The 2013 NCAA Championship - USA

Quote from YavorD

Five teams in the Final Four?

Only 1 team is chosen as an at-large. It will be Long Beach State or Irvine.
The last team will be named at 12PM PDT, so 2 hours from now.

Quote from le coq gaulois

the defending champion out so early, what a disapointment

Irvine's coach left to coach at UCLA this season. Irvine has had a good year, but their season is not finished yet. But only 4 teams make the tournament, so if you don't play well, you do not have a chance.

FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINALS (Held at the Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA Campus), May 2nd
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) Penn State - BYU ( 1 )
( 3 ) Loyola-Illinois - UC-Irvine ( 2 )
Winners advance to the FINAL

FINAL (Held at the Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA Campus), May 4th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( ) - ( )

Semifinal matches will be broadcast at ncaa.com
Final match will be broadcast on ESPNU network

FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINALS (Held at the Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA Campus), May 2nd
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) Penn State 0 - 3 BYU ( 1 ) (21-25, 16-25, 22-25)
Taylor Sanders (BYU) 18 points, Ben Patch (BYU) 17 points, Aaron Russell (Penn State) 15 points
( 3 ) Loyola-Illinois 0 - 3 UC-Irvine ( 2 ) (24-26, 18-25, 27-29)
Kevin Tillie (Irvine) 17 points, Cody Caldwell (Loyola) 13 points
Winners advance to the FINAL

FINAL (Held at the Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA Campus), May 4th, 9PM EDT
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 2 ) UC-Irvine - BYU ( 1 )

Semifinal matches will be broadcast at ncaa.com
Final match will be broadcast on ESPNU network

FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT
FINAL (Held at the Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA Campus), May 4th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 2 ) UC-Irvine 3 - 0 BYU ( 1 ) (25-23, 25-22, 26-24)
UC-Irvine wins back-to-back Championships, 4th Championship (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013)
Taylor Sander (BYU 21 points, Scott Kervorken (Irvine) 14 points
Irvine dominates BYU at the net with 16 blocks to 6.

First set, BYU gets out to a 3 point lead (10-7), then Irvine goes on a 10-4 run to lead by three (17-14), BYU ties it at 18-18, an error by BYU at 23-23 gives Irvine a break and then a kill to win the 1st set.
Irvine was down 11-4 in the 2nd set, comes back with a 10-2 run to take the lead (14-13), still was close until 20-20, but Irvine got a 2-point which it held to win the 2nd.
BYU had 3 set points in the 3rd set (24-21), but Irvine scores 5 straight to win.

Connor Hughes (Irvine) was the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament.

AVCA NCAA Division 1-2 First-Team All-Americans
Player (School), Position, Year in College
Michael Brinkley (UC-Irvine), L, Sophomore
Levi Cabral (Cal Baptist), OH, Senior
Brian Cook (Stanford), OH, Junior
Taylor Crabb (Long Beach State), OH, Junior
Dylan Davis (UC-Santa Barbara), MB, Senior
Ben Patch (BYU), OPP, Freshman
Gonzalo Quiroga (UCLA), OH, Junior
Taylor Sander (BYU), OH, Junior (2nd time)
Kevin Tillie (UC-Irvine), OH, Senior (2nd time)
Matt West (Pepperdine), S, Sophomore
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Player of the Year
Taylor Crabb (Long Beach State), OH, Junior
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