Belmont Abbey Alone at the Top
Belmont Abbey Alone at the Top
The Crusaders earn their first conference regular-season championship.
Too much to cover and too little time, so here are some highlights. I know it is not everything so feel free to add things to the comments below.
Hawaii got an important road victory to keep their post-season hopes (and morale) alive.
Barton continues to show that they are not the Barton of the past.
Belmont Abbey has proven they are the real deal with their first-ever regular-season championship.
Penn State and George Mason face off next week for the top spot in the EIVA. Penn State is the favorite, but these matches will be electric. (Also, we are not talking nearly enough about Penn State. They are really good and VBelo really likes their odds.)
I want to live in a world where Lincoln Memorial is in the National Tournament.
The MIVA is wild and I love it. This tournament is going to be something else.
UCLA and GCU look destined for the National Tournament. The Bruins should enter the MPSF tournament at the top and they look scary good. But as we know, everyone is beatable.
Great underdog win for Merrimack in the NEC.
Fort Valley State is looking to become the newest powerhouse in the SIAC.
Match Recaps
Big West
Hawai'i (47%) def. UC Irvine (53%)
3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-18, 25-18)
Long Beach (92%) def. CSU Northridge (8%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-21)
ConfCarolinas
Barton (50%) def. Emmanuel (50%)
3-2 (13-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 19-17)
Belmont Abbey (86%) def. King (14%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 27-25)
Erskine (52%) def. Mount Olive (48%)
3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-23)
North Greenville (97%) def. Lees-McRae (3%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-19)
EIVA
Penn State (92%) def. Charleston (8%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 30-28)
George Mason (77%) def. Harvard (23%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-16)
IVA
Lincoln Memorial (96%) def. Tusculum (4%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-19)
MIVA
Ball State (76%) def. McKendree (24%)
3-2 (21-25, 20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-8)
Loyola Chicago (70%) def. Lewis (30%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-21)
Lindenwood (77%) def. Queens (23%)
3-1 (30-28, 21-25, 25-16, 25-20)
Purdue Fort Wayne (94%) def. Quincy (6%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-21)
MPSF
Southern California (25%) def. BYU (75%)
3-2 (20-25, 27-25, 26-28, 29-27, 18-16)
Stanford (85%) def. Concordia (15%)
3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-23)
UCLA (79%) def. Grand Canyon (21%)
3-2 (24-26, 25-22, 25-23, 18-25, 15-8)
NEC
Saint Francis (88%) def. D'Youville (12%)
3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-19, 25-21)
Fairleigh Dickinson (48%) def. Sacred Heart (52%)
3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 23-25, 25-19)
Merrimack (16%) def. Long Island (84%)
3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 31-29)
SIAC
Edward Waters (78%) def. Benedict (22%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-18)
Fort Valley State (59%) def. Central State (41%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 26-24)
Non-conference
Daemen (97%) def. Roberts Wesleyan (3%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-8, 25-15)
MIT (73%) def. American International (27%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-17)
Match Projections
No matches tomorrow
The MIVA Mayhem continues as the tournament will surely be crazy 🤪.
If one is making predictions, one may think Fort Valley can start looking into plans for Long Beach. UH helped its case as BYU and GCU hurt theirs with regard to at large.
A 12 team bracket would look very interesting for 2024.