
So many great matches yesterday! Really, I feel like we are being spoiled early in the season. We are now down to just 6 undefeated teams:
8-0 (Hawaii, Long Beach, Loyola, USC)
7-0 (Lincoln Memorial, UC Irvine)
Yesterday's Scores
IVA
Rockhurst (74%) def. Roosevelt University (26%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-14)
Missouri S&T (90%) def. Roosevelt University (10%)
3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 25-20)
Silver State Showdown
Belmont Abbey (79%) def. Fort Valley State (21%)
3-1 (25-21, 25-16, 19-25, 25-23)
#11 Grand Canyon (97%) def. Fort Valley State (3%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 27-25)
#1 Long Beach (94%) def. Belmont Abbey (6%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-20)
Big Ten Challenge
#6 Southern California (42%) def. #17 Penn State (58%)
3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15)
#3 UCLA (79%) def. #13 Ohio State (21%)
3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-22, 26-24)
Harvard Invitational
Lincoln Memorial (81%) def. Saint Francis (19%)
3-2 (24-26, 31-29, 21-25, 25-22, 15-8)
Purdue Fort Wayne (60%) def. #19 Harvard (40%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 30-28)
Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament
#16 CSU Northridge (85%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (15%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-19)
Quincy Invitational
Missouri S&T (73%) def. Emmanuel (27%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-23)
Rockhurst (23%) def. Quincy (77%)
3-1 (25-22, 26-24, 23-25, 25-15)
Quincy (68%) def. Emmanuel (32%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16)
Non-conference
Fairleigh Dickinson (92%) def. American International (8%)
3-1 (25-8, 16-25, 25-23, 25-18)
Charleston (82%) def. King (18%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16)
#7 Loyola Chicago (58%) def. #15 UC San Diego (42%)
3-2 (23-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11)
#10 Pepperdine (44%) def. #12 Lewis (56%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-12, 26-24)
NJIT (95%) def. Dominican (5%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-11)
Merrimack (28%) def. Sacred Heart (72%)
3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-20)
This was the secret upset of the day. Not only that, but this was also a statement to the EIVA that Merrimack can hang with teams in their conference.
Lindenwood (87%) def. Maryville (13%)
3-1 (25-17, 24-26, 25-22, 30-28)
#4 Hawai'i (54%) def. #5 BYU (46%)
3-1 (25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22)
#2 UC Irvine (68%) def. #9 Stanford (32%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 33-31)
Benedict (47%) def. Milligan (53%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-18)
Truett-McConnell (54%) def. Benedict (46%)
3-1 (25-18, 25-17, 24-26, 25-16)
Today's Match Projections
Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Tournament
#16 CSU Northridge (32%) vs #20 George Mason (68%)