Tons of matches today. I tried to catch some cancellations and schedule changes but I may have missed some. Buckle up, because we have thousands of points worth of volleyball today.
Number of the Day
94 - UCLA and Ohio State combined for 94 points in Set 2 yesterday. This is the most points in a set in the rally scoring era! This match has ridiculous numbers for a 3 set match. Like Andrew Rowan (UCLA) having 52 assists (17.33 per set). Or both teams combining for 215 attacks! This is the volleyball of legends.
Yesterday’s Scores
Non-conference
Roosevelt (30%) def. Barton (70%)
3-1 (25-17, 25-23, 21-25, 32-30)
Huge win for Roosevelt. How did they pull it off? Free pizza. I’m not saying you are guaranteed to win if you give people pizza…but I will let the numbers speak for themselves.
Queens (59%) def. Charleston (41%)
3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23)
UCLA (86%) def. Ohio State (14%)
3-0 (25-21, 48-46, 25-20)
People will be talking about Set 2 for ages. And they should!
BYU (49%) def. UC Santa Barbara (51%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 26-24)
Good match, but BYU performed well on the road. This bodes well for the Cougars as this is the first of 5 straight away matches.
Today’s Match Projections
4 Close Matches
So much to watch, so I wanted to highlight matches the model has as close today.
Hawai’i (47%) vs Penn State (53%)
Mount Olive (44%) vs George Mason (56%)
Sacred Heart (49%) vs Dominican (51%)
Long Beach (58%) vs Pepperdine (42%)
Non-conference
Merrimack (36%) vs Princeton (64%)
Queens (70%) vs Charleston (30%)
Tusculum (83%) vs Thomas More (17%)
Ball State (88%) vs UMES (12%)
UC Merced (63%) vs Benedictine (37%)
Long Island (18%) vs NJIT (82%)
Northern Kentucky (2%) vs Lincoln Memorial (98%)
Barry (17%) vs Fort Valley State (83%)
Emmanuel (71%) vs Newberry (29%)
Central State (59%) vs Lees-McRae (41%)
Barton (27%) vs Maryville (73%)
Roberts Wesleyan (30%) vs Saint Francis (70%)
Avila (61%) vs Southwest Baptist (39%)
Manhattan (4%) vs Loyola Chicago (96%)
Missouri S&T (12%) vs McKendree (88%)
UC San Diego (21%) vs Lewis (79%)
Rockhurst (15%) vs Lindenwood (85%)
Edward Waters (4%) vs CSUN (96%)
Stanford (2%) vs UC Irvine (98%)
BYU (66%) vs UC Santa Barbara (34%)
Ohio State (27%) vs Southern California (73%)
Kentucky State (17%) vs St. Mary-of-the-Woods (83%)
LeMoyne-Owen (11%) vs Health Sciences & Pharmacy (89%)
First match of the season for the Magicians!
Kentucky State (28%) vs Soka (72%)
Graceland (84%) vs LeMoyne-Owen (16%)
What a great weekend for volleyball. Should be a few upsets and a few more that will have some HUGE crowds.