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1985 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1985. Pepperdine Waves men's volleyball, Pepperdine defeated USC Trojans men's volleyball, USC in the final match, 3–1 (10–15, 15–10, 15–7, 15–3), to win their second national title. The Waves (25–2) were coached by Marv Dunphy. Pepperdines's Bob Ctvrtlik was named the tournament's ''Most Outstanding Player''. Ctvrtlik, along with six other players, comprised the ''All-tournament team''. Qualification Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs whether from NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, or NCAA Division III, Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepperdine Waves Men's Volleyball
The Pepperdine Waves are the athletics teams of Pepperdine University, located outside the city of Malibu, California. They compete at the NCAA Division I, Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA. The school is a member of the West Coast Conference for the majority of its programs. Pepperdine University was recently ranked by the NACDA Director's Cup, Sears Cup as having the most successful athletic program for non-American football, football Division I schools (Stanford was ranked the most successful Division I athletic program with football). Pepperdine University sponsors seventeen National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams. There are also several intercollegiate sports clubs such as men's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, surf team, Ultimate Frisbee and men's rugby. Pepperdine's chief athletic rival is the Loyola Marymount Lions, who are also in the WCC. Nickname Since the school's founding, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1982 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 13th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania during May 1982. UCLA defeated Penn State in the final match, 3–0 (15–4, 15–9, 15–7), to win their ninth national title. The undefeated Bruins (29–0) were coached by Al Scates. UCLA's Karch Kiraly was named the tournament's ''Most Outstanding Player'' for the second consecutive year. Kiraly, along with six other players, comprised the ''All-tournament team''. Qualification Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship. Tournament bracket *Site: Rec Hall, University Park, Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Sports In California
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ... withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Volleyball
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involvemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The NCAA men's volleyball tournament, officially titled the NCAA national collegiate men's volleyball championship, is an annual competition that determines the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in American college men's volleyball. It had been the only NCAA championship in the sport from 1970 until 2012, when the NCAA launched a NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament, Division III championship. Unlike most NCAA sports, men's volleyball uses a modified version of the National Collegiate championship format, which means NCAA Division I, Division I and NCAA Division II, Division II teams compete against each other in the same tournament. In the past, schools from the Pacific Coast region have dominated this sport, in particular UCLA Bruins, UCLA with coach Al Scates leading the program to 19 NCAA titles (more than any other coach). Competition structure Before the 2011–12 school year (2012 championship), men's volleyball did not have an offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involvement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament was the fifth annual NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament, tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA to determine the team national champions of NCAA Division II, Division II women's collegiate volleyball among its member programs in the United States. In a rematch of the last two championship series, hosts and defending champions Portland State Vikings women's volleyball, Portland State defeated Cal State Northridge Matadors women's volleyball, Cal State Northridge in the final in four sets, 3–1 (15–9, 15–13, 11–15, 15–8), to claim the Vikings' second NCAA Division II national title. Portland State was coached by Jeff Mozzochi. Qualifying The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams. Three teams made their debut in the NCAA Division II tournament: MUW Owls, Mississippi Women (MUW), Regis Rangers women's volleyball, Regis (CO), and St. Cloud State Huskies women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match. Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.(12-23-1985).Stanford loses in NCAA final ''San Jose Mercury News''. Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford. In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place. Brackets West regional Mideast regional South regional Northwest regional Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fitzgerald (volleyball)
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Mike Fitzgerald or Mike FitzGerald may refer to: * Mike Fitzgerald (sociologist) (born 1951), academic and consultant * Mike Fitzgerald (American football) (born 1941), former American football player * Mike Fitzgerald (catcher) (born 1960), catcher in Major League Baseball * Mike Fitzgerald (first baseman) (born 1964), first baseman in Major League Baseball * Mike Fitzgerald (game designer), designer of collectible card games * Mike FitzGerald (hurler) (born 1985), Irish hurler * Mike Fitzgerald (outfielder) (1891–1945), outfielder in Major League Baseball See also * Michael Fitzgerald (other) Michael Fitzgerald may refer to: Arts * Michael A. Fitzgerald (1970–2023), American author and entrepreneur * Michael C. FitzGerald (born 1953), American art historian and Picasso scholar * Michael G. Fitzgerald (1950–2006), American film hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Rigg
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Troy Tanner
Troy Richard Tanner (born October 31, 1963) is an American former volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Early life Tanner attended Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, California. College Tanner played college volleyball for Pepperdine University after being recruited by legendary coach Marv Dunphy. He started as a setter and then was switched to outside hitter. Tanner helped the Waves win NCAA Championships in 1985 and 1986, defeating USC on each occasion. Tanner was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame in 2011. Club volleyball After his Olympic appearance in 1988, Tanner played in the professional indoor leagues in Italy, Croatia, and Japan. Beach volleyball From 1988 to 1999, Tanner played beach volleyball primarily on the AVP tour. He was the AVP Rookie of the Year in 1992. In his career as a beach volleyball player, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
