VBelo Daily: February 09, 2025

Hot take: this weekend's volleyball > the super bowl. Yup, I went there.

We should know this by now, but you can never count McKendree out. (McKendree Athletics)

So much that could be talked about from this weekend. We had upsets, we had some more upsets, and we still have some undefeated teams. Unsurprisingly, the MIVA is going to be wild. Maybe more surprisingly, the EIVA is going to be wild this season. And don’t even get me started on the IVA! And sure, the Big West and the MPSF will be the center of attention, and for good reason. But there is high quality volleyball happening all over this country.

Yesterday's Scores

ConfCarolinas

Belmont Abbey (95%) def. Emmanuel (5%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-17)

Mount Olive (96%) def. Lees-McRae (4%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-22)

North Greenville (54%) def. Erskine (46%)
3-0 (30-28, 25-22, 25-20)

Barton (68%) def. King (32%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 29-27)

EIVA

#17 Penn State (67%) def. Harvard (33%)
3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-21)

Charleston (54%) def. Sacred Heart (46%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 26-24)

MIVA

#7 Loyola Chicago (62%) def. #14 Ohio State (38%)
3-1 (21-25, 25-20, 27-25, 25-21)

McKendree (24%) def. #12 Lewis (76%)
3-1 (25-18, 26-24, 23-25, 30-28)

Non-conference

Long Island (74%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (26%)
3-1 (18-25, 29-27, 25-17, 25-15)

#5 Southern California (98%) def. Dominican (2%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-9, 25-15)

#20 George Mason (71%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (29%)
3-1 (25-23, 26-24, 21-25, 28-26)

Missouri S&T (83%) def. Central State (17%)
3-0 (25-12, 26-24, 25-12)

#16 CSU Northridge (49%) def. #10 Pepperdine (51%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23)

#6 BYU (81%) def. #15 UC Santa Barbara (19%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-18)

#2 UC Irvine (97%) def. Concordia (3%)
3-1 (28-26, 25-17, 26-28, 25-15)

Barry (68%) def. Edward Waters (32%)
3-1 (25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 25-11)

Daemen (92%) def. Rockhurst (8%)
3-1 (25-12, 25-17, 22-25, 25-14)

Rockhurst (33%) def. D'Youville (67%)
3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-16)

Webber International (39%) def. Edward Waters (61%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 19-25, 26-24)

Webber International (20%) def. Barry (80%)
3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-20)

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Today's Match Projections

I just want to say that I love that these teams said “Yes, let’s play volleyball on Super Bowl Sunday.”

EIVA

Charleston (63%) vs Sacred Heart (37%)

Non-conference

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

Dominican (4%) vs #10 Pepperdine (96%)