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The postseason for college men’s volleyball season get continues today with the finals of the inaugural IVA Championship Tournament.
The IVA Tournament was formed earlier this year as a defacto end-of-season conference tournament for independent teams. Check out all the postseason matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live.
IVA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FINALS
Coker (14-8, 2-0 IVA) vs. Alderson Broaddus (5-16, 1-1 IVA)
Match vitals: 3:30 p.m. in Hartsivlle, South Carolina
Follow live: Live stats, Online video
Season series: Coker leads 3-0
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. All-IVA selections: Coker (1)
Players to watch: Coker outside attacker Artur Cabral, who missed the majority of the regular season with an injury, had a team-high combined 26 kills and eight aces in Coker’s two pool-play victories on Friday. Freshman middle attacker Luca Berger also had 12 kills on a .524 attack percentage and a team-high eight blocks in a four-game win against Lincoln Memorial. All-IVA outside attacker Obenda Besongngem finished with a match-high 20 kills on a .444 attack percentage in a five-game victory versus Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to clinch Alderson Broaddus spot in the finals. In addition, setter Benjamin Bravo guided the Battlers’ offense to a .321 attack percentage in that win.
IVA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT POOL PLAY
Lincoln Memorial (10-16, 0-1 IVA pool play) vs. Alderson Broaddus (4-16, 0-1 IVA pool play)
Match vitals: 1 p.m. in Hartsville, South Carolina
Follow live: Live stats, Online video
Season series: Tied at 1-1
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. All-IVA selections: Lincoln Memorial (3); Alderson Broaddus (2)
Players to watch: All-IVA outside attacker Josh Riblett had a match-high 15 kills and led Lincoln Memorial with two aces in a four-game loss against Coker to open the tournament on Friday. In addition, All-IVA middle attacker Pedro Carvalho contributed a team-high eight blocks in the pool-play loss. Alderson Broaddus Myles Miller, the 2017 IVA Player of the Year, finished with a team-high four blocks but was limited to three kills in a three-game pool-play loss to Coker on Friday. All-IVA outside attacker Obenda Besongngem also had a team-high 10 kills against the Cobras.