UPDATE: Grand View WINS!!!
It’s Championship Saturday for the NAIA as Grand View takes on Benedictine Mesa for the NAIA Championship. Game prediction below…
Pool play had a few surprises, most notably seeing Indian Tech come up winless after a 28-1 record coming into the the tournament, Vanguard and Ottawa Arizona not making the final 4, Campbellsville beating Vanguard and making it to the final 4, and Park falling to Benedictine Mesa in the semi-finals.
Here is the round robin grid and results:
For the final 4 grid, Grand View was installed as the early favorite from the insidehitter.com ranking and rating algorithm.
Here is the Final 4 schedule and results thus far…
The insidehitter.com game prediction for today’s final is:
Grand View over Benedictine Mesa 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-22, 25-19)
UPDATE: Final Score: Grand View Wins 3-1 (25-23, 25-27, 25-23, 26-24)
It was another amazing season of NAIA volleyball and we expect the final match to be a great culmination. Remember that Grand View was a perfect 26-0 last season and faced Benedictine Mesa in the Championship game in 2021. Mesa is hoping to return the favor and turn the tables this season.
The events is being live streamed on ESPN at https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/5c532409-4aec-4889-842d-fc9b85648891?om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults