VBelo Daily: March 30, 2025

We have our first regular-season conference champ and a couple more upsets to add to the growing list. Not to mention a couple of matches today to help wrap up March.

Congratulations to the University of Mount Olive Trojans on securing their spot as the outright Conference Carolinas Champions! This is their fifth regular-season championship and first since 2021. Their 16 match winning streak, where they have only dropped two sets, isn’t too shabby either.

Congratulations!

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Yesterday's Scores

Big West

#1 Long Beach (54%) def. #5 UC Irvine (46%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 29-27)

On the last play of the game, Moni Nikolov got his 1 ace. He has yet to be held ace-less in a match this season. He is still on track to set the single-season ace record and is already in third place on the list. For those unfamiliar with the calendar, it is still March!

NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Record Book

#18 UC Santa Barbara (35%) def. #8 CSU Northridge (65%)
3-1 (25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 25-15)

The Gauchos upset CSUN again, but this time without the services of Geste Bianchi. The Big West got extra interesting this weekend.

#4 Hawai'i (81%) def. #11 UC San Diego (19%)
3-1 (27-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-18)

Conference Carolinas

Mount Olive (96%) def. Erskine (4%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-14)

North Greenville (72%) def. King (28%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-20, 25-23)

Barton (90%) def. Emmanuel (10%)
3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-17)

Belmont Abbey (97%) def. Lees-McRae (3%)
3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-17)

ECC

St. Thomas Aquinas (91%) def. American International (9%)
3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-22)

EIVA

Charleston (15%) def. Penn State (85%)
3-1 (25-15, 20-25, 36-34, 26-24)

An upset on multiple fronts! This was the first win for Charleston over Penn State, EVER! Charleston had a huge match with Max Nissen (27 kills) and Paul Stommel (62 assists!!!) leading the charge. This also snaps the longest home winning streak in the country that Penn State held.

Harvard (28%) def. #20 George Mason (72%)
3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-17)

The EIVA wanted to join the upset party that they saw over in the Big West. The EIVA tournament is going to very interesting.

#19 Princeton (73%) def. Sacred Heart (27%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-15)

MIVA

The MIVA has forgotten how to have a sweep in conference play. I don’t hate it.

#15 Lewis (88%) def. Queens (12%)
3-2 (21-25, 25-17, 25-18, 24-26, 15-12)

#14 Ball State (45%) def. #10 McKendree (55%)
3-1 (25-13, 24-26, 25-23, 25-23)

Purdue Fort Wayne (78%) def. Quincy (22%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 24-26, 25-22)

MPSF

#3 Southern California (73%) def. #13 Grand Canyon (27%)
3-1 (25-19, 25-18, 17-25, 25-20)

#2 UCLA (79%) def. #9 Pepperdine (21%)
3-1 (25-22, 25-22, 25-27, 25-16)

#12 Stanford (97%) def. Menlo (3%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-23)

Concordia (67%) def. Vanguard (33%)
3-2 (11-25, 25-19, 25-20, 23-25, 15-8)

NEC

Long Island (62%) def. Daemen (38%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-19)

Saint Francis (68%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (32%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-22)

SIAC

Fort Valley State (90%) def. Central State (10%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-18)

Edward Waters (80%) def. LeMoyne-Owen (20%)
3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-10)

Non-conference

Barry (80%) def. Life (20%)
3-1 (25-17, 17-25, 28-26, 27-25)

NJIT (87%) def. D'Youville (13%)
3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-16)

Rockhurst (89%) def. Missouri Valley (11%)
3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-16)

Maryville (81%) def. Edward Waters (19%)
3-0 (32-30, 25-13, 25-16)

Maryville (96%) def. LeMoyne-Owen (4%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-21)

Rockhurst (87%) def. Central Christian (KS) (13%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-11)

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Today's Match Projections

Non-conference

D'Youville (53%) vs Dominican (47%)

Maryville (96%) vs LeMoyne-Owen (4%)