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Check out all the NCAA men’s volleyball conference tournament matches to follow today and how to follow the matches live.
MIVA TOURNAMENT FINALS
No. 1 seed Ball State (20-8, 11-3 MIVA) vs. No. 3 seed Ohio State (21-9, 11-3 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Muncie, Indiana
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (ESPN+)
Season series: Ball State swept Ohio State, and then three days later Ohio State beat Ball State in five games.
All-time series: Ball State leads 110-101-1
Previous MIVA finals meetings: 1965 (Ball State won); 1967 (Ball State won); 1969 (Ohio State won); 1981 (Ohio State won); 1982 (Ohio State won); 1983 (Ohio State won); 1984 (Ball State won); 1985 (Ball State won); 1986 (Ohio State won); 1987 (Ohio State won); 1988 (Ball State won); 1989 (Ball State won); 1995 (Ball State won); 2008 (Ohio State won); 2009 (Ohio State won)
MIVA Tournament titles: Ball State (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2022); Ohio State (1969, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987,1993, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018)
NCAA Tournament championships: Ball State (none); Ohio State (2011, 2016, 2017)
Quick notes: This is the oldest Midwest rivalry in college men’s volleyball dating back to 1961. … Ball State is fifth in the nation with a .338 attack percentage, including hitting .405 in a regular season sweep against Ohio State. Setter David Flores during the Cardinals’ current eight-match winning streak has guided the offense to more than a .400 attack percentage four times. … Outside attacker Kaleb Jenness leads Ball State and is in the nation’s top 25 with both a 3.65 kills per game average and a .342 attack percentage. … Ohio State is on a 10-match winning streak since making a change at setter and reinserting Michael Wright into the starting lineup. Coach Kevin Burch made the move following Ohio State’s three-game loss to Ball State in March, and since then the Buckeyes have hit more than .300 eight times. … Outside attacker Jacob Pasteur is in the nation’s top 15 averaging 3.82 kills per game and is hitting .321. … Freshman opposite Shane Wetzel had a combined 36 kills in the two regular season matches against Ball State, including a match-high 17 kills on a .536 attack percentage in the three-game loss.
BIG WEST TOURNAMENT FINALS
No. 1 seed Hawai’i (27-2, 9-1 Big West) vs. No. 3 seed UC Irvine (18-10, 6-4 Big West)
Match vitals: 7:30 p.m. in Irvine, California
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Season series: Hawai’i beat UC Irvine in four games and three games in April.
All-time series: Hawai’i leads 47-22
Previous conference finals meetings: First meeting in finals
Big West Tournament titles: Hawai’i (2019, 2022); UC Irvine (none)
NCAA Tournament championships: Hawai’i (2002, 2021, 2022); UC Irvine (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013)
Quick notes: UC Irvine upset the No. 2 seed Long Beach State in the semifinals to reach the Big West Tournament finals for the first time in program history. … Setter Jakob Thelle leads the nation with a 10.76 assists per game average and has guided the Hawai’i offense to the second-best attack percentage in the nation at .375. … The Rainbow Warriors hit more than .400 in both their regular season victories against the Anteaters. … Both Hawai’i pin-hitters Dimitrios Mouchlias and Spryos Chakas are in the nation’s top 25 with more than a 3.50 kills per game average. … UC Irvine outside attacker Hilir Henno leads the nation with a 0.913 aces per game average. Henno had a combined five aces in the two regular season meetings against the Rainbow Warriors. … UC Irvine opposite Francesco Sani leads the Big West and is in the nation’s top 10 with a 3.96 kills per game average.
MPSF TOURNAMENT FINALS
No.1 seed UCLA (28-2, 12-0 MPSF) vs. No. 3 seed Stanford (15-12, 6-6 MPSF)
Match vitals: 6 p.m. in Stanford, California
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (Flo)
Season series: UCLA swept Stanford in both their meetings in March.
All-time series: UCLA leads 79-27
Previous conference finals meetings: 1993 (UCLA won); 1994 (UCLA won); 1997 (Stanford won)
MPSF Tournament titles: UCLA (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2006); Stanford (1993, 1994, 1997, 2010)
NCAA Tournament championships: UCLA (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006); Stanford (1997, 2010)
Quick notes: Stanford is attempting to upset the No. 1 seed UCLA for the second straight year in the MPSF Tournament. The Cardinal last year defeated the top-seeded Bruins in five games in the conference tournament semifinals. … UCLA leads the nation with a .381 attack percentage, including hitting .537 in a sweep against Stanford in March. … UCLA middle attacker Merrick McHenry leads the nation with a .527 attack percentage and has double-digit kills in five of the Bruins last 10 matches. … Stanford outside attacker Will Rottman is third in the MPSF and in the nation’s top 25 with a 3.65 kills per game average. Rottman also had a season-high 26 kills on a .490 attack percentage as Stanford beat the No. 2 seed BYU in five games in the MPSF Tournament semifinals. … Stanford libero Justin Lui leads the MPSF with a 2.13 digs per game average.
EIVA TOURNAMENT FINALS
No. 1 seed Penn State (25-3, 10-0 EIVA) vs. No. 2 seed Princeton (14-11, 7-3 EIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in University Park, Pennsylvania
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Season series: Penn State swept Princeton twice in February.
All-time series: Penn State leads 52-9
Previous EIVA finals meetings: 1997 (Penn State won); 2010 (Penn State won); 2014 (Penn State won); 2019 (Princeton won)
EIVA Tournament titles: Penn State (32 times); Princeton (1998, 2019, 2022);
NCAA Tournament championships: Penn State (1994, 2008); Princeton (none)
Quick notes: Princeton and Penn State will once again meet in the EIVA Tournament. The Tigers last season upset the top-seeded Nittany Lions in the semifinals en route to winning their program’s third conference championship. … Both Penn State pin-hitters Brett Wildman and Cal Fisher are in the nation’s top 10 averaging more than 0.50 aces per game. … Setter Cole Bogner is fourth in the nation with a 10.33 assists per game average and has guided Penn State to a conference-best .337 attack percentage … All-EIVA middle attacker Toby Ezeonu suffered an injury in Penn State’s semifinal victory against George Mason. Ezeonu entered the postseason second in the nation with a .497 attack percentage. … Princeton pin-hitter Ben Harrington is in the conference’s top five with both a 3.58 kills per game average and a .302 attack percentage. Harrington also leads the EIVA and is third in the nation with a 0.71 aces per game average.
CONFCAROLINAS TOURNAMENT FINALS
No. 1 seed North Greenville (19-7, 11-3 ConfCarolinas) vs. No. 3 seed King (15-15, 8-6 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 6:30 p.m. in Bristol, Tennessee
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Season series: King beat North Greenville in five games in February, and North Greenville won in four games in March.
All-time series: King leads 12-7
Previous ConfCarolinas finals meetings: First meeting finals
ConfCarolinas Tournament titles: North Greenville (2022); King (2018)
NCAA Tournament championships: North Greenville (none); King (none)
NEC TOURNAMENT FINALS
No. 1 seed Saint Francis (16-11, 8-2 NEC) vs. No. 3 seed Long Island (18-11, 10-4 NEC)
Match vitals: 4 p.m. in Loretto, Pennsylvania
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (ESPN3)
Season series: Long Island beat Saint Francis in five games in February, and Saint Francis swept Long Island in April.
All-time series: Saint Francis leads 3-1