VBelo Daily: January 04, 2026
Ball State opens their season with a strong win. Hawaii and NJIT are back for part 2. More Canadian exhibition matches.
Number of the Day
600 - In the third set of their season opening sweep, Ball State hit a blistering .600%. They did this with 15 kills on 25 attacks and 0 errors. This is the highest single set hitting percentage this season.1
Yesterday’s Scores
Non-conference
#16 Ball State def. Trine
3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-20)
I’m not 100% sure that this match is not an exhibition match. Ball State and Trine both list it as a regular season match, but NCAA Stats doesn’t have this match on either team’s schedule. I am leaning towards this match being real and the NCAA being a fake organization that doesn’t care about men’s volleyball. Prove me wrong, NCAA…
Exhibition
#18 Princeton def. Toronto Metropolitan University
3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 25-19, 21-25)
The set scores are not a typo. They played a fourth set for funsies.
Today’s Match Projections
Non-conference
NJIT (9%) vs #2 Hawai’i (91%)
If you are wondering why the odds of Hawai’i defeating NJIT are different from their Friday match, that is because every match is another data point in the model. Every match impacts the odds.
North American Challenge (Exhibition)
#3 Long Beach vs. Calgary
#10 UCSD vs. Alberta
#10 UCSD vs. Calgary
#3 Long Beach vs. Alberta
Finding the highest [insert stat] this season is really easy right now so I will take advantage of the very small sample size.
Many schools pad stat against other NCAA institutions. This is just another case although I hope I am wrong.