So Many Matches, So Little Time
Seven conferences in action today along with a handful of exciting non-conference matches.
I will let the scores and the projections speak for themselves today.1 Let me know what catches your eye and what questions you have about these teams at this point in the season.
Match Recaps
Big West
UC Irvine (81%) def. UC San Diego (19%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-19)
ConfCarolinas
Barton (48%) def. King (52%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 26-24)
Belmont Abbey (52%) def. Erskine (48%)
3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-9)
North Greenville (88%) def. Emmanuel (12%)
3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 25-21)
Mount Olive (91%) def. Lees-McRae (9%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-23)
EIVA
Princeton (59%) def. George Mason (41%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-23)
IVA
Maryville (52%) def. Tusculum (48%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-19)
MIVA
Ball State (86%) def. Queens (14%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-16)
McKendree (81%) def. Quincy (19%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 26-24)
MPSF
Grand Canyon (79%) def. Stanford (21%)
3-0 (25-20, 28-26, 27-25)
SIAC
Edward Waters (85%) def. Benedict (15%)
3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 29-27)
Fort Valley State (60%) def. Central State (40%)
3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 25-16)
Kentucky State (64%) def. Morehouse (36%)
3-2 (26-24, 21-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-13)
Kentucky State (69%) def. Morehouse (31%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 26-24)
Non-conference
Harvard (25%) def. Daemen (75%)
3-1 (28-26, 20-25, 25-16, 25-20)
Hawai'i (98%) def. Sacred Heart (2%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-17)
CSU Northridge (60%) def. Charleston (40%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-23)
Long Beach (57%) def. Penn State (43%)
3-1 (25-17, 25-14, 24-26, 25-14)
Merrimack (69%) def. Dominican (31%)
3-1 (23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-22)
St. Thomas Aquinas (54%) def. Monroe College (46%)
3-1 (25-17, 25-22, 24-26, 25-19)
NJIT (82%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (18%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-16)
Lindenwood (28%) def. Lincoln Memorial (72%)
3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-17, 25-18)
Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
Lees-McRae (19%) vs Barton (81%)
King (25%) vs Mount Olive (75%)
ECC
Dominican (78%) vs American International (22%)
IVA
Maryville (62%) vs Tusculum (38%)
MIVA
Purdue Fort Wayne (41%) vs Lewis (59%)
Loyola Chicago (23%) vs Ohio State (77%)
MPSF
Pepperdine (77%) vs Concordia (23%)
Southern California (7%) vs UCLA (93%)
NEC
Long Island (70%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (30%)
SIAC
Kentucky State (17%) vs Fort Valley State (83%)
Central State (88%) vs Morehouse (12%)
Central State (88%) vs Morehouse (12%)
Non-conference
Harvard (78%) vs D'Youville (22%)
Charleston (27%) vs UC Santa Barbara (73%)
Thomas More (69%) vs Roberts Wesleyan (31%)
St. Thomas Aquinas (18%) vs Merrimack (82%)
Saint Francis (57%) vs George Mason (43%)
Lincoln Memorial (85%) vs Quincy (15%)
Edward Waters (88%) vs Reinhardt (12%)
Sometimes you have a busy day and it gets too late to write anything interesting.
Quietly in the South, Belmont Abbey is holding strong at the top. GCU is playing good volleyball. Which MIVA team will be the most dangerous down the stretch? Will PSU be chased toward the EUVA title?