VBelo Daily: January 31, 2025
The last day of January will give us 26 matches! This is exactly how this month should end: non-stop volleyball.

Yesterday's Scores
Non-conference
American International (40%) def. Emerson (60%)
3-2 (22-25, 25-18, 25-27, 25-23, 15-12)
#7 Loyola Chicago (64%) def. #10 Pepperdine (36%)
3-2 (25-15, 25-23, 19-25, 29-31, 15-12)
The Battle of the Reads goes to the younger brother! That’s right, this match featured two brothers: Jake Read (Loyola) and Brendan Read (Pepperdine). I guess it is a win-win and a lose-lose for the family.
Queens (90%) def. Catawba (10%)
3-1 (24-26, 26-24, 25-15, 25-17)
Menlo (74%) def. Simpson (26%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-17)
Barton (83%) def. Edward Waters (17%)
3-1 (25-19, 18-25, 25-18, 25-20)
Indiana Tech (7%) def. Thomas More (93%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-14)
Indiana Tech is a solid NAIA program and the VBelo model definitely underrates them.
#8 Ball State (89%) def. Tusculum (11%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-22)
Vanguard (71%) def. UC Merced (29%)
3-0 (32-30, 25-23, 25-20)
Roberts Wesleyan (77%) def. Geneva (23%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-20)
Roberts Wesleyan (78%) def. Houghton (22%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-13)
Double the matches, double the fun, double the wins!
Today's Match Projections
Silver State Showdown
Belmont Abbey (12%) vs #11 Grand Canyon (88%)
#1 Long Beach (98%) vs Fort Valley State (2%)
Harvard Invitational
Lincoln Memorial (77%) vs #19 Harvard (23%)
Purdue Fort Wayne (54%) vs Saint Francis (46%)
Heart of America Challenge
LeMoyne-Owen (57%) vs Culver-Stockton (43%)
LeMoyne-Owen (49%) vs Missouri Baptist (51%)
Non-conference
We have some incredible ranked matchups today! Even the unranked matches are excellent. Not enough room to put a poll for all of them so let me know who you think will pull off the upset.
#12 Lewis (50%) vs #14 UC Santa Barbara (50%)
#4 Hawai'i (45%) vs #5 BYU (55%)
#2 UC Irvine (60%) vs #9 Stanford (40%)
#6 Southern California (29%) vs #13 Ohio State (71%)
NJIT (50%) vs Long Island (50%)
Jessup (53%) vs Simpson (47%)
Emmanuel (58%) vs Rockhurst (42%)
St. Thomas Aquinas (7%) vs #20 George Mason (93%)
Lees-McRae (5%) vs Queens (95%)
Talladega College (71%) vs Morehouse (29%)
Edward Waters (5%) vs Mount Olive (95%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (20%) vs #18 Princeton (80%)
King (20%) vs Charleston (80%)
Dominican (13%) vs Sacred Heart (87%)
Tusculum (11%) vs #8 Ball State (89%)
Maryville (21%) vs McKendree (79%)
Master's (7%) vs Concordia (93%)
Wabash (30%) vs Central State (70%)
Missouri S&T (41%) vs Quincy (59%)
Roosevelt University (11%) vs Quincy (89%)