VBelo Daily: February 07, 2025
The MIVA is living up to the usual hype while the EIVA and the Conference Carolinas gets started today. But the big game is going to be #1 vs #3, the national championship rematch.
Yesterday's Scores
MIVA
#8 Ball State (60%) def. Purdue Fort Wayne (40%)
3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 15-13)
Maybe it is wrong to expect this level of competition in the MIVA for every match. But it sure seems like they always deliver.
#7 Loyola Chicago (87%) def. McKendree (13%)
3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 26-24)
I have been told that Parker Van Buren is human, but I am not 100% convinced (18 kills, 1 error, 31 attacks, .548%). This match was his fifth time this season with 18+ kills but this was the first time it was done in only 3 sets!
Non-conference
Park (6%) def. Missouri S&T (94%)
3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 26-24)
Park is the #6 ranked team in the NAIA currently.
Barry (63%) def. Warner (37%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-17)
UC Merced (29%) def. Jessup (71%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-22)
Master's (27%) def. Vanguard (73%)
3-1 (25-16, 15-25, 25-23, 25-11)
Took a little longer than usual to get this up, but here is the Press Conference from Wednesday’s Hawaii & Stanford match.
Today's Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
Lees-McRae (15%) vs Barton (85%)
King (11%) vs Mount Olive (89%)
EIVA
#20 George Mason (52%) vs NJIT (48%)
#17 Penn State (76%) vs Harvard (24%)
Non-conference
#3 UCLA (44%) vs #1 Long Beach (56%)
#15 UC Santa Barbara (20%) vs #6 BYU (80%)
#9 Stanford (15%) vs #4 Hawai'i (85%)
Rockhurst (40%) vs Roberts Wesleyan (60%)
Menlo (55%) vs Jessup (45%)
Emmanuel (45%) vs Catawba (55%)
Long Island (25%) vs #17 Princeton (75%)
American International (7%) vs Merrimack (93%)
Central State (13%) vs Maryville (87%)
Dominican (3%) vs #16 CSU Northridge (97%)
#13 UC San Diego (97%) vs Vanguard (3%)