VBelo Daily: March 15, 2025
So many matches yesterday and none of them went to 5-sets...it just doesn't feel right. Hopefully today can correct this.
Yesterday's Scores
Big West
#13 UC San Diego (85%) def. #18 UC Santa Barbara (15%)
3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22)
#1 Long Beach (92%) def. #7 CSU Northridge (8%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-18)
Moni Nikolov added 7 more aces to bring his season total up to 62. I have started to track his progression towards breaking the single season record.
ConfCarolinas
King (22%) def. Erskine (78%)
3-1 (25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 25-23)
Belmont Abbey (69%) def. Barton (31%)
3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 23-25, 25-17)
Emmanuel (46%) def. Lees-McRae (54%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-23)
Have yourself a night, Aidan Feeney (Emmanuel)! He wears #19 and had 19 kills and hit .516%.
Mount Olive (89%) def. North Greenville (11%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-19)
EIVA
George Mason (76%) def. NJIT (24%)
3-1 (19-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-19)
MIVA
#8 Loyola Chicago (80%) def. Purdue Fort Wayne (20%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-12)
The Ramblers hit .524% on their way to the sweep. In the third set they had zero hitting errors.
MPSF
#9 Pepperdine (49%) def. #11 Stanford (51%)
3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-17)
The Waves had a trio of power hitters that dominated this match. These numbers speak for themselves.
#15 Grand Canyon (98%) def. Concordia (2%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-19)
SIAC
Benedict (61%) def. LeMoyne-Owen (39%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-9)
Outrigger Invitational
#5 Southern California (64%) def. #12 Ball State (36%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-19)
#3 Hawai'i (87%) def. #19 Penn State (13%)
3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-12
Non-conference
Thomas More (39%) def. D'Youville (61%)
3-1 (26-24, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23)
Jacob Schurfranz (Thomas More) with a career-high 18 kills while hitting .500%!
Merrimack (41%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (59%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-16)
Charleston (52%) def. Tusculum (48%)
3-0 (31-29, 25-20, 25-22)
Menlo (71%) def. UC Merced (29%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-14)
Today's Match Projections
ConfCarolinas
King (58%) vs Emmanuel (42%)
Lees-McRae (24%) vs Erskine (76%)
North Greenville (35%) vs Barton (65%)
Belmont Abbey (39%) vs Mount Olive (61%)
MIVA
Queens (11%) vs #16 Ohio State (89%)
Quincy (12%) vs Lindenwood (88%)
#14 Lewis (37%) vs #10 McKendree (63%)
MPSF
Vanguard (0%) vs #2 UCLA (100%)
#9 Pepperdine (58%) vs #11 Stanford (42%)
Concordia (3%) vs #15 Grand Canyon (97%)
SIAC
LeMoyne-Owen (34%) vs Benedict (66%)
Edward Waters (79%) vs Morehouse (21%) - Double Header
Outrigger Invitational
3rd Place Match
#12 Ball State (50%) vs #19 Penn State (50%)
Championship Match
#5 Southern California (23%) vs #3 Hawai'i (77%)
Non-conference
#19 Princeton (3%) vs #1 Long Beach (97%)
Thomas More (50%) vs D'Youville (50%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (55%) vs Sacred Heart (45%)
Tusculum (41%) vs Charleston (59%)
Merrimack (21%) vs George Mason (79%)
Harvard (15%) vs #6 BYU (85%)
Roberts Wesleyan (6%) vs Saint Francis (94%)
Saint Vincent (31%) vs Roberts Wesleyan (69%)