Thursday Match Projections

Feb 15, 2024

Match Recaps

Loyola Chicago (53%) def. Lewis (47%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-19)

This was the 5th match of the year where Loyola hit above .400.

Southern California (62%) def. Concordia (38%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-23)

Jack Deuchar (USC) led all players with 15 kills and Austin Stuard (USC) led the way with his 13 digs.

UCLA (90%) def. Pepperdine (10%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-18)

Ethan Champlin (UCLA) might be the best hitting Libero in the country. The part-time OH had 9 digs after his 17 dig performance against Long Beach.

CSU Northridge (95%) def. Hope International (5%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-18)

The Matadors had a season high .453 hitting percentage with only 7 hitting errors.

Lincoln Memorial (91%) def. King (9%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-18)

Freshman MB Eliel Salva Torres (LMU) had a season high 8 blocks to lead the Railsplitters.

St. John Fisher (31%) def. Roberts Wesleyan (69%)
3-1 (25-23, 25-13, 23-25, 25-18)

Despite the loss, Roberts Wesleyan had more digs (33-30) which isn’t surprising for the 3rd best digging team in the country.

Purdue Fort Wayne (36%) vs Ball State (64%)

Ball State is currently fourth in the nation in Kills/Set, Assists/Set, & Sigs/Set.

Queens (42%) vs McKendree (58%)

This will be the first ever meeting of these two programs and it gets to happen in a conference match.

Central State (18%) vs UC San Diego (82%)

This will be Central State’s third neutral location match. Interestinly, they have only played in one home match this season.

UC Santa Barbara (92%) vs California Lutheran (8%)

Cal Lutheran will look to break their 11 match losing streak against D-I/II teams. This is the second ever meeting of these two teams.

Bard (36%) vs Dominican (64%)

Dominican leads the ECC in hitting percentage and is still fourth in the nation in aces/set.