VBelo Daily: February 08, 2025

A day of upsets. From Long Island taking down Princeton to Stanford defeating Hawaii, the drama is only intensifying.

Fear the Tree, indeed! (VBelo Report | T.J. Breshears)

Yesterday's Scores

ConfCarolinas

Barton (85%) def. Lees-McRae (15%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-19)

Mount Olive (89%) def. King (11%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-17)

EIVA

The EIVA is going to be wild this year!

NJIT (48%) def. #20 George Mason (52%)
3-2 (22-25, 28-26, 18-25, 25-20, 15-12)

Harvard (24%) def. #17 Penn State (76%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19)

I’m to file this one under “things I didn’t expect to write”: Penn State is now 0-7 on the season.

Non-conference

#9 Stanford (15%) def. #4 Hawai'i (85%)
3-1 (19-25, 26-24, 25-23, 26-24)

WHAT. AN. UPSET!

#1 Long Beach (56%) def. #3 UCLA (44%)
3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22)

I think we all knew it would be a close one.

Long Island (25%) def. #17 Princeton (75%)
3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-18)

Princeton was without the services of several key players, but a win is a win. The Sharks mean business.

#6 BYU (80%) def. #15 UC Santa Barbara (20%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-22)

#16 CSU Northridge (97%) def. Dominican (3%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-16)

#13 UC San Diego (97%) def. Vanguard (3%)
3-2 (25-19, 25-16, 20-25, 25-27, 15-13)

UCSD had 11 players record a kill in this 5-set thriller.

Roberts Wesleyan (60%) def. Rockhurst (40%)
3-2 (16-25, 22-25, 25-23, 23-22, 15-11)

Big defensive performance for Rockhurst as they had 3 players finish with 10+ digs! That is impressive.

Jessup (45%) def. Menlo (55%)
3-1 (16-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-17)

Catawba (55%) def. Emmanuel (45%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-19)

Merrimack (93%) def. American International (7%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-15)

Maryville (87%) def. Central State (13%)
3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 25-14, 25-19)

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Today's Match Projections

ConfCarolinas

Emmanuel (5%) vs Belmont Abbey (95%)

Lees-McRae (4%) vs Mount Olive (96%)

North Greenville (54%) vs Erskine (46%)

This is going to be a great match. I’m so intrigued on what the Conference Carolinas will look like this season.

King (32%) vs Barton (68%)

EIVA

Charleston (54%) vs Sacred Heart (46%)

MIVA

#7 Loyola Chicago (62%) vs #14 Ohio State (38%)

McKendree (24%) vs #12 Lewis (76%)

Non-conference

#16 CSU Northridge (49%) vs #10 Pepperdine (51%)

Closest matchup of the day and I totally agree. This will be a fun one to watch.

Long Island (74%) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (26%)

Benedict (37%) vs Warren Wilson (63%)

Dominican (2%) vs #5 Southern California (98%)

#15 UC Santa Barbara (19%) vs #6 BYU (81%)

#2 UC Irvine (97%) vs Concordia (3%)

The Battle for Irvine!

Edward Waters (32%) vs Barry (68%)

Daemen (92%) vs Rockhurst (8%)

Rockhurst (33%) vs D'Youville (67%)

Edward Waters (63%) vs Webber International (37%)