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The two teams that earned at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament last season will now meet in a critical early-season non-conference match.
No. 7 Hawai’i and No. 8 Lewis will play each other in the Outrigger Invitational with the non-conference tournament title on the line.
Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow those matches live.
No. 7 Hawai’i (2-0, 0-0 MPSF) vs. No. 8 Lewis (3-0, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals: 5 p.m. in Honolulu
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What to know: The Outrigger Invitational championship will be decided between two undefeated teams. No. 7 Hawai’i and No. 8 Lewis both enter the non-conference tournament finale after defeating Harvard and King. The Rainbow Warriors have not lost a game so far at their home tournament and had more than .300 attack percentage in the first two matches. In addition, Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Preseason All-American outside attacker Sinisa Zarkovic had double-digit kills in both matches. This match will also feature two of the top freshmen so far this season. Hawai’i freshman opposite Stjin van Tiburg had a match-high 18 kills on a .400 attack percentage in the sweep against Harvard. Lewis freshman Julian Moses was named the National Freshman of the Week after having 21 kills in the team’s season-opening victory against No. 9 UC Santa Barbara last week. He also had a match-high 21 kills and two aces in a five-game victory against Harvard to open the Outrigger Invitational. Along with Moses, the Flyers have at least five aces in every match so far this season and more than a .350 attack percentage in two of their first three matches.
Harvard (0-2, 0-0 EIVA) vs. King (0-2, 0-0 CC)
Match vitals: 2 p.m. in Honolulu
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No. 11 Pepperdine (0-0, 0-0 MPSF) vs. Concordia-Irvine (1-0)
Match vitals: 5 p.m. in Malibu, California
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Holy Names (0-1) vs. Benedictine (0-0)
Match vitals: 5 p.m. in Oakland, California
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