VBelo Daily: March 29, 2025
Was yesterday real? Seriously. I might need some confirmation that all of that actually happened.
Yesterday was something else. I knew it would be a big volleyball day, just from the sheer number of matches (20), but I didn’t expect this. The MIVA lived up to the madness that they have been delivering. But it was the Big West that stole the show. UC Irvine proved that Long Beach is beatable and they did it in the Pyramid, of all places. If that wasn’t enough, UCSB said “hold my volleyball” and went and defeated CSUN. If you were looking for a parlay, VBelo had the odds of both UCI and UCSB winning at just 4%!
But all of that fails in comparison to the biggest upset of the day ( and maybe the season): Quincy defeating Ball State. With just a 5% chance of winning, the Hawks got the huge away win. With the postseason just a few weeks away, the MIVA is shaping up to be ultra exciting, yet again.
Yesterday's Scores
Big West
#18 UC Santa Barbara (15%) def. #8 CSU Northridge (85%)
3-2 (25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 31-29, 15-11)
#5 UC Irvine (21%) def. #1 Long Beach (79%)
3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-19)
#4 Hawai'i (79%) def. #11 UC San Diego (21%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-18)
ConfCarolinas
Barton (80%) def. Erskine (20%)
3-2 (25-20, 25-21, 20-25, 25-27, 15-13)
Mount Olive (98%) def. Emmanuel (2%)
3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-18)
The longest win streak in the country belongs to the Trojans at 15 straight wins! In second place is UCLA and Lincoln Memorial at 9.
ECC
Roberts Wesleyan (35%) def. Dominican (65%)
3-1 (25-23, 24-26, 32-30, 25-23)
EIVA
Penn State (84%) def. Charleston (16%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-21)
This was only Penn State’s third home match of the year. The own the longest home win streak in the country at 22 straight matches.
#19 Princeton (68%) def. Sacred Heart (32%)
3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-23)
#20 George Mason (68%) def. Harvard (32%)
3-2 (22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 24-26, 15-7)
IVA
Tusculum (71%) def. Thomas More (29%)
3-2 (26-28, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-8)
MIVA
Quincy (5%) def. #14 Ball State (95%)
3-2 (13-25, 25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 15-8)
#6 Loyola Chicago (86%) def. Lindenwood (14%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-21)
MPSF
#12 Stanford (95%) def. Menlo (5%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-19)
#3 Southern California (69%) def. #13 Grand Canyon (31%)
3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 17-25, 25-19)
NEC
Long Island (54%) def. Daemen (46%)
3-2 (33-31, 22-25, 25-16, 17-25, 15-12)
Saint Francis (61%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (39%)
3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23)
SIAC
Edward Waters (77%) def. LeMoyne-Owen (23%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-17)
Fort Valley State (90%) def. Central State (10%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-19)
Non-conference
Merrimack (65%) def. St. Thomas Aquinas (35%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-22)
Catawba (80%) def. Lees-McRae (20%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-21)
Today's Match Projections
Big West
#1 Long Beach (54%) vs #5 UC Irvine (46%)
#8 CSU Northridge (65%) vs #18 UC Santa Barbara (35%)
#11 UC San Diego (19%) vs #4 Hawai'i (81%)
ConfCarolinas
North Greenville (72%) vs King (28%)
Emmanuel (10%) vs Barton (90%)
Erskine (4%) vs Mount Olive (96%)
Lees-McRae (3%) vs Belmont Abbey (97%)
ECC
St. Thomas Aquinas (91%) vs American International (9%)
EIVA
Charleston (15%) vs Penn State (85%)
#20 George Mason (72%) vs Harvard (28%)
#19 Princeton (73%) vs Sacred Heart (27%)
MIVA
Queens (12%) vs #15 Lewis (88%)
#10 McKendree (55%) vs #14 Ball State (45%)
Quincy (22%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (78%)
MPSF
#13 Grand Canyon (27%) vs #3 Southern California (73%)
#2 UCLA (79%) vs #9 Pepperdine (21%)
Menlo (3%) vs #12 Stanford (97%)
Concordia (67%) vs Vanguard (33%)
NEC
Daemen (38%) vs Long Island (62%)
Saint Francis (68%) vs Fairleigh Dickinson (32%)
SIAC
Central State (10%) vs Fort Valley State (90%)
Edward Waters (80%) vs LeMoyne-Owen (20%)
Non-conference
Life (20%) vs Barry (80%)
D'Youville (13%) vs NJIT (87%)
Rockhurst (89%) vs Missouri Valley (11%)
Edward Waters (17%) vs Maryville (83%)
Maryville (95%) vs LeMoyne-Owen (5%)
Rockhurst (86%) vs Central Christian (KS) (14%)