VBelo Daily: March 16, 2025
The Trojans looked unstoppable in the Outrigger Championship. Just a couple matches today to ease us into a new week.
Outrigger Invitational All-Tournament Team
Dillon Klein (USC) - Most Outstanding Player
Braydon Savitski-Lynde (Ball State)
Ryan Merk (Penn State)
Tread Rosenthal (Hawaii)
Adrien Roure (Hawaii)
Parker Tomkinson (USC)
Jack Deuchar (USC)
Outrigger Invitational Interviews
Yesterday's Scores
Outrigger Invitational
Championship Match
#5 Southern California (23%) def. #3 Hawai'i (77%)
3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 26-28, 25-21)
Dillon Klein may not be human. Not only was he named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, but he finished the night with 21 kills and just 1 error for a .588% hitting percentage. The one hitting error didn’t happen until the 4th set. Just mind-blowing!
3rd Place Match
#12 Ball State (50%) def. #19 Penn State (50%)
3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 25-12, 20-25, 15-10)
A 50-50 match going to 5! This is really one of my favorite things. Ball State, using yet another new lineup this weekend, held off the Nittany Lions to claim 3rd place in the tournament.
ConfCarolinas
Emmanuel (42%) def. King (58%)
3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 17-25, 27-25)
Erskine (76%) def. Lees-McRae (24%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-23)
Barton (65%) def. North Greenville (35%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-19)
Mount Olive (61%) def. Belmont Abbey (39%)
3-0 (31-29, 25-21, 25-20)
MIVA
#16 Ohio State (89%) def. Queens (11%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-20)
Lindenwood (88%) def. Quincy (12%)
3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20)
#10 McKendree (63%) def. #14 Lewis (37%)
3-2 (20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 22-25, 15-13)
How close was this match? Both teams hit .299%! That is how close it was.
MPSF
#2 UCLA (100%) def. Vanguard (0%)
3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-23)
#9 Pepperdine (58%) def. #11 Stanford (42%)
3-1 (25-22, 18-25, 25-20, 25-16)
Ryan Barnett (Pepperdine) continued his weekend of dominance against the Cardinal. With 19 kills yesterday, he brought his weekend total to 33.
#15 Grand Canyon (97%) def. Concordia (3%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-16)
SIAC
Benedict (66%) def. LeMoyne-Owen (34%)
3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-14)
Edward Waters (79%) def. Morehouse (21%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-16)
Edward Waters (82%) def. Morehouse (18%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-19)
Non-conference
Thomas More (50%) def. D'Youville (50%)
3-0 (28-26, 25-19, 25-23)
Tusculum (41%) def. Charleston (59%)
3-2 (23-25, 27-25, 16-25, 25-23, 15-13)
Kevin Blankenship (Tusculum) had 52 assists to lead the Pioneers to a .353% hitting for the match. Morgan Makovec hit .600% and had 14 kills. And yes, Deklan Wingo continued to do Deklan Wingo things with 26 kills (.488%).
George Mason (79%) def. Merrimack (21%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-21)
Sacred Heart (45%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (55%)
3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-13, 25-20)
#6 BYU (85%) def. Harvard (15%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-15)
#1 Long Beach (97%) def. #20 Princeton (3%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-19)
Moni Nikolov lowered his average by only having 3 aces. I can’t believe that sentence is true.
Saint Francis (94%) def. Roberts Wesleyan (6%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17)
Roberts Wesleyan (69%) def. Saint Vincent (31%)
3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 34-32)
Today's Match Projections
ECC
St. Thomas Aquinas (70%) vs Dominican (30%)
Non-conference
Jessup (69%) vs Simpson (31%)
