Pepperdine Clinches MPSF with Victory over USC

Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball defeated the University of Southern California Trojans 3-1 to clinch the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title Saturday, April 26, at Firestone Fieldhouse. This victory gives the Waves an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

This victory comes after the Waves beat Grand Canyon University on April 24, and University of California, Los Angeles on April 25, in the tournament. The leading scorers for the Waves were redshirt junior outside hitter Ryan Barnett, sophomore outside hitter Ilay Haver and freshman outside hitter Cole Hartke with 23, 11 and 8 kills, respectively.

Throughout the entire first set, both teams kept it neck-and-neck as the largest lead for…