College men’s volleyball matches to follow today

Photo courtesy of UC Irvine athletics/Robert Huskey

Check out all the college men’s volleyball matches to follow today and how to follow the matches live.

No. 4/3 UC Santa Barbara (2-0, 0-0 Big West) vs. No. 11/10 UC Irvine (0-2, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals:
10 a.m. in Santa Barbara, California
Follow live: Live video, Live stats, In-match tweets

No. 4/3 UC Santa Barbara (2-0, 0-0 Big West) vs. No. 11/10 UC Irvine (0-2, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals:
4 p.m. in Santa Barbara, California
Follow live: Live video, Live stats, In-match tweets

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NCAA Division III National Matches of the Day

No. 5 Rutgers-Newark (1-0) vs. No. 11 Juniata (6-0)
Match vitals:
2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Follow live: Live video, Live stats (2 p.m.) Live stats (5 p.m.)
Rutgers-Newark player to watch: Opposite Andrew Zaleck earned National Player of the Week honors after having 28 kills on a .641 attack percentage in a four-game victory against NJCU last week. Zaleck ended last season with a 4.48 kills per game average and was a Second-Team All-American and the AVCA National Newcomer of the Year.
Juniata player to watch: Setter Austin Goodsel is second in the nation with an 11.89 assists per game average and has guided the offense to the seventh-best attack percentage in the nation at .317.
Quick breakdown: Two former EIVA teams will face each other in a doubleheader with first place on the line in the CVC. Juniata is on a four-match winning streak to open its season and has lost one game during those matches. In addition, the team had a season-high .406 attack percentage in a sweep against Alderson Broaddus in February. Rutgers-Newark maintained its top-five national ranking following its season-opening victory against NJCU. The Scarlet Raiders finished the abbreviated 2020 season at 17-1 and were No. 6 in the national coaches poll.

No. 7 Benedictine (4-0) vs. North Park (5-3)
Match vitals:
2 p.m. in Lisle, Illinois
Follow live: Live video, Live stats

Mount Union (8-2) vs. Trine (7-3)
Match vitals:
1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in Alliance, Ohio
Follow live: Live video, Live stats (1 p.m.), Live stats (3 p.m.)