VBelo Daily: January 16, 2026
Huge lineup of matches this weekend. I missed this.
Number of the Day
21 - The season is early but the bar is already being set high. Despite the loss, Catawba Libero Max Adkisson had himself a night with 21 digs. This is a career high and the most digs in a single-match we have seen this season. It is so good it would have been a top five performance last year.
Yesterday’s Scores
MPSF
Southern California (91%) def. Vanguard (9%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-14)
Non-conference
Long Island (55%) def. Dominican (45%)
3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23)
QUATRO-CINCO : I want this to be a thing, so help me make this a thing. Kale Spencer (LIU) put up a great stat line in yesterday’s win. He had at least 5 of 4 different stats! Quatro-cinco!
17 Kills
5 Aces
5 Assists
6 Digs
Tusculum (83%) def. Emmanuel (17%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-16)
Ohio State (90%) def. George Mason (10%)
3-0 (26-24, 29-27, 25-17)
Belmont Abbey (79%) def. Catawba (21%)
3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 15-10)
Catawba is going to surprise some people this year. Taking Belmont the distance is a great sign for this young program. BAC is back and they are focused on that Conference three-peat.
Penn State (78%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (22%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-14)
Today’s Match Projections
Under Armour Challenge (@ Lindenwood)
Menlo (21%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (79%)
CSUN (50%) vs Lindenwood (50%)
UC Invitational
Daemen (30%) vs Mount Olive (70%)
McKendree (67%) vs Charleston (33%)
Non-conference
Long Beach (94%) vs George Mason (6%)
Jessup (30%) vs NJIT (70%)
Newberry (13%) vs King (87%)
Erskine (21%) vs Tusculum (79%)
Emmanuel (1%) vs Lincoln Memorial (99%)
Missouri S&T (53%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (47%)
Lewis (81%) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (19%)
Lees-McRae (6%) vs Catawba (94%)
Barry (49%) vs Roosevelt (51%)
Saint Francis (93%) vs Northern Kentucky (7%)
Manhattan (4%) vs Harvard (96%)
UC San Diego (35%) vs BYU (65%)
UC Irvine (47%) vs Pepperdine (53%)
Springfield (21%) vs Concordia (79%)
Princeton (12%) vs Southern California (88%)
Master’s (6%) vs UC Santa Barbara (94%)
Rockhurst (6%) vs Hawai’i (94%)
Roberts Wesleyan (5%) vs Hawai’i (95%)
So many matches so little time. But there will be carnage. Some teams are just not there yet.