Check out all the NCAA men’s volleyball matches to follow today and how to follow the matches live.
No. 4/3 UC Irvine (12-2, 0-0 Big West) vs. No. 11 UC Santa Barbara (9-6, 1-0 Big West)
Match vitals: 6 p.m. in Irvine, California
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (ESPN+)
UC Irvine player to know: Middle attacker Trevor Clark has a nation-best .569 attack percentage and is in the nation’s top 15 averaging 1.14 blocks per game.
UC Santa Barbara player to know: Pin-hitter George Bruening is in the nation’s top 20 with a 3.66 kills per game average.
No. 6/5 Pepperdine (11-4, 3-0 MPSF) vs. No. 15 Penn State (11-5, 4-0 EIVA)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Malibu, California
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (B1G+)
Pepperdine player to know: Pin-hitter Cole Hartke leads the nation with a 4.56 kills per game average and has at least 20 kills in three of the Waves last four matches.
Penn State player to know: Middle attacker Owen Rose is second in the nation with a 1.41 blocks per game average and set a single-match school record with 14 blocks against Harvard in February.
Bracketology to know: Both Pepperdine and Penn State are currently projected as teams under NCAA Tournament consideration in the latest Off the Block bracketology. One of the criteria categories the selection committee used to determine the NCAA Tournament field is record against teams under NCAA Tournament consideration.
No. 8/8 Lindenwood (14-2, 6-1 MIVA) vs. Belmont Abbey (10-3, 5-1 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in St. Charles, Missouri
Follow live: Live stats
>Lindenwood player to know: Setter Zach Solomon leads the MIVA and is third in the nation with both a 0.71 aces per game average and 10.73 assists per game average. Solomon also has guided the offense to a top-10 attack percentage in the nation at .327.
Belmont Abbey player to know: Libero Alejandro Leon entered the week ninth in the nation with a 2.40 digs per game average and has double-digit digs in four of the Crusaders’ last six matches.
Bracketology to know: Both Lindenwood and Belmont Abbey are currently projected as teams under NCAA Tournament consideration in the latest Off the Block bracketology. One of the criteria categories the selection committee used to determine the NCAA Tournament field is record against teams under NCAA Tournament consideration.
No. 17 CSUN (10-5, 0-1 Big West) vs. Princeton (4-7, 0-3 EIVA)
Match vitals: 6 p.m. in Northridge, California
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (ESPN+)
American International (1-10, 0-0 ECC) vs. Regis
Match vitals: Noon in Springfield, Massachusetts
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (FloCollege)
Benedict (5-4, 2-0 SIAC) vs. Fort Valley State (6-12, 0-0 SIAC)
Match vitals: 6 p.m. in Columbia, South Carolina
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