Watch the First Point Collegiate Challenge on Volleyball TV

American collegiate teams Lewis, Penn State, Pepperdine and Stanford will be in action on Friday and Saturday

Published 10:00, 18 Jan 2023

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American collegiate volleyball is set to return to Volleyball TV this week as the second edition of the First Point Volleyball Foundation Collegiate Challenge will be streamed live on the platform on Friday and Saturday. Last season, Volleyball TV broadcast matches from the women's Big Ten Conference.

The exhibition event will reunite the men’s teams of Lewis University, Penn State, Pepperdine and Stanford for two matches on each day at the Austin Convention Center, in Texas – Pepperdine vs. Penn State and Lewis vs. Stanford on Friday and Lewis vs. Pepperdine and Penn State vs. Stanford on Saturday.

Watch the First Point Volleyball Foundation Collegiate Challenge live on Volleyball TV.

The four sides set to take part in the second edition of the event are among the top 15 teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Penn State are ranked fourth, Pepperdine are fifth, Stanford are eighth and Lewis are 15th. They also combine for ten NCAA Division I titles, with Pepperdine lifting the trophy five times, Penn State and Stanford twice each and Lewis once.

Founded by USA men’s national team head coach John Speraw and Wade Garard in 2016, the First Point Volleyball Foundation aims to support the development of boys’ and men’s volleyball in the United States.

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The matches will be part of an event that will also include a showcase and a clinic, which will be held on Thursday and will feature players and coaches from all teams and will be run by coach Mick Haley, who led the USA women’s national team at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.