2014 USA NCAA Division 1 Championship

MIVA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINALS (Held at Higher Seeded Team's Arena), April 23th
( Seed ) VISITING TEAM - HOME TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) IPFW 0 - 3 Loyola-Illinois ( 1 ) (25-27, 19-25, 21-25)
( 3 ) Ball State 2 - 3 Lewis ( 2 ) (25-23, 17-25, 25-22, 13-25, 8-15)

FINAL (Held at Higher Seeded Team's Arena), April 26th
( Seed ) VISITING TEAM - HOME TEAM ( Seed )
( 2 ) Lewis - Loyola-Illinois ( 1 )

EIVA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINALS (Held at Penn State), April 24th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) George Mason 1 - 3 Penn State ( 1 ) (27-25, 21-25, 18-25, 22-25)
( 3 ) Princeton 3 - 1 Harvard ( 2 ) (25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 25-21)

FINAL (Held at Penn State), April 26th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 3 ) Princeton - Penn State ( 1 )

MPSF CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINALS (Held at BYU), April 24th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) UC-Santa Barbara 0 - 3 Brigham Young (BYU) ( 1 ) (19-25, 22-25, 20-25)
( 3 ) Stanford 3 - 0 Pepperdine ( 2 ) (25-16, 25-19, 25-16)

FINAL (Held at BYU), April 26th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 3 ) Stanford - Brigham Young (BYU) ( 1 )

EIVA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

FINAL (Held at Penn State), April 26th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 3 ) Princeton 0 - 3 Penn State ( 1 ) (23-25, 19-25, 18-25)

Penn State wins their 16th straight EIVA Conference Championship to earn the automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament.

MIVA CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

FINAL (Held at Higher Seeded Team's Arena), April 26th
( Seed ) VISITING TEAM - HOME TEAM ( Seed )
( 2 ) Lewis 1 - 3 Loyola-Illinois ( 1 ) (16-25, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25)

Loyola wins their 2nd consecutive MIVA Championship and probably earning the #1 seed for the NCAA Tournament and a bye to the semifinals.

MPSF CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

FINAL (Held at BYU), April 26th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 3 ) Stanford 0 - 3 Brigham Young (BYU) ( 1 ) (23-25, 22-25, 22-25)

BYU wins their 2nd consecutive MPSF title and earning the automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament.

FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), April 29th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) Lewis - Penn State ( 5 )
( 3 ) Stanford - Erskine ( 6 )

SEMIFINALS (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), May 1st
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 45 ) - Loyola-Illinois ( 1 )
( 36 ) - Brigham Young (BYU) ( 2 )

FINAL (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), May 3rd
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( ) - ( )

The Teams by Seed
Loyola Ramblers, MIVA Champion (27-1)
BYU Cougars, MPSF Champion (21-8)
Stanford Cardinal, At-large team (22-8)
Lewis Flyers, At-large team (23-7)
Penn State Nittany Lions, EIVA Champion (24-6)
Erskine Flying Fleet, Conference Carolinas Champion (21-7)

Pepperdine was not selected because they had worse records in the combinations of tiebreakers with Stanford and Lewis. The MPSF is such as tough conference, but Lewis did beat some of the better teams in the MPSF during interconference play, so it is good that they were rewarded.

I expect two great semifinals if Lewis and Stanford advance. Plus with Lewis being so close to the host, it should be a great environment for the semifinals.

FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), April 29th
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 4 ) Lewis 1 - 3 Penn State ( 5 ) (25-27, 25-19, 23-25, 19-25)
( 3 ) Stanford 3 - 0 Erskine ( 6 ) (25-14, 25-16, 25-16)

SEMIFINALS (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), May 1st
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 5 ) Penn State - Loyola-Illinois ( 1 )
( 3 ) Stanford - Brigham Young (BYU) ( 2 )

FINAL (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), May 3rd
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( ) - ( )

Lewis: Greg Petty 15 (12 kills, 1 ace), Eric Fitterer 14 (13 kills) & Geoff Powell 13 (13 kills)
Penn State: Aaron Russell 24 (20 kills, 2 ace), Nick Goodell 19 (18 kills) Peter Russell 16 (15 kills)

Stanford: Brian Cook 13 (12 kills), Steven Irwin 12 (9 kills, 1 ace)
Erskine: Robert Perez Vargas 9 (all kills), Michael Michelau 9 (8 kills, 1 ace)

( 3 ) Stanford 3 - 2 Brigham Young (BYU) ( 2 ) (25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 29-27, 15-12)

BYU: Taylor Sander 32 (28 kills, 4 aces)
Stanford: Brian Cook 21 (19 kills), Steven Irwin 20 (17 kills, 1 ace), Eric Mochalski 20 (18 kills, 1 ace)

Stanford goes to the Final for the first time since 2010.
BYU was probably the most dominant team during Sander's career and never got a title.

( 5 ) Penn State 2 - 3 Loyola-Illinois ( 1 ) (20-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-18, 11-15)

Penn State: Nick Goodell 19 (18 kills), Aaron Russell 18 (15 kills, 2 aces), Peter Russell 17 (all kills)
Loyola: Thomas Jaeschke 25 (24 kills, 1 ace), Cody Caldwell 16 (15 kills, 1 ace), Nicholas Olson 15 (12 kills, 1 ace)

FINAL (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), May 3rd
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 3 ) Stanford - Loyola-Illinois ( 1 )

FINAL (Held at the Gentile Pavillion on the Loyola-Illinois Campus), May 3rd
( Seed ) TEAM - TEAM ( Seed )
( 3 ) Stanford 1 - 3 Loyola-Illinois ( 1 ) (17-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-25)

Loyola: Cody Caldwell 21 (20 kills), Joe Smalzer 15 (12 kills), Thomas Jaeschke 13 (12 kills)
Stanford: Brian Cook 17 (15 kills, 2 aces), Steven Irwin 12 (10 kills), Eric Mochalski 12 (10 kills)

Loyola's first NCAA Championship

First set, Loyola hit .696 with 0 errors
Stanford had four aces in the 2nd set to get a gap, which they didn't lose.
Third set, Stanford couldn't put the ball to the floor, but Loyola did
Fourth set, Loyola dominated at the net with 4 or 5 blocks.

The best team all year and they proved it in the final.