One Final Match

Match #801

Apr 14, 2024

Can we get the Railsplitters in the National Tournament? Please? (LMU Athletics via Instagram)

That’s right, there is only one match left in the regular season. Regardless of the outcomes of today’s match, we already know the seedings for all of the conferences, including the SIAC. Tomorrow I will put out a giant data dump to show where we are at the end of the regular season. Buckle up because it’s tournament time!

Congratulations to Lincoln Memorial for claiming their sixth straight IVA Tournament Championship. I would love to live in a world where the IVA had a realistic chance of getting a spot in the national tournament. We don’t currently live in that world, but maybe one day. Lincoln Memorial is a fantastic program that excels year after year. It’s only a matter of time before the NCAA will be unable to justify leaving them (or other IVA teams) out.

Match Recaps

IVA

Third Place Match

#4 Tusculum (29%) def. #2 Maryville (71%)
3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 25-22, 30-28)

Championship

#1 Lincoln Memorial (84%) def. #3 Thomas More (16%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-19)

MIVA

Quarterfinals

#1 Ball State (93%) def. #8 Queens (7%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-18)

#2 Loyola Chicago (80%) def. #7 McKendree (20%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16)

#3 Ohio State (76%) def. #6Lewis (24%)
3-1 (26-24, 25-27, 25-21, 25-20)

#4 Lindenwood (65%) def. #5 Purdue Fort Wayne (35%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-17)

Big West

UC San Diego (13%) def. Hawai'i (87%)
3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-20)

CSU Northridge (48%) def. UC Santa Barbara (52%)
3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-22)

Long Beach (76%) def. UC Irvine (24%)
3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-17)

ECC

St. Thomas Aquinas (89%) def. American International (11%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-13)

Roberts Wesleyan (31%) def. Dominican (69%)
3-2 (26-28, 27-25, 23-25, 25-10, 15-12)

EIVA

Princeton (71%) def. Charleston (29%)
3-2 (16-25, 25-17, 26-24, 21-25, 17-15)

Penn State (83%) def. George Mason (17%)
3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 25-15)

NJIT (39%) def. Harvard (61%)
3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20)

MPSF

UCLA (99%) def. Concordia (1%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-20)

Stanford (72%) def. Southern California (28%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-16, 21-25, 28-26)

NEC

Daemen (87%) def. Sacred Heart (13%)
3-1 (25-18, 25-20, 20-25, 25-18)

Merrimack (50%) def. D'Youville (50%)
3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18)

Saint Francis (89%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (11%)
3-0 (25-23, 28-26, 25-22)

Match Projections

SIAC

Fort Valley State (82%) vs Benedict (18%)