VBelo Daily: March 14, 2026

Friday the 13th was extra scary (for several ranked teams)!

The #11 Gauchos hand #4 UC Irvine a stunning loss in the Thunderdome. (UCSB Athletics)

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.

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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)

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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%)