VBelo Daily: February 21, 2025
If you are tired of me talking about how great the MIVA is this year, then you are in for a long season.

MIVA Standings
This conference is amazing and this is definitely not how most people thought it would look at this point in the season. Keep up the great work, MIVA. We love you.
Yesterday's Scores
MIVA
#8 Ball State (58%) def. Lindenwood (42%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-22)
#7 Loyola Chicago (85%) def. Purdue Fort Wayne (15%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-17)
#17 McKendree (52%) def. #15 Ohio State (48%)
3-1 (17-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-20)
Non-conference
#4 Hawai'i (77%) def. Belmont Abbey (23%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-23)
D'Youville (71%) def. Central State (29%)
3-2 (25-19, 25-23, 23-25, 22-25, 15-10)
Vanguard (71%) def. Simpson (29%)
3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-13)
#16 UC Santa Barbara (73%) def. Concordia (27%)
3-1 (25-20, 25-19, 24-26, 25-21)
Today's Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
Emmanuel (46%) vs King (54%)
Erskine (67%) vs Lees-McRae (33%)
EIVA
#19 Penn State (69%) vs NJIT (31%)
#20 Princeton (57%) vs Charleston (43%)
MIVA
Quincy (7%) vs #13 Lewis (93%)
MPSF
#10 Stanford (97%) vs Vanguard (3%)
Non-conference
#8 Grand Canyon (18%) vs #1 Long Beach (82%)
Fort Valley State (5%) vs #18 Lincoln Memorial (95%)
#4 Hawai'i (87%) vs Queens (13%)
Dominican (6%) vs Saint Francis (94%)
Central State (4%) vs Daemen (96%)
American International (12%) vs D'Youville (88%)
Culver-Stockton (49%) vs Roosevelt University (51%)
Barry (1%) vs #6 BYU (99%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (12%) vs #11 Pepperdine (88%)
What's interesting is that MVB scheduling must get strategic for some of the top teams as they play the KPI and RPI game. Others just have to make sure that their team makes the conference tournament. The next few weeks of matches will be fun