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Check out all the matches to follow today featuring NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow the matches live.
No. 5/5 Loyola (6-1, 0-0 MIVA) vs. No. 10 UC Santa Barbara (6-3, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Santa Barbara, CA
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What to know: Following a closely contested five-set thriller against Lewis last night, UC Santa Barbara is now 3-0 against MIVA teams this season and is looking to make 4-0 when they face Loyola Chicago tonight. The Gauchos lead the program series 2-1 against the Ramblers, with their first loss coming in a four-game match last season in Chicago. Both teams are coming in with momentum on their side, with Loyola-Chicago having won their last six and UCSB winning their last three. Loyola-Chicago is 2-1 against ranked teams, with their lone loss a five-set heartbreaker against No. 4 UC Irvine. The Gauchos are 3-3 against ranked opponents, as they registered two losses against No. 5 Pepperdine and one to No. 6 UCLA. The last time the two teams met, the Ramblers won 3-1, led by Collin Mahan’s 10 kills and since-graduated seniors Ricky Gevis and Jeff Jendryk who also contributed 10 kills each. For the Gauchos, Corey Chavers had a match-high kills while the tandem of Keen Sanders and Brandon Hopper added nine kills apiece. The Ramblers are 1-1 in #CincoSets this season, with all other matches being clean sweeps, while the Gauchos are 3-1. Loyola-Chicago is currently led by Collan Mahan’s 79 kills, followed by Will Tishcler and Luke Denton with 71 and 64 kills respectively. Paul Narupl leads the Ramblers with 32.0 blocks. Corey Chavers has been the go-to player for the Gauchos with a team-best 121 kills, followed by freshmen Haotian Xia and Ryan Wilcox’s respectively totals of 59 and 58 kills. Keenan Sanders leads the team with 27 blocks.
No. 9/9 Lewis (5-3, 0-0 MIVA) vs. No. 11/10 CSUN (5-3, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Northridge, CA
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What to know: Both teams are coming off losses last night to ranked foes. Lewis lost in #CincoSets to No. 10 UC Santa Barbara, despite getting 11 blocks each from TJ Murray and Tyler Mitchem. Lewis was the preseason pick to win the MIVA, but they are still looking for their first win against a ranked opponent. Middle attacker Tyler Mitchem leads the Flyers with 76 kills on the season, while attacking at .520 clip. His team-high 31 blocks is good for a 1.07 blocks per game average. On the other side of the net, CSUN is coming off a sweep to No. 5/5 Loyola, where Ksawery Tomsia had 13 kills and Dimitar Kalchev had 12 kills. The Matadors are 3-3 in matches against ranked opponents, with two of those at home, two on the road, and two at a neutral site. Senior outside attacker Dimitar Kalchev leads the Matadors with 108 kills and 19 aces on the season. On paper, Lewis ranks higher than CSUN in all statistical categories, but the one that sticks out the most is blocks per game. The Flyers are the best blocking team in the nation, while CSUN is the sixth worst.
ConfCarolinas matches
Lees-McRae (1-3, 0-1 ConfCarolinas) vs. North Greenville (2-4, 0-1 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 3 p.m. in Banner Elk, NC
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Mount Olive (1-4, 0-1 ConfCarolinas) vs. Emmanuel (3-3, 0-2 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 11 a.m. in Mount Olive, NC
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Barton (4-2, 1-0 ConfCarolinas) vs. Erskine (2-6, 1-1 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Wilson, NC
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King (2-3, 1-0 ConfCarolinas) vs. Belmont Abbey (2-1, 0-0, ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Belmont, NC
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MIVA matches
Ohio State (3-3, 0-0 MIVA) vs. Ball State (3-4, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Muncie, IN
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Non-conference matches
No. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne (4-3, 0-0 MIVA) vs. No. 8/8 Stanford (6-1, 0-0 MPSF)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Stanford, CA
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St. Francis (3-3, 0-1 EIVA) vs. McKendree (1-2, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals: 1 p.m. in Loretto, PA
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Lincoln Memorial (4-2) vs. Queens (1-5)
Match vitals: 4 p.m. in Charlotte, NC
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Grand Canyon (6-3, 0-0 MPSF) vs. UC San Diego (2-5, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals: 5 p.m. in La Jolla, CA
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Quincy (2-2, 0-0 MIVA) vs. Benedictine (3-1)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Quincy, IL
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Lindenwood (2-4, 0-0 MIVA) vs. Penn State (3-2, 1-0 EIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in University Park, PA
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Southern Virginia (2-0) vs. Daemen (1-3)
Match vitals: 11 a.m. in Huntingdon, PA
Wittenberg (2-3) vs. Daemen (1-3)
Match vitals: 1 p.m. in Huntingdon, PA
Division III matches of the day
No. 2 Stevens (1-0) vs. No. 10 North Central (5-3)
Match vitals: 1 p.m. in Union, NJ
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No. 2 Stevens (1-0) vs. No. 14 Endicott (2-1)
Match vitals: 3 p.m. in Union, NJ
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No. 4 Kean (4-1) vs. No. 14 Endicott (2-1)
Match vitals: 5 p.m. in Union, NJ
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Marymount (1-3) vs. Lancaster Bible (2-2)
Match vitals: 6 p.m. in Lancaster, PA
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No. 8 Cal Lutheran (4-2) vs. UC Santa Cruz (4-5)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Thousand Oaks, CA
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