Number of the Day
? - Shout out to Set The Bic for pointing out how ludicrous Northern Kentucky’s stats where yesterday . The Norse out-hit the Mastodons .471 to .424. They never hit below .400 for a set. They out-blocked Purdue Fort Wayne 8-2. Every set was decided by 2 points. There were 47 ties and 14 lead changes in just 3 sets! I know the loss stings, but the Norse are at the doorstep of MIVA contenders and cannot be taken lightly.
Yesterday’s Scores
ConfCarolinas
Emmanuel (57%) def. Barton (43%)
3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-20)
MIVA
Ohio State (42%) def. Ball State (58%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 29-27)
Purdue Fort Wayne (79%) def. Northern Kentucky (21%)
3-0 (28-26, 25-23, 27-25)
Lindenwood (78%) def. McKendree (22%)
3-2 (15-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-13)
Non-conference
UMES (47%) def. Roberts Wesleyan (53%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20)
Jessup (87%) def. Pacific Union (13%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-14)
Today’s Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
Barton (46%) vs Erskine (54%)
EIVA
George Mason (28%) vs NJIT (72%)
Harvard (4%) vs Penn State (96%)
Sacred Heart (20%) vs Charleston (80%)
MPSF
Stanford (73%) vs Concordia (27%)
Non-conference
Long Beach (39%) vs UCLA (61%)
Princeton (54%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (46%)
Dominican (12%) vs Daemen (88%)
King (76%) vs Newberry (24%)
Merrimack (35%) vs Long Island (65%)
Tusculum (41%) vs North Greenville (59%)
Kentucky State (12%) vs Quincy (88%)
UW-Stevens Point (21%) vs Roosevelt (79%)
Barry (68%) vs Edward Waters (32%)
Catawba (32%) vs Saint Francis (68%)
St. Thomas Aquinas (90%) vs D’Youville (10%)
Central Christian (KS) (25%) vs Southwest Baptist (75%)
Fort Valley State (3%) vs BYU (97%)
UC Merced (5%) vs CSUN (95%)
Hope International (49%) vs Menlo (51%)
Master’s (35%) vs Vanguard (65%)
Lincoln Memorial (31%) vs UC Santa Barbara (69%)




Big game today! I’ll be tuning in to watch UCLA vs Long Beach. Also, how about OSU? Knocking off one of the hottest teams in the country! That team is scary when healthy.
This was to be the Honda Center weekend which had a great chance to be a good thing for the sport. Perhaps next year.
This weekend will be a good one as the MIVA is Messy, can the Gauchos sweep the weekend, does Beach return the favor.