His hearing loss hasn’t kept David Smith from registering strong performances on the volleyball court.

In a rivalry already fueled by tight competition and close proximity, Loyola Chicago’s 3-2 win over Lewis in the men’s volleyball national championship game assumed a special place in the series’ history.

The Stevens Institute of Technology captured its first national volleyball title when it knocked off three-time defending national champion Springfield College.

Arnie Ball has coached at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne for more than three decades. His successors gathered with him at an alumni game before his final season began.