UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania — Top-seeded BYU will take on a familiar opponent when the Cougars face conference foe Long Beach State at 4 p.m. Thursday in the NCAA men's volleyball tournament semifinals.
BYU and the 49ers, who defeated Erskine in straight sets in a play-in match, split a pair of matches earlier this season in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. Now the stakes are much higher, with a spot in the national championship match on the line. The winner of today's match will face the winner of the other semifinal between Ohio State and UCLA in the championship Saturday.