VBelo Daily: March 14, 2026
Friday the 13th was extra scary (for several ranked teams)!
Number of the Day
882 - BYU Middle AJ Cottle had one of the most impressive stat lines I have seen. He finished with 15 kills. This is already impressive for a middle. But he did it with 0 zeros! And on just 17 swings! That is a .882 hitting percentage. This is absurd. But wait, it gets even stranger. BYU lost this match in four even with an all-time performance from their middle. I don’t think I have seen anything like this.
Yesterday’s Scores
Big West
UC San Diego (27%) def. CSUN (73%)
3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 15-13)
UC Santa Barbara (22%) def. UC Irvine (78%)
3-2 (16-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-17, 17-15)
ConfCarolinas
Lees-McRae (33%) def. North Greenville (67%)
3-2 (19-25, 28-26, 28-26, 24-26, 18-16)
GLVC
Missouri S&T (57%) def. Rockhurst (43%)
3-2 (25-17, 22-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-13)
Maryville (95%) def. Thomas More (5%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-14)
Quincy (73%) def. Jamestown (27%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-23)
Roosevelt (32%) def. Southwest Baptist (68%)
3-1 (22-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-19)
MIVA
McKendree (39%) def. Lindenwood (61%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 16-25, 25-20)
Loyola Chicago (94%) def. Queens (6%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-11, 25-20)
MPSF
Vanguard (70%) def. UC Merced (30%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-22)
Stanford (21%) def. BYU (79%)
3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 30-28)
NEC
Saint Francis (72%) def. UMES (28%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-19)
Non-conference
George Mason (88%) def. Barton (12%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-20)
NJIT (96%) def. Dominican (4%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-15)
Long Beach (97%) def. Jessup (3%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-14)
Today’s Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
King (7%) vs Lees-McRae (93%)
North Greenville (11%) vs Belmont Abbey (89%)
ECC
American International (4%) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (96%)
Roberts Wesleyan (75%) vs Dominican (25%)
GLVC
Maryville (95%) vs Thomas More (5%)
Jamestown (22%) vs Quincy (78%)
Roosevelt (49%) vs Southwest Baptist (51%)
MIVA
Ohio State (40%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (60%)
Queens (5%) vs Loyola Chicago (95%)
MPSF
UC Merced (24%) vs Vanguard (76%)
BYU (65%) vs Stanford (35%)
NEC
UMES (23%) vs Saint Francis (77%)
SIAC
Benedict (17%) vs Fort Valley State (83%)
Outrigger Invitational
Lewis (65%) vs Mount Olive (35%)
UCLA (55%) vs Hawai’i (45%)
Non-conference
Merrimack (54%) vs Sacred Heart (46%)
Truett-McConnell (35%) vs Emmanuel (65%)
Defiance (78%) vs Kentucky State (22%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (33%) vs Barton (67%)
Manhattan (19%) vs Barry (81%)
Penn State (18%) vs Southern California (82%)
Randolph (20%) vs Tusculum (80%)
Tusculum (73%) vs Randolph-Macon (27%)




Can we check if there was this much carnage on the other Friday the 13th this season?
All eyes will be on UCLA / UH. But the conference matches have been very interesting. Perhaps today will be less volatile.