Late night on the island as Hawaii and UCSB battled it out in 5 sets before their senior night festivities commenced. The Gauchos almost pulled out the upset in a match that featured a yellow card AND a red card, both in the direction of Hawaii. It was one of those kind of nights.
If the multiple cards weren’t enough for your Saturday drama, Ohio State fell to Lindenwood 3-1 while Ball State fell in five to Lewis. I know I am a broken record on this, but the MIVA might be the exemplar of parity right now. I can’t get enough of it!
I hope you all have a wonderful end of your weekend and a Happy Easter for those who celebrate.
Match Recaps
Big West
Hawai'i (94%) def. UC Santa Barbara (6%)
3-2 (25-21, 26-24, 23-25, 21-25, 15-12)
UC Irvine (86%) def. CSU Northridge (14%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 30-28)
Long Beach (90%) def. UC San Diego (10%)
3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-19)
ECC
Roberts Wesleyan (71%) def. American International (29%)
3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-12, 25-16)
EIVA
NJIT (52%) def. Charleston (48%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-21)
George Mason (62%) def. Princeton (38%)
3-2 (25-20, 19-25, 23-25, 25-17, 15-12)
Penn State (90%) def. Harvard (10%)
3-1 (25-21, 25-16, 23-25, 25-16)
MIVA
Lewis (40%) def. Ball State (60%)
3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-27, 15-12)
Lindenwood (29%) def. Ohio State (71%)
3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 25-21)
Loyola Chicago (90%) def. Queens (10%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-22)
Purdue Fort Wayne (84%) def. Quincy (16%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-18)
MPSF
BYU (96%) def. Concordia (4%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-19)
Pepperdine (55%) def. Southern California (45%)
3-1 (25-15, 20-25, 27-25, 25-19)
UCLA (92%) def. Stanford (8%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-20)
NEC
Daemen (68%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (32%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-19)
Long Island (86%) def. D'Youville (14%)
3-1 (26-28, 26-24, 25-20, 25-20)
SIAC
Edward Waters (84%) def. Kentucky State (16%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-17)
Non-conference
Thomas More (86%) def. Lees-McRae (14%)
3-2 (25-23, 25-23, 17-25, 23-25, 15-10)
Webber International (42%) def. Central State (58%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 28-26)
Sacred Heart (83%) def. Stevenson (17%)
3-1 (26-24, 19-25, 26-24, 25-20)
Sacred Heart (88%) def. Misericordia (12%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 28-26)
Carolina (83%) def. Morehouse (17%)
3-0 (25-18, 27-25, 25-14)
Life (88%) def. Morehouse (12%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-17)
Match Projections
No matches today
MIVA Mayhem and the EIVA logjam with 2-6 divided by 2 games in the loss column. BYU is making g a late run. And UCI salvaged a split to keeps their hopes of a top seed in the Big West.
An incredible week ahead