MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: PEPPERDINE FALLS SHORT TO IPFW IN NCAA SEMIFINALS.Byline: Staff and Wire Services COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. -- Winning 26 of 29 matches usually is considered a successful season. For the Pepperdine men's volleyball team, it is considered a gigantic failure. Second-team All-American C.J. Macias led the way as IPFW IPFW Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, IN, USA) IPFW Internet Protocol Firewall stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. the top-seeded Waves 3-1, winning by scores of 27-30, 30-27, 30-27, 30-25, in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals Thursday night. It was a huge upset for Pepperdine (26-3), which had won 23 matches in a row before losing its final two. The Waves fell to UC Irvine in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. final on Saturday. The Mastodons (23-7) advanced to their first title game and will meet UC Irvine, which defeated Penn State 3-1 by scores of 30-25, 30-22, 26-30, 30-23, in Saturday's championship match. Macias totaled 24 kills, Brock Ullrich added 20 and Jason Yhost had 18 for the Mastodons. Colin Lundeen had 64 assists. The school with the acronym for a name -- it represents the school's affiliation with Indiana and Purdue universities and its hometown of Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, -- has qualified for six NCAA final fours but had never before won a semifinal. The Waves appeared to knock the Mastodons back on their heels in game one, with the power game of first-team All-Americans Paul Carroll and Jonathan Winder leading the way to the win. Carroll, a 6-foot-7 lefty, had five kills and three blocks and fellow first-team All-American Jonathan Winder had 15 assists. Carroll finished with 26 kills and Winder had 57 assists. J.D. Schleppenbach had 12 digs for Pepperdine, which came in 11-0 on the road this season. |
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