The postseason matches of the college men’s volleyball season get underway this weekend with 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 TOURNAMENT POOL PLAY
Coker (12-8) vs. Lincoln Memorial (10-15)
Match vitals: 5 p.m. in Hartsville, South Carolina
Follow live: Live stats, Online video
Season series: Did not play each other in regular season.
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. All-IVA selections: Coker (1); Lincoln Memorial (3)
Players to watch: Lincoln Memorial freshman opposite Evan Cory is among the team leaders with a 2.87 kills per game average and had double-digit kills in 14 regular season matches for the first-year program. Coker freshman middle attacker Luca Berger is in the nation’s top 10 averaging 0.50 aces per game and has a team-high 0.78 blocks per game average.
Coker (12-8) vs. Alderson Broaddus (4-15)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Hartsville, South Carolina
Follow live: Live stats, Online video
Season series: Coker leads 2-0.
Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. All-IVA selections: Coker (1); Alderson Broaddus (2)
Players to watch: Joao Victor Santos is in the nation’s top 20 with a 3.41 kills per game average, including a season-high 26 kills in a victory against Alderson Broaddus in February. Alderson Broaddus middle attacker Myles Miller, the 2017 Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. IVA Player of the Year, began the week second in the nation with a 1.23 blocks per game average and in the nation’s top 40 with a .316 attack percentage.