Missouri State Volleyball opens up receiving votes in the top 25 poll.
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca-coaches
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
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
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.
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.
VU won the "nightcap" against St. Francis, 3-1.
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
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
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
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
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.
Quote from: VUGrad1314 on August 29, 2018, 06:44:12 AMUNI who have a huge match at home against in-state rival Iowa State.
Which is on Comcast SportsNet Chicago (Valpo-Comcast Channel 200) tonight.
#17UNI perhaps better off as hunter rather than hunted, swept at home by unranked Iowa State.
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
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!
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
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