VBelo Daily: March 28, 2025
Every conference is playing today! It is a glorious day for volleyball. Plus conference standings heading into the busy weekend.
Yesterday's Scores
MIVA
#17 Ohio State (42%) def. #10 McKendree (58%)
3-2 (25-18, 26-24, 19-25, 20-25, 15-9)
Behind only their victory over UCLA, this was the biggest win of the season for the Buckeyes and it couldn’t have come at a better time for them. Stanislaw Chacinski led the way with 21 kills and 13 digs.
#6 Loyola Chicago (86%) def. Lindenwood (14%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-17)
Loyola flexed their might by hitting .516%, an unreal number and a dominant performance.
#15 Lewis (88%) def. Queens (12%)
3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-20)
MPSF
#2 UCLA (87%) def. #9 Pepperdine (13%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-22)
The Waves were able to hang with the #2 team in the country, but they just couldn’t close out a set. UCLA hit .418% and had only 14 service errors.
Concordia (61%) def. Vanguard (39%)
3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20)
Today's Match Projections
Big West
#18 UC Santa Barbara (15%) vs #8 CSU Northridge (85%)
#5 UC Irvine (21%) vs #1 Long Beach (79%)
#11 UC San Diego (21%) vs #4 Hawai'i (79%)
ConfCarolinas
Erskine (20%) vs Barton (80%)
Emmanuel (2%) vs Mount Olive (98%)
ECC
Roberts Wesleyan (35%) vs Dominican (65%)
EIVA
Charleston (16%) vs Penn State (84%)
#19 Princeton (68%) vs Sacred Heart (32%)
#20 George Mason (68%) vs Harvard (32%)
IVA
Tusculum (71%) vs Thomas More (29%)
MIVA
Quincy (5%) vs #14 Ball State (95%)
Lindenwood (14%) vs #6 Loyola Chicago (86%)
MPSF
#12 Stanford (95%) vs Menlo (5%)
#13 Grand Canyon (31%) vs #3 Southern California (69%)
NEC
Daemen (46%) vs Long Island (54%)
Saint Francis (61%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (39%)
SIAC
Edward Waters (77%) vs LeMoyne-Owen (23%)
Central State (10%) vs Fort Valley State (90%)
Note: Kentucky State has cancelled their matches against Morehouse for this weekend.
Non-conference
St. Thomas Aquinas (35%) vs Merrimack (65%)
Catawba (80%) vs Lees-McRae (20%)
In the NEC LIU and FDU split with the Sharks winning in 4 and the Knights winning in 5.
This weekend will show the likely seeding in the MIVA and Conference Carolinas. The NEC, MPSF and EIVA have a few more weeks to go before we see who's the class of the conferences.
My eyes are out west as those Big West matches will be high level chess matches.
Also, in the NE corner of the US, the Spartans of STAC take on the Warriors of Merrimack. Tough for Independent teams to schedule during conference play. Should be a fun match.