VBelo Daily: February 20, 2025

The teams lower in the polls prevailed yesterday. Maybe the polls don't tell us everything...

The Bruins knock-off one of the last two undefeated teams, UC Irvine. (UCLA Athletics)

Yesterday's Scores

Non-conference

Marymount (25%) def. Roberts Wesleyan (75%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-23)

#3 UCLA (43%) def. #2 UC Irvine (57%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-23)

UCLA middles were on another level last night. They combined for 25 kills, 4 errors, and 29 attacks. That is .724% between the two middles! If your passing allows your middles to do this, you do not lose. Period.

#13 CSU Northridge (28%) def. #10 Grand Canyon (72%)
3-1 (25-23, 25-16, 21-25, 25-22)

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Today's Match Projections

I am interested in all of these MIVA matches. Seriously. How can one conference create such great competition? Conferences, new and established, should aspire to this level of parity. Thank you, MIVA, for being exactly what I could have hoped for and more.

MIVA

#9 Ball State (58%) vs Lindenwood (42%)

Purdue Fort Wayne (15%) vs #6 Loyola Chicago (85%)

#15 Ohio State (48%) vs #17 McKendree (52%)

Non-conference

#4 Hawai'i (77%) vs Belmont Abbey (23%)

Central State (29%) vs D'Youville (71%)

Simpson (29%) vs Vanguard (71%)

#16 UC Santa Barbara (73%) vs Concordia (27%)