VBelo Scouting Report: April 01, 2023
Predictability isn't a four letter word
Yesterday was brought to us by the word “predictable.” We are late in the season and VBelo has a pretty good sense of the teams by now. Of the 19 matches yesterday, only 2 were won by a team with less than a 50% chance of winning. This is pretty remarkable.
One of those matches was D’Youville pulling off the 5-set upset over St. Francis Brooklyn in the NEC. I know we don’t need further evidence of how exciting the NEC has been this season, but we got it anyway. Also, Daemen held off a strong challenge from Long Island to take the lead in the NEC with a 5-set win. This is essentially the most exciting NEC drama we could hope for and I am loving it.
Over in the SIAC, Edward Waters defeated rival Central State to sweep the season series. This is all part of their revenge tour for losing against Central in the SIAC championship match last season. It wasn’t too surprising that EWU won (41% from VBelo), but it was surprising that it was a sweep at Central State. Edward Waters is not messing around and I think they are really building a great program. These two SIAC teams are positioning themselves incredibly well for the future.
We have another loaded schedule today. Every team in the Big West, Conference Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA, and NEC will be competing in conference matches. After all of the conference chaos settles, tomorrow might be a good time to look at some RPI and VBelo rankings. Something to look forward to!
Match Recaps
Big West
Hawai'i (82%) def. UC Santa Barbara (18%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 29-27)
UC Irvine (76%) def. CSU Northridge (24%)
3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-19)
Long Beach (83%) def. UC San Diego (17%)
3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-16)
ConfCarolinas
King (86%) def. Barton (14%)
3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 27-25)
Mount Olive (57%) def. Lees-McRae (43%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 29-27)
EIVA
Charleston (65%) def. NJIT (35%)
3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 25-17)
Penn State (85%) def. Harvard (15%)
3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-23)
IVA
Lincoln Memorial (91%) def. Alderson Broaddus (9%)
3-0 (25-10, 25-10, 25-21)
MIVA
Loyola Chicago (81%) def. Lindenwood (19%)
3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-23)
MPSF
Stanford (72%) def. Concordia-Irvine (28%)
3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-15)
UCLA (65%) def. Grand Canyon (35%)
3-1 (29-31, 27-25, 25-20, 25-13)
BYU (77%) def. Southern California (23%)
3-1 (25-20, 30-28, 24-26, 25-14)
NEC
Daemen (50%) def. Long Island (50%)
3-2 (23-25, 26-24, 22-25, 26-24, 15-10)
D'Youville (30%) def. St. Francis-Brooklyn (70%)
3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 15-12)
Saint Francis (61%) def. Sacred Heart (39%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-13)
Merrimack (63%) def. Fairleigh Dickinson (37%)
3-1 (24-26, 25-20, 25-18, 25-22)
SIAC
Edward Waters (41%) def. Central State (59%)
3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-19)
Non-conference
Queens (64%) def. Belmont Abbey (36%)
3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-18)
Limestone (92%) def. Kentucky State (8%)
3-0 (25-8, 25-16, 25-10)
Match Projections
Big West
Hawai'i (84%) vs UC Santa Barbara (16%)
UC Irvine (66%) vs CSU Northridge (34%)
UC San Diego (9%) vs Long Beach (91%)
ConfCarolinas
Erskine (28%) vs North Greenville (72%)
Belmont Abbey (52%) vs Emmanuel (48%)
Mount Olive (39%) vs King (61%)
Barton (28%) vs Lees-McRae (72%)
EIVA
NJIT (32%) vs Charleston (68%)
George Mason (27%) vs Princeton (73%)
Penn State (86%) vs Harvard (14%)
IVA
Alderson Broaddus (43%) vs Tusculum (57%)
Tusculum (11%) vs Lincoln Memorial (89%)
MIVA
Ball State (55%) vs Lewis (45%)
Ohio State (67%) vs McKendree (33%)
Lindenwood (30%) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (70%)
Quincy (7%) vs Loyola Chicago (93%)
MPSF
Concordia-Irvine (27%) vs Stanford (73%)
UCLA (68%) vs Grand Canyon (32%)
NEC
D'Youville (21%) vs Long Island (79%)
Daemen (70%) vs St. Francis-Brooklyn (30%)
Fairleigh Dickinson (32%) vs Sacred Heart (68%)
Saint Francis (67%) vs Merrimack (33%)
Non-conference
California Lutheran (12%) vs Pepperdine (88%)
Vassar (64%) vs American International (36%)
