VBelo Daily: February 21, 2026
Can anyone stop UCLA? Plus even more matches today than yesterday.
Number of the Day
14 - Blocking is hard. The person on the other side of the net is actively trying to make sure you don’t get a block. And yet, somehow Owen Rose (Penn State) had 14 blocks yesterday. This is a career-high for Redshirt Senior. This is also tied for the most blocks in a match this season. Ooh yeah…he did it in 3 sets! In fact, he ties the NCAA record for blocks in a 3-set match (rally scoring era) with Dejan Miladinovic (Hawaii, 2001 - TWICE) and Matt Walsh (Ball State, 2015).
Yesterday’s Scores
ConfCarolinas
Barton (46%) def. Erskine (54%)
3-2 (18-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-13)
EIVA
NJIT (72%) def. George Mason (28%)
3-0 (30-28, 25-19, 25-23)
Penn State (96%) def. Harvard (4%)
3-0 (25-11, 27-25, 25-15)
Charleston (80%) def. Sacred Heart (20%)
3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-21, 25-15)
MIVA
Lewis (58%) def. Queens (42%)
3-0 (29-27, 25-21, 25-22)
MPSF
Stanford (73%) def. Concordia (27%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-18)
Non-conference
Fairleigh Dickinson (46%) def. Princeton (54%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-23)
Daemen (88%) def. Dominican (12%)
3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 28-26, 23-25, 16-14)
King (76%) def. Newberry (24%)
3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-22, 16-14)
Long Island (65%) def. Merrimack (35%)
3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-15)
Quincy (88%) def. Kentucky State (12%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-17)
Roosevelt (79%) def. UW-Stevens Point (21%)
3-2 (25-21, 24-26, 19-25, 25-19, 15-11)
Saint Francis (68%) def. Catawba (32%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-19)
D’Youville (10%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (90%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-23)
Southwest Baptist (75%) def. Central Christian (KS) (25%)
3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 27-25)
BYU (97%) def. Fort Valley State (3%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-14)
CSUN (95%) def. UC Merced (5%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-15)
Menlo (51%) def. Hope International (49%)
3-2 (27-29, 25-21, 23-25, 25-15, 25-13)
Master’s (35%) def. Vanguard (65%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-23)
UC Santa Barbara (69%) def. Lincoln Memorial (31%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 19-25, 25-19)
UCLA (61%) def. Long Beach (39%)
3-1 (25-15, 23-25, 27-25, 26-24)
Today’s Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
King (2%) vs Belmont Abbey (98%)
Mount Olive (90%) vs Erskine (10%)
EIVA
Sacred Heart (17%) vs Charleston (83%)
Harvard (4%) vs Penn State (96%)
MIVA
Purdue Fort Wayne (16%) vs Ohio State (84%)
Ball State (95%) vs Northern Kentucky (5%)
MPSF
Stanford (78%) vs Concordia (22%)
Non-conference
Central Christian (KS) (20%) vs Rockhurst (80%) - Double Header
Roberts Wesleyan (63%) vs Houghton (37%) - Double Header
Manhattan (3%) vs NJIT (97%)
St. Thomas Aquinas (37%) vs Daemen (63%)
Kentucky State (10%) vs Quincy (90%)
George Mason (57%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (43%)
Westminster (MO) (17%) vs Southwest Baptist (83%)
Roosevelt (56%) vs Trinity Christian (44%)
Catawba (25%) vs Saint Francis (75%)
Merrimack (26%) vs Long Island (74%)
Vanguard (32%) vs Master’s (68%)
UC San Diego (89%) vs Menlo (11%)
Fort Valley State (3%) vs BYU (97%)
Lincoln Memorial (13%) vs Pepperdine (87%)
Some days one cannot understand what we are seeing on the court. 14 blocks is insane. Another fun day on the wood or taraflex is ahead. What upset will happen today?