VBelo Daily: April 20, 2025

The last day of the regular season delivered all the way to the very end (a walk-off ace)!

St. Thomas Aquinas didn’t drop a single set in conference on their way to their second straight title. (STAC Athletics)

RPI Update

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Tournament Central

🏆ECC Championship🏆

#1 St. Thomas Aquinas (86%) def. #2 Roberts Wesleyan (14%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-12)

🏆IVA Championship🏆

#1 Lincoln Memorial (88%) def. #2 Maryville (12%)
3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-20, 25-19)

I cannot stress this enough: the world needs to see LMU in the national tournament. This is their 7th straight IVA title. They are a force to be reckoned with!

IVA Semifinals

#1 Lincoln Memorial (95%) def. #5 Rockhurst (5%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20)

#2 Maryville (76%) def. #6 Missouri S&T (24%)
3-2 (23-25, 26-28, 26-24, 25-20, 15-10)

MIVA Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals may have been all chalk, but that 4/5 match sure delivered on the drama. I am expecting big things out of the semifinals…

#3 Ohio State (79%) def. #6 Lindenwood (21%)
3-1 (25-15, 25-23, 24-26, 25-14)

#2 McKendree (86%) def. #7 Purdue Fort Wayne (14%)
3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-21)

#1 Loyola Chicago (96%) def. #8 Queens (4%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-14)

#4 Lewis (71%) def. #5 Ball State (29%)
3-2 (25-20, 16-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-11)

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Yesterday's Scores

Big West

#4 UC Irvine (68%) def. #9 CSUN (32%)
3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-13)

#1 Long Beach (93%) def. #10 UC San Diego (7%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-18)

#18 UC Santa Barbara (14%) def. #3 Hawai'i (86%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 27-25)

Major upset to end the last match of the 2025 regular season! If this is a sign to come for the Big West tournament, we are in for a treat. The real question (for all the teams) will be “who is going to play”?

EIVA

Coming into today only the first seed was set in the EIVA!

Penn State (46%) def. #19 Princeton (54%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-22)

George Mason (73%) def. Charleston (27%)
3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 16-25, 25-21)

NJIT (74%) def. Harvard (26%)
3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-22)

MPSF

#5 Southern California (20%) def. #2 UCLA (80%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-22)

A full strength USC can go all the way. Do they have the resume for an at-large? I’m just not sure.

#8 BYU (62%) def. #7 Pepperdine (38%)
3-1 (25-19, 25-20, 23-25, 25-17)

Menlo (48%) def. Concordia (52%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-23)

NEC

D'Youville (18%) def. Daemen (82%)
3-1 (25-17, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23)

Saint Francis (70%) def. Long Island (30%)
3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 25-19)

SFU has set themselves up well to earn the first AQ in NEC history. I won’t be surprised when we see this rematch in the NEC finals.

Non-conference

Merrimack (72%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (28%)
3-2 (25-20, 25-27, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12)

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Today's Match Projections

No matches until Tuesday (MPSF Tournament First Round)