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The postseason is not here yet, but several matches tonight will have a definite postseason feel.
No. 1 Hawai’i will attempt to maintain its hold on first place in the MPSF as it opens a two-match series against No. 6 BYU. In addition, No. 12 UCLA and No. 14 Stanford will play each other with a postseason berth on the line. Check out all the college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight.
Check out the nation’s to college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight.
No. 1 Hawai’i (23-3, 18-2 MPSF) vs. No. 6 BYU (15-9, 12-8 MPSF)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Provo, Utah
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What to know: All it is going to take for No. 1 Hawai’i to win the MPSF regular season championship is break a road losing streak stretching back more than a decade. The Rainbow Warriors enter their two-match series against the Cougars on an 11-match road loss to BYU and have not won at Smith Fieldhouse since 2003. Hawai’i this season, though, is on a nation-best 16-match winning streak and is in first place in the MPSF with a half-match lead on second-place No. 4 UC Irvine. In addition, the Rainbow Warriors will likely need to sweep the regular season finale series against BYU to clinch the No. 1 seed and home court advantage for the upcoming conference tournament. Opposite Brook Sedore leads Hawai’i and is sixth in the conference with a 3.46 kills per game average. In addition, All-American middle attacker Taylor Averill has a conference-best .510 attack percentage and is among the MPSF leaders with averaging 2.97 kills per game average. BYU is in fifth place in the MPSF after sweeping a two-match road series against No. 13 CSUN last week to snap its six-match losing streak. The Cougars have a chance to move into the top-four of the MPSF standings and host a postseason match if they sweep the regular season finale series against the Rainbow Warriors. This will also be the first meeting between the two teams at Smith Fieldhouse since the controversial ending to their MPSF Tournament quarterfinals match in 2013. BYU won in five games after a Hawai’i kill that would have a forced a fifth-game overtime was overturned because of a back-row violation.
No. 12 UCLA (12-13, 8-13 MPSF) vs. No. 14 Stanford (10-16, 7-13 MPSF)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Palo Alto, California
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What to know: It’s still considered the regular season but No. 12 UCLA will travel to play No. 14 Stanford in a de-facto playoff match. The Bruins enter their regular season finale with a half-match lead ahead of the Cardinal for eighth place in the MPSF standings and the final berth to the conference tournament. A victory for UCLA will clinch the No. 8 seed and continue the program’s streak of advancing to every MPSF Tournament since the conference’s inception. Stanford not only needs to beat UCLA but win its regular season finale against No. 9 UC Santa Barbara on Saturday to avoid missing the postseason for the first time in eight years. UCLA swept UC San Diego on Saturday to snap a season-long five-match losing streak. In addition, freshman outside attacker J.T. Hatch had match-high 17 kills on a .481 attack percentage in the victory. Stanford returns home on a three-match losing streak after being swept in a two-match road series against No. 1 Stanford. The Cardinal, though, is 5-1 in its last six home matches, including two wins against nationally ranked teams.
No. 8 Penn State (15-9, 9-0 EIVA) vs. Princeton (10-10, 5-4 EIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Princeton, New Jersey
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Harvard (11-11, 5-5 EIVA) vs. George Mason (11-11, 4-4 EIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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NJIT (10-11, 2-6 EIVA) vs. St. Francis (6-17, 4-5 EIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Newark, New Jersey
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No. 2 Lewis (22-2, 13-1 MIVA) vs. No. 10 Ohio State (21-6, 11-3 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Romeoville, Illinois
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No. 5 Loyola (20-2, 12-2 MIVA) vs. McKendree (11-16, 1-12 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Chicago
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Lindenwood (11-11, 6-9 MIVA) vs. Quincy (13-13, 5-10 MIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Quincy, Illinois
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No. 15 IPFW (17-10, 7-7 MIVA) vs. Grand Canyon (13-15, 4-10 MIVA)
Match vitals: 6 p.m. in Phoenix, Arizona
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