UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The 2016 NCAA men’s volleyball national champion is The Ohio State University. The Buckeyes defeated top-seeded Brigham Young University (27-4) in a three-set sweep (32-30, 25-23, 25-17) to secure the program’s second national championship — five years to the date after capturing the 2011 title in the same facility (Rec Hall). Four different Buckeyes recorded double-digit kills in the NCAA Finals, paced by 15 kills for the event’s MVP Miles Johnson. Ohio State’s most effective damage came from the middle, however, as Driss Guessous and Blake Leeson combined for 21 kills on 27 attacks. Leeson exploded for 11 terminations on 13 errorless swings to claim his spot on the all-tournament squad. Christy Blough averaged nearly 15 assists per set, steering the OSU offense to a .374 team attacking efficiency on 44 assists. The Buckeyes served BYU out of the gym with eight aces in the straight-sets victory. MORE: Complete bracket | Full Statistics Johnson got it going right from the jump, slapping seven kills in the opening frame. A first period which witnessed 21 tied scores; repeat, twenty-one tied scores as BYU had it going offensively as well though, ultimately earning the night’s first set point at 24-23. The Cougars would go on to obtain six more set-point opportunities, each one denied by the Scarlet & Gray…
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