VBelo Daily: February 06, 2026
Get comfy, it's a full day of volleyball. And we have 3 conferences in conference play!
Number of the Day
550 - UMES is a first year team competing in he NEC. they had their second home match of the season yesterday had 550 people attended. This is an incredibly impressive number for a new program. There are some established programs that would love to get 500 fans any night, let alone on a Thursday! It’s also impressive that this isn’t even their biggest home crowd (742). So how long before they fill all 5,500 seats at Hytche Center?
Yesterday’s Scores
MIVA
Ball State (91%) def. Queens (9%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-22)
Patrick Rogers (Ball) is on the AVCA National Player of the Year Watchlist for a reason. He added 13 more kills and brought his season hitting average up to .498, the third highest in the country!
Ohio State (97%) def. Northern Kentucky (3%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-18)
NKU out-blocked (7.6 to 6.5) and out-dug (26 to 25) The Ohio State University. The7 Buckeyes had the offensive advantage though as they hit .341 to the Norse’s .103.
Non-conference
UMES (77%) def. Dominican (23%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-21)
Chase Valentine (UMES) didn’t want to let the home fans down so he messed around and hit 10-0-14 (.714). A great performance for the freshman middle!
Erskine (76%) def. Newberry (24%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-21)
Colin Fahey (Erskine) is off to a great start to the season as he notched his second double-digit kill performance of the year (11 kills and .500 hitting).
UC Santa Barbara (88%) def. California Lutheran (12%)
3-1 (19-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-13)
I’m not overly hopeful that we will get a triple-double this season, but Cole Schobel (UCSB) might be our best hope. In 4 sets, he had 37 assists, 5 digs, and 3 kills (on 5 attacks).
Today’s Match Projections
EIVA
NJIT (43%) vs Princeton (57%)
MIVA
Lewis (24%) vs Lindenwood (76%)
Loyola Chicago (24%) vs McKendree (76%)
Northern Kentucky (5%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (95%)
Queens (8%) vs Ball State (92%)
MPSF
Jessup (46%) vs Stanford (54%)
Dordt Triangulars
Jamestown (36%) vs Viterbo (64%)
Jamestown (24%) vs Dordt (76%)
Non-conference
UCLA (29%) vs Long Beach (71%)
Charleston (31%) vs Mount Olive (69%)
BYU (70%) vs Lincoln Memorial (30%)
Defiance (24%) vs Roosevelt (76%)
Emmanuel (7%) vs Barry (93%)
Lees-McRae (8%) vs Tusculum (92%)
Dominican (17%) vs UMES (83%)
American International (7%) vs Long Island (93%)
Manhattan (6%) vs George Mason (94%)
D’Youville (33%) vs Central State (67%)
Merrimack (62%) vs Harvard (38%)
Saint Francis (25%) vs Penn State (75%)
Park (13%) vs Rockhurst (87%)
St. Thomas Aquinas (47%) vs Sacred Heart (53%)
Fort Valley State (61%) vs Barton (39%)
Cumberland (11%) vs Maryville (89%)
Southwest Baptist (34%) vs Graceland (66%)
Pepperdine (58%) vs CSUN (42%)
UC Irvine (98%) vs Concordia (2%)
huge slate of games today!
Most interested in BYU LMU. Important cross sectional match