VBelo Daily: February 01, 2025
So. Much. Volleyball. Check out yesterday's scores and the VBelo odds for all of today's matches.

Yesterday's Scores
Silver State Showdown
#11 Grand Canyon (88%) def. Belmont Abbey (12%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-16)
#1 Long Beach (98%) def. Fort Valley State (2%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-20)
Big Ten Challenge
#3 UCLA (78%) def. #17 Penn State (22%)
3-0 (28-26, 25-22, 25-15)
#6 Southern California (29%) def. #13 Ohio State (71%)
3-1 (25-18, 29-27, 21-25, 25-20)
Dillon Klein (USC) has one of the most efficient nights I have seen. He finished with 21 kills, 1 error, and 30 attacks for a .667%!
Harvard Invitational
Purdue Fort Wayne (54%) def. Saint Francis (46%)
3-0 (31-29, 25-22, 25-19)
Lincoln Memorial (77%) def. #19 Harvard (23%)
3-2 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 23-25, 15-6)
DON’T CALL IT AN UPSET! Lincoln Memorial is constantly undervalued because they are in the IVA. Let’s put some respect on that Railsplitter name!
Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament
#20 George Mason (93%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (7%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-19)
Quincy Invitational
Missouri S&T (41%) def. Quincy (59%)
3-1 (25-23, 18-25, 25-21, 25-19)
Quincy (87%) def. Roosevelt University (13%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-15)
Rockhurst (35%) def. Emmanuel (65%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-12)
Non-conference
#2 UC Irvine (60%) def. #9 Stanford (40%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-23)
The Anteaters are very good this year. Like scary good. Especially from the service line. They had 9 aces and only 11 service errors! Ooh yeah, Henno also hit .500%…
#4 Hawai'i (45%) def. #5 BYU (55%)
3-2 (20-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 22-20)
I don’t have words to describe this match. I will just say that I am thrilled we get a part 2.
#12 Lewis (50%) def. #14 UC Santa Barbara (50%)
3-1 (25-19, 17-25, 25-18, 28-26)
NJIT (50%) def. Long Island (50%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-20)
Jessup (53%) def. Simpson (47%)
3-1 (25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22)
Queens (95%) def. Lees-McRae (5%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-21)
Talladega College (71%) def. Morehouse (29%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 26-24)
Mount Olive (95%) def. Edward Waters (5%)
3-1 (25-14, 25-15, 20-25, 25-16)
#18 Princeton (80%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (20%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-10)
Charleston (80%) def. King (20%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-11)
Sacred Heart (87%) def. Dominican (13%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-18)
#8 Ball State (89%) def. Tusculum (11%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-18)
McKendree (79%) def. Maryville (21%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-11)
Master's (7%) def. Concordia (93%)
3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 25-17)
Master’s were in the NAIA championship match in 2024 and they come into the 2025 season as #1 team. So yeah, they are good.
Wabash (30%) def. Central State (70%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-22)
Today's Match Projections
IVA
FIRST CONFERENCE MATCHES OF THE YEAR!
Rockhurst (68%) vs Roosevelt University (32%)
Missouri S&T (88%) vs Roosevelt University (12%)
Silver State Showdown
Belmont Abbey (79%) vs Fort Valley State (21%)
Fort Valley State (3%) vs #11 Grand Canyon (97%)
Belmont Abbey (6%) vs #1 Long Beach (94%)
Big Ten Challenge
#17 Penn State (58%) vs #6 Southern California (42%)
#3 UCLA (79%) vs #13 Ohio State (21%)
The First Point rematch! This will be a great match to watch.
Harvard Invitational
Lincoln Memorial (81%) vs Saint Francis (19%)
When Lincoln Memorial wins this invitational, I will be 0% surprised.
Purdue Fort Wayne (60%) vs #19 Harvard (40%)
Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament
#16 CSU Northridge (85%) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (15%)
Quincy Invitational
Emmanuel (27%) vs Missouri S&T (73%)
Rockhurst (23%) vs Quincy (77%)
Emmanuel (27%) vs Quincy (73%)
Non-conference
#4 Hawai'i (54%) vs #5 BYU (46%)
Get your popcorn ready because this could go either way. Two great teams will face off again and I couldn’t be happier.
#2 UC Irvine (68%) vs #9 Stanford (32%)
#7 Loyola Chicago (58%) vs #15 UC San Diego (42%)
Loyola is continuing to built a very strong resume early in the season. Go ahead and circle the Loyola and Ohio matches in your calendars.
#12 Lewis (56%) vs #10 Pepperdine (44%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (92%) vs American International (8%)
King (18%) vs Charleston (82%)
Dominican (5%) vs NJIT (95%)
Merrimack (28%) vs Sacred Heart (72%)
Maryville (13%) vs Lindenwood (87%)
Benedict (47%) vs Milligan (53%)
Benedict (40%) vs Truett-McConnell (60%)