VBelo Daily: March 14, 2025

So much going on today. I hope you all get a chance to watch at least one game, you have a lot to pick from.

Hawks with the reverse sweep. Also, this is a fantastic photo! (Quincy Athletics | Kari Ham)

Outrigger Day 1 Interviews

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Yesterday's Scores

MIVA

Lindenwood (26%) def. #14 Lewis (74%)
3-1 (26-24, 25-21, 19-25, 25-15)

Don’t let their 5-11 record deceive you. Lindenwood proved in Hawaii that they can hang with the best. This is a very good Lewis team (that beat Loyola earlier in the season) which just shows you how incredibly competitive the MIVA is right now.

Carter Stenmark (who I spoke to briefly last week) finished with 14 kills and a .571% hitting percentage.

#16 Ohio State (88%) def. Queens (12%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22)

MPSF

#2 UCLA (100%) def. Vanguard (0%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18)

No Rowan or Robinson, no problem. Sean Kelly (UCLA) stepped in and stepped up to help the Bruins across the finish line with 11 kills and just 1 error (.526%).

Outrigger Invitational

#5 Southern California (61%) def. #19 Penn State (39%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-21)

The had a feeling this match would come down to blocking, and it really did. USC out-blocked Penn State 16-11.5 which led to them out-hitting the Nittany Lions .231% to -.035% in the sweep.

#3 Hawai'i (86%) def. #12 Ball State (14%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 29-27)

Non-conference

Thomas More (50%) def. Roberts Wesleyan (50%)
3-2 (22-25, 17-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-12)

Quincy (33%) def. Missouri S&T (67%)
3-2 (24-26, 20-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-10)

When you have your Opposite (Aleksandar Sosa) go off for 26 kills and your middle (Relja Milosavljevic) deliver 13 blocks, you win.

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Today's Match Projections

Big West

#18 UC Santa Barbara (15%) vs #13 UC San Diego (85%)

#7 CSU Northridge (8%) vs #1 Long Beach (92%)

ConfCarolinas

King (22%) vs Erskine (78%)

Belmont Abbey (69%) vs Barton (31%)

Lees-McRae (54%) vs Emmanuel (46%)

North Greenville (11%) vs Mount Olive (89%)

EIVA

NJIT (24%) vs George Mason (76%)

MIVA

#8 Loyola Chicago (80%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (20%)

MPSF

#9 Pepperdine (49%) vs #11 Stanford (51%)

Concordia (2%) vs #15 Grand Canyon (98%)

SIAC

LeMoyne-Owen (39%) vs Benedict (61%)

Outrigger Invitational

#12 Ball State (36%) vs #5 Southern California (64%)

#19 Penn State (13%) vs #3 Hawai'i (87%)

Non-conference

Thomas More (39%) vs D'Youville (61%)

Merrimack (41%) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (59%)

Tusculum (48%) vs Charleston (52%)

UC Merced (29%) vs Menlo (71%)