VBelo Daily: February 13, 2025
Big wins across the board last night. Mid-week matchups are what keep me going.
Yesterday's Scores
ConfCarolinas
Belmont Abbey (93%) def. King (7%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-21)
IVA
#17 Lincoln Memorial (93%) def. Tusculum (7%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-17)
The Railsplitters are 9-1 and just hit .400% for the match. Yeah, they are pretty good.
MIVA
#17 McKendree (40%) def. Lindenwood (60%)
3-2 (25-21, 27-25, 22-25, 13-25, 16-14)
Big MIVA win for the Bearcats! You cannot sleep on this McKendree team.
Non-conference
Fort Valley State (79%) def. Emmanuel (21%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-18)
Isaiah Fedd (FVSU) continues his impressive ways with 15 kills, 0 errors, and 20 attacks (.750%) in just three sets!
#2 UC Irvine (79%) def. #5 Southern California (21%)
3-2 (25-20, 26-28, 25-21, 18-25, 26-24)
I couldn’t summarize how impressive all of these performances were. Some of these numbers are just wild!
Jessup (57%) def. UC Merced (43%)
3-1 (26-28, 25-19, 25-23, 25-20)
#1 Long Beach (49%) def. #3 UCLA (51%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-23)
Today's Match Projections
MIVA
Queens (30%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (70%)
#14 Lewis (43%) vs #9 Ball State (57%)
MPSF
#7 BYU (93%) vs Concordia (7%)
Non-conference
Catawba (27%) vs Fort Valley State (73%)
Lees-McRae (1%) vs #17 Lincoln Memorial (99%)
Long Island (90%) vs Dominican (10%)
Having more teams in the South will continue to have an effect on the game. Those young men will get opportunities to play in HS and now College and this will strengthen the game. I know it's not box office type schools but the sport grows.
I like Lewis in an upset.