2021 Volleyball

[vu72]

Another 3-0  win over Southern Illinois which forced Loyola to 4 games.  Looking very good!

[vu84v2]

The RPI for Valpo women's volleyball is 86 and they are among four teams with sub-100 RPIs (Loyola 64, Evansville 73, and Missouri State 91) in the MVC.

[IndyValpo]

Nice win at Evansville tonight. If I heard their announcers correctly they hadn't lost a set at home all season.

[valpospartan]

Nice win at Evansville tonight. If I heard their announcers correctly they hadn't lost a set at home all season.

You heard correctly.  As one of them said - Evansville is going for a lossless season at home.  I'm not sure I've ever heard that term before.

[valpospartan]

VUVB won a terrific on the road match against 3rd place Evansville - 25-13, 9-25, 25-20 , 25-22.
After easily winning set 1, VU offense hid in set two, 9-25.  But, in true VU VB fashion, they roared back winning set 3, never trailing, and set 4, pulling away after 8-8.  VU moved past EU, into 4th place.
Kills leaders -   
  Haley Hart - 15 for .385
  Peyton McCarthy - 14 for .706
  Maddy Boyer - 7 for .333
Digs leaders -
  Rylee  Cookerly - 13
  Bella Ravotto - 8
  Brittany Anderson and Elise Swistek - 7 each
Assists -
  Anderson - 23
Victoria Bulmahn - 16
 

[vu84v2]

Nice win at Evansville tonight. If I heard their announcers correctly they hadn't lost a set at home all season.

You heard correctly.  As one of them said - Evansville is going for a lossless season at home.  I'm not sure I've ever heard that term before.

A lossless season would be very winful.

[valpotx]

Tough loss against ISUb today, but fought back at times

[vu72]

Great revenge sweep of Loyola last night!  Great crowd as well!

[vu84v2]

Great revenge sweep of Loyola last night!  Great crowd as well!

A strong fourth in conference now, with home matches this coming weekend against the two teams tied for second (Bradley and Illinois State). Will likely need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA tournament, but RPI has improved to 69. Only team in the MVC with a better RPI is Loyola.

[talksalot]

Nice 3-1 win over Bradley tonight.   Rylee got to 3000 digs, great ovation.  5 seniors with remarkable credentials on and off the floor.   

[bb33]

What is the tiebreaker for volleyball?  If they finish out strong and win the last two matches they will have a tie for 3rd/4th place.  Not that it really matters they split with every team except ISUr.  We probably do not want to play them on their home court in the tournament.

[vu84v2]

The ended up tied for 3rd. Interestingly, they now have the best RPI (70) in the conference...one place ahead of Loyola.

[vu72]

The ended up tied for 3rd. Interestingly, they now have the best RPI (70) in the conference...one place ahead of Loyola.

The major fall non-basketball sports (soccer and volleyball) have clearly shown that Valpo belongs in the top half (or higher) in the Valley. Now we need to get basketball, baseball and softball there.  Great season for the Volleyball team.  I have high hopes for a title. We end up on the Loyola side of the bracket which may not be all bad as we split with them during the season while Illinois State swept us and of course is hosting the tournament.

[valpotx]

Good chance of an invite to the second tier tournament again, if we don't make the NCAAs.

[valpospartan]

What is the tiebreaker for volleyball?  If they finish out strong and win the last two matches they will have a tie for 3rd/4th place.  Not that it really matters they split with every team except ISUr.  We probably do not want to play them on their home court in the tournament.

I think the tie break is the RPI score.

[valpotx]

Good match against Loyola so far.  We were up 18-11 in set 3, only to lose 26-24, falling behind 2-1 sets after winning the first set.  Hopefully we can win the last 2 sets and get to the championship game!

[valpotx]

Ladies win 25-18 in set 4.  Win or go home set 5 coming up.

[valpotx]

Tough 3-2 loss, going down 15-13 to Loyola in set 5.  It looks like the NIVC tournament is playing this year, and we should get an invite, as this team deserves to play in a postseason.  Our RPI comparison with Loyola was 70 to their 71 going into this match, so this was a battle of the top 2 RPIs in the MVC.

[valpo tundra]

Valpo will host Butler in the NIVC on Thursday. Their RPI of 65 is by far the highest of the four team pod they host. Rylee Cookerly will now have a shot at breaking the NCAA all time digs record.

[IndyValpo]

We have the best RPI on our side of the bracket, 4th best overall. We play as we are capable and perhaps more home matches will happen.

Kudos to Chicago State, their RPI isn't  very good but they were 17-10 and are a 1st Round host.

The WAC and the Valley obviously consider this tournament worthwhile.

[valpotx]

Exactly, congrats to Chicago State on a winning record, as that program has always been terrible.

Not only do we have that solid of an RPI versus the rest of this field, we ended up with the best RPI in the MVC!  I would be interested to know why Loyola didn't go to the NIVC.  Did they feel slighted to not receive an NCAA at-large bid, or maybe were directed by the Atlantic-10 that their teams are above such a thing?  Regardless, let's make this a fun run!

[vu84v2]

I'll admit that I had no idea there was an NIT equivalent for volleyball, but very glad this is the case since Valpo can continue to play (and even host!)

I can't see why Loyola would decline based on the prestige of the NIVC tournament. There are teams from the Big East, SEC and ACC in the tournament. I also have no idea what constitutes "automatic qualifier", since UConn (for instance) was third in the Big East.

[IndyValpo]

Always good to beat Butler! Even better to beat them 3-0....

[valpotx]

Buck Futler!  Let's win our second match against Toledo this season!

[vu72]

Not just a win but a butt kickin!  This is a really fun team to watch!  Go Beacons!