It's IVA Time

And some other incredibly important matches

Aaron Kirby/Lees-McRae Athletics

The first conference tournament kicks off today with the IVA. With just four teams, it is a straightforward tournament hosted at Thomas More. The two winners will face each other tomorrow for first place while the remaining two teams will battle for third. Sadly, I didn’t have time to create a simulation of the IVA but it is clear that Lincoln Memorial is the heavy favorite…again. I would be surprised if they don’t claim the title this year.

Throughout the country, we have matches with huge post-season implications. I’m not going to pick three matches for today because honestly, I want to pick them all. The end of the regular season is right around the corner so every match counts.

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Match Recaps

ConfCarolinas

Mount Olive (75%) def. Barton (25%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-22)

Belmont Abbey (73%) def. Erskine (27%)
3-1 (25-15, 25-23, 17-25, 25-18)

North Greenville (82%) def. Emmanuel (18%)
3-2 (23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 15-6)

Lees-McRae (20%) def. King (80%)
3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-23)

MPSF

UCLA (98%) def. Concordia (2%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-15)

Grand Canyon (81%) def. Pepperdine (19%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-17)

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Match Projections

IVA Tournament

2 Maryville (55%) vs 3 Thomas More (45%)

1 Lincoln Memorial (93%) vs 4 Tusculum (7%)

Big West

Hawai'i (86%) vs UC San Diego (14%)

CSU Northridge (40%) vs UC Santa Barbara (60%)

Long Beach (73%) vs UC Irvine (27%)

EIVA

Charleston (19%) vs Princeton (81%)

George Mason (20%) vs Penn State (80%)

NJIT (28%) vs Harvard (72%)

MPSF

Pepperdine (18%) vs Grand Canyon (82%)

Southern California (32%) vs Stanford (68%)

NEC

Merrimack (15%) vs Daemen (85%)

Sacred Heart (36%) vs D'Youville (64%)

Fairleigh Dickinson (11%) vs Saint Francis (89%)

SIAC

Morehouse (10%) vs Benedict (90%)

Kentucky State (27%) vs Central State (73%)

Fort Valley State (52%) vs Edward Waters (48%)