College men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

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

ConfCarolinas Tournament First Round matches

[Editor’s note: To fill out your ConfCarolinas Tournament bracket and participate in the Off the Block/Frisco Mo Bracket Challenge, click here.]

No. 5 seed King (10-12, 7-7 ConfCarolinas) vs. No. 8 seed Lees-McRae (2-18, 2-12 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Bristol, Tennessee
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What to know: The ConfCarolinas Coach of the Decade will go up against his former assistant coach in the opening round of the ConfCarolinas Tournament. Caitlin Bullock spent three seasons on the coaching staff of Ryan Booher at King and will now make her head coaching men’s volleyball postseason debut with Lees-McRae. Bullock is in her third season as the Lees-McRae women’s volleyball head coach and her first full season as the men’s volleyball head coach. Lees-McRae under Bullock last month upset Belmont Abbey, which ended the ConfCarolinas season in second place, and almost upset the ConfCarolinas regular season champion Mount Olive. King concluded its regular season with back-to-back sweeps against Lees-McRae, including holding the Bobcats to a zero attack percentage in the regular season finale on Tuesday. Outside attacker Johsua Kim enters the postseason seventh in the nation with a 4.07 kills per game average. The senior also has more than 30 kills in multiple conference matches this season.

No. 6 seed Emmanuel (9-12, 6-8 ConfCarolinas) vs. No. 7 seed Erskine (9-14, 4-9 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Franklin Springs, Georgia
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What to know: Emmanuel has earned its first postseason home match since joining the ConfCarolinas. Now it will try to pull off the program’s first win in the ConfCarolinas Tournament as it plays host to Erskine. The Lions earned home court advantage in the opening round after they swept the Fleet in their season finale on Tuesday. Outside attacker Aleksa Lakic in the victory finished with a match-high 14 kills on a .393 attack percentage and added two aces. Lakic leads Emmanuel with a 3.82 kills per game average and is one of two Lions in the conference’s top 10 for kills. Don Thompson, who plays a hybrid middle attacker and opposite position, is 10th in the ConfCarolinas averaging 3.35 kills per game. Erskine is attempting to win its first postseason match since winning the ConfCarolinas championship and reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2016. Outside attacker Edgerrin Austin had more than 20 kills in two of Erskine’s final three regular season matches and is ninth in the conference with a 3.46 kills per game average.

NCAA Division III National Match of the Day

No. 6 Benedictine (12-2) vs. Aurora (11-6)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Lisle, Illinois
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NAIA National Match of the Day

Life (13-6) vs. Webber Inernational (11-10)
Match vitals: 1 p.m. in Bowling Green, Kentucky
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