San Diego’s Ethan Champlin had 15 saves and six blocks, Merrick McHenry added 10 kills on .818 hitting with five blocks and No. 1 seed UCLA beat Long Beach State 25-20, 25-21, 27-29, 25-21 Saturday to win its second consecutive NCAA men’s volleyball championship.
UCLA has won 21 NCAA men’s volleyball titles, the most all time. Second-place Pepperdine has five championships. Zach Rama’s back-to-back kills gave the Bruins, ranked No. 2 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, the lead for good at 22-20 in the fourth and final set. McHenry followed with a service ace that pulled top-ranked and No.
081 hitting. A service error by Siapanis started a 4-0 run that gave the Bruins the lead for good. His attack error capped the spurt and made it 16-12 before McHenry’s four kill gave UCLA a 25-21 win in the first set. Ido had two kills and two aces as the Bruins jumped to a 10-4 lead in the second and UCLA scored 12 points off Long Beach State errors before Robinson’s kill to end the set made it 2-0.
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