April 14, 2022
We are just a day away from the NCAA D3 Volleyball tournament round of 16 at 4 different sites throughout the country. For 2022, Springfield (Mass), Rutgers-Newark (NJ), Carthage (WISC), and Stevens (NJ) will be hosting the round of 16 and quarter-final matches with the winner of each grid heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin where Carthage College will host the Final 4.
After 1,368 D3 matches for the 2022 season, we have a final 16 who have gained entry into the NCAA Championship tournament. Eleven teams came from automatic bids received by winning their divisional year-end tournaments. And the 5 additional and coveted “at-large” bids are finalized with the grids set. Here is the schedule for the 2022 NCAA Tournament:
Here are the Inside Hitter ratings for the finalist…
Here are our game predictions for the first 8 matches Friday night….
UPDATE IN GREEN
Springfield over Penn State-Behrend 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-19)
Springfield wins 3-0 (25-19, 25-8, 25-9)
SUNY New Paltz over Marymount 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-20)
SUNY New Paltz wins 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 20-25, 25-18)
Stevens over Endicott 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-18)
Stevens wins 3-0 (28-26, 25-13, 25-20)
Southern Virginia over St. Joe’s Long Island 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-14)
St. Joe’s Long Island wins 3-1 (16-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21)
Rutgers-Newark over Baruch 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-18)
Rutgers-Newark wins 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-19)
Wentworth over St. John Fisher 3-2 (25-22, 22-25, 26-24, 21-25, 15-11)
Wentworth wins 3-0 (30-28, 25-22, 25-23)
Carthage over Mount Union 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-16)
Carthage win 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-20)
Dominican over North Central 3-2 (28-26, 26-24, 22-25, 24-26, 18-16)
Dominican wins 3-2 (25-13, 25-23, 29-31, 24-26, 15-13)
Good luck to all teams this weekend!!!!
7-1 OVERALL