MVC Volleyball Thread

[VUGrad1314]

Missouri State Volleyball opens up receiving votes in the top 25 poll.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca-coaches

[VUGrad1314]

Valpo picked a respectable fifth in the Preseason Coaches Poll Here's the order:

1. UNI
2. Missouri State
3. Illinois State
4. Drake
5. Valpo
6. Indiana State
7. Bradley
8. Loyola
9. Evansville
10. Southern Illinois

http://www.mvc-sports.com/news/2018/8/7/VB_Preseason_Poll.aspx

[VUGrad1314]

UNI's schedule is absolutely daunting. I'd love to see Valpo get to this level one day.

http://unipanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball

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Big Opening Day in Volleyball with many teams playing two matches as part of Round Robin Events (neutral site unless otherwise specified) :

Valpo Plays Fresno State at 10 AM and St Francis (PA) ar 4 PM

Evansville plays Tennessee Tech at 3 PM

Loyola will play Kennesaw State at 10 AM and Samford at 7:30 PM

Southern Illinois will play IUPUI at 10:30 AM and Louisville at 7:30 PM

Indiana State will play Liberty at 11AM and Fort Wayne at 7 PM

Bradley will play Hampton at noon and Morehead State at 6PM

Illinois State will play Furman at 4 PM

Missouri State will play College of Charleston at 5 PM

Drake will play Sam Houston State at 6:30 PM

UNI will play #13 Creighton at 7 PM.

[VUGrad1314]

Tough start to the season as Valpo builds a 2-1 lead against Fresno State only to fall in 5 sets. We were outplayed but still it feels like we let one get away. 15-25 27-25 25-18 18-25 10-15. Back at it tonight against St Francis (PA). Hopefully we can get the  split.

[valpospartan]

VU won the "nightcap" against St. Francis, 3-1.

[VUGrad1314]

Records Through 8\25:

Drake 3-0 Def. Bethune-Cookman Texas Southern  Sam Houston State

Evansville 3-0 Def. Tennessee Tech Western Illinois and Fairleigh Dickinson

VALPO 3-1: Def. St. Francis (PA) Iona Eastern Illinois  Lost to: Fresno State

Bradley 2-1: Def. Hampton St. Francis (NY) Lost to: Morehead State

Illinois State 2-1: Def. Furman Coastal Carolina   Lost to: Georgia

Indiana State 2-1: Def. Liberty Fort Wayne   Lost to: Oakland

Southern Illinois 2-1: Def. IUPUI UT-Martin  Lost to: Louisville

UNI 2-1: Def. #13 Creighton #5 Kentucky   Lost to: #10 USC

Loyola 1-2: Def. McNeese State  Lost to: Samford  Kennesaw State

Missouri State 0-3: Lost to: Charleston Alabama Western Kentucky

[VUGrad1314]

Some write-ups on UNI's 2 big victories:

First over  #13 Creighton

http://www.mvc-sports.com/news/2018/8/24/panther-volleyball-sweeps-no-13-creighton-to-open-season.aspx

And over #5 Kentucky

http://www.mvc-sports.com/news/2018/8/25/volleyball-upset-again-panthers-top-no-5-kentucky.aspx

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UNI climbs to #17 in the rankings ahead of a tough week of competition at home. They take on Iowa State and Washington State, both teams are receiving heavy consideration for the top 25.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca-coaches

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UNI already setting up for a national seed?

https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2018-08-27/college-volleyball-rankings-texas-jumps-no-2-kentucky

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SEMO sweeps Evansville 3-0 in last night's only MVC action.

Flying solo tonight is UNI who have a huge match at home against in-state rival Iowa State.

[talksalot]

UNI who have a huge match at home against in-state rival Iowa State.

Which is on Comcast SportsNet Chicago (Valpo-Comcast Channel 200) tonight.

[VUGrad1314]

#17UNI perhaps better off as hunter rather than hunted, swept at home by unranked Iowa State.

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Here are the games coming up tomorrow:

Valpo gets DePaul and LaSalle tomorrow in Michigan

Evansville takes on Elon

Drake will play Rhode Island and Holy Cross in Massachusetts

SIU plays Alabama A&M and Miami(OH) in Carbondale

Loyola hosts Furman and Georgia State

Illinois State squares off with EIU in Indy

Indiana State takes on North Florida in Knoxville

Bradley plays host to Western Illinois

UNI has a big home match against Washington State

Missouri State plays ORU at home

[vu72]

In spite of having four seniors on our squad, I don't expect anything better than middle of the pack.. It seems we still have an Horizon League roster but are playing in The Valley.  Hope they do better, I'll be watching!

[VUGrad1314]

Scores around the conference  August 31

VALPO Def. DePaul and LaSalle  3-0  3-0

Evansville lost to  Elon 3-1

Drake Def. Rhode Island and Holy Cross 3-0  3-1

SIU def. Alabama A&M 3-0 Lost to  Miami (OH) 3-1

Loyola Def. Furman and Georgia State 3-0  3-0

Illinois State def. EIU 3-0

Indiana State def. North Florida 3-0

UNI lost to  Washington State 3-1

Bradley def. Western Illinois 3-1

Missouri State def. Oral Roberts 3-0


Upcoming games September 1

Gardner-Webb vs Evansville

VALPO @ Central Michigan

North Carolina Central vs Evansville

Illinois State vs Auburn

Indiana State vs Winthrop

Bradley vs Toledo

UNI vs Washington State

Missouri State vs Grambling

Loyola vs Marshall

Drake vs Columbia

SIU vs Murray State

Illinois State @ Butler

Bradley vs George Washington

Missouri State vs Ball State

Indiana State @ Tennessee

Standings:

Drake 5-0

VALPO 5-1

Bradley 3-1

Illinois State 3-1

Indiana State 3-1

Evansville 3-2

Loyola 3-2

SIU 3-2

UNI 2-3

Missouri State 1-3

[VUGrad1314]

Scores around the conference September 1:

Evansville 3 Gardner-Webb 2

VALPO 3 Central Michigan 1

Evansville 3 North Carolina Central 1

Illinois State 3 Auburn 1

Indiana State 3 Winthrop 0

Bradley 3 Toledo 0

UNI 1 Washington State 3

Missouri State 3 Grambling State 0

Loyola 3 Marshall 0

Drake 3 Columbia 0

SIU 0 Murray State 3

Illinois State 3 Butler 0

Bradley 3 George Washington 1

Missouri State 3 Ball State 1

Indiana State 0 Tennessee 3



Scores around the conference  September 4:

VALPO 0 #20 Michigan 3

Missouri State 0 Kansas State 3

SIU 0 SEMO 3

Upcoming Games September 6:

Missouri State vs Nicholls State

Standings:

Drake 6-0

Bradley 5-1

Illinois State 5-1

VALPO 6-2

Evansville 5-2

Indiana State 4-2

Loyola 4-2

Missouri State 3-4

SIU 3-4

UNI 2-4