they can't compete with Loyola in volleyball.

[_kai_]

Just something to point out, this is not a NC for the MVC. Loyola is in the MIVA.

[RoyalShock]

Chose possibly the most unflattering photo of Loyola's stud that they possibly could have.

If not for the name on the front of the jersey, I would have assumed he was from Missouri State.

[Kung Wu]

If not for the name on the front of the jersey, I would have assumed he was from Missouri State.

Ouch!

[_kai_]

If not for the name on the front of the jersey, I would have assumed he was from Missouri State.

SHOTS FIRED!

[Shoxfan11]

Rumor is that Creighton is taking the chance that he can shoot threes and has already offered him a scholarship.