Number of the Day
3 - The MIVA continues to be a wheel of fortune simulator. Yesterday, 3 of the 4 MIVA matches were won by the team with the lower projection. To be fair, all of the teams had very reasonable odds of winning, so it’s not a huge surprise. So far this season over 25% of MIVA matches have been won by the team with lower odds. This is madness. I love it.
Yesterday’s Scores
MIVA
Northern Kentucky (39%) def. Queens (61%)
3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-21, 15-11)
Ball State (41%) def. Lindenwood (59%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 26-24)
Loyola Chicago (46%) def. Lewis (54%)
3-1 (29-27, 25-23, 16-25, 25-22)
McKendree (85%) def. Purdue Fort Wayne (15%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 29-27)
Non-conference
American International (22%) def. Our Lady of the Elms (78%)
3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-20)
Barry (83%) def. Webber International (17%)
3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20)
Today’s Match Projections
Big West
Long Beach (73%) vs CSUN (27%)
UC Santa Barbara (7%) vs Hawai’i (93%)
ConfCarolinas
King (4%) vs Mount Olive (96%)
Lees-McRae (38%) vs Barton (62%)
EIVA
NJIT (26%) vs Penn State (74%)
Charleston (46%) vs Princeton (54%)
Harvard (52%) vs Sacred Heart (48%)
GLVC
Rockhurst (93%) vs Thomas More (7%)
Missouri S&T (70%) vs Southwest Baptist (30%)
Jamestown (5%) vs Maryville (95%)
Roosevelt (59%) vs Quincy (41%)
IVA
Catawba (60%) vs Newberry (40%)
MIVA
Queens (53%) vs Northern Kentucky (47%)
MPSF
Concordia (65%) vs UC Merced (35%)
Pepperdine (57%) vs BYU (43%)
UCLA (93%) vs Stanford (7%)
Vanguard (14%) vs Jessup (86%)
Menlo (1%) vs Southern California (99%)
NEC
UMES (28%) vs Daemen (72%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (83%) vs D’Youville (17%)
Long Island (42%) vs Manhattan (58%)
SIAC
Benedict (74%) vs Kentucky State (26%)
Fort Valley State (79%) vs Central State (21%)
Non-conference
Saint Francis (21%) vs George Mason (79%)
Merrimack (68%) vs Dominican (32%)
Barry (76%) vs Edward Waters (24%)
Go Bows vs. UCSB tonight and tomorrow. Also, as a former longtime resident of the Greater Cincinnati area, congrats to Northern Kentucky University for its first ever MIVA win. The NKU web site has a "Norse earn first MIVA victory in five-set thriller over Queens" summary ( https://nkunorse.com/sports/mens-volleyball ). Also, NKU is ahead two sets to none in the rematch as I type this.
I write about conference road wins and Ball State and Loyola were successful. tonight we look at some matches that will be exciting and for tournament seeds. NJIT, Charleston, Harvard, LIU/Manhattan, FDU, UMES, Queens (could be an loser leaves town match), Fort Valley,Pepperdine, UCLA, UCSB, Long Beach, Roosevelt. It's getting late in the MIVA and surely getting interesting everywhere else.