Thursday Match Projections
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Match Recaps
MIVA
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.
MPSF
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.
Non-conference
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.
Match Projections
MIVA
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.
Non-conference
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.
This weekend will begin every conference except for the Big West and what a weekend it will be. There will be carnage.