With just two weeks left in the regular season, Simpson and UC Merced had important road trips to Arizona last weekend, and both the Red Hawks, who received votes in the latest NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches Top 15 Poll, and the. Bobcats, struggled at No. 12 Benedictine-Mesa and Park-Gilbert, combing to lose three of four matches. BENU's sweep of their two matches gave the Redhawks plenty of breathing room in the California Pacific Conference standings, moving BENU (9-0) three and a half games in front of second place SU (5-3), four ahead of Park (5-4), and four and a half in front of UCM (3-3).
