Long Beach State vs Hawaii 5-4-2019 MVB

This is the game day post Long Beach State put on their Instagram for the championship match. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram for more men's volleyball: @lbsumvb

This is 6'8 Outside Hitter/Opposite Senior Stijn van Tilburg (left) along with 6'9 Opposite Junior Pado Parapunov (right) playing for Hawaii at the pyramid. Don't forget to follow Hawaii on Instagram for more men's volleyball: @hawaiimvb

Dear Readers~


On May 4, 2019 the finals for the 2019 NCAA men's indoor volleyball championship was held at 5 pm Pacific Time at the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State there in Long Beach, California. The championship was Hawaii taking on the previous national champion, Long Beach State. Now it's time to cover the game.

The first set ended at 25-23 with Hawaii taking that set. The second set ended at 25-22 with Long Beach State taking that set and also getting 25-22 in the third set as well. Going into the fourth set, Long Beach State led 2 sets to Hawaii's 1 along with Long Beach State being just 1 set away from becoming back to back champions. With both teams knowing this, the fourth set ended at 25-23, just like the first set. The difference was that this set went to Long Beach State and gave them the 2019 NCAA men's indoor volleyball national championship title for the second consecutive year.

Now it's time to cover the top athlete from each category. The leader in kills goes to TJ DeFalco, with 20 for Long Beach State, while Pado Parapunov got 16 kills of his own for Hawaii. The leader in digs goes to Stijn Tilburg, with 7 digs for Hawaii, while Jordan Molina got 6 digs of his own for Long Beach State. The leader in blocks goes to Simon Andersen, who got 6 blocks for Long Beach State, while Patrick Gasman got 3 blocks of his own for Hawaii. The final category was assists, led by Long Beach State's Josh Tuaniga, with 43, while Joe Worsley led Hawaii with 42 assists of his own.

This is the post game day photo Long Beach State put on their Instagram. Don't forget to follow them: @lbsumvb

This game was a big deal because the head coach of Long Beach State, Alan Knipe,  became the second person in the history of Division 1 and Division 2  men's volleyball to win a national championship as a player (1991 for Long Beach State) and as a coach (2018 and 2019 for Long Beach State).

That concludes the 2019 NCAA men's indoor volleyball season. I hope y'all have enjoyed reading about the progression each team has made over the course of the season and until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller