2018 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament

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2018 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
George Mason  131 .929  1712 .586
Penn State  104 .714  1511 .577
Harvard  y104 .714  1313 .500
Princeton  77 .500  1216 .429
Charleston  59 .357  1610 .615
NJIT  59 .357  917 .346
St. Francis  410 .286  920 .310
Sacred Heart  212 .143  715 .318
Conference champion
2018 EIVA Tournament champion

The 2018 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament is the men's volleyball tournament for the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It is being from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at George Mason University's Recreation and Athletic Complex. The winner receives The Association's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Contents

Seeds

The top four teams qualify for the tournament, with the highest seed hosting each round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1George Mason13–1
2Penn State10–4Went 1–1 vs. Harvard but won in fewer sets (3–0)
3Harvard10–4Went 1–1 vs. Penn State but more in more sets (3–2)
4Princeton7–7
5NJIT5–92–0 vs. Charleston, Did Not Qualify
6Charleston5–90–2 vs. NJIT, Did Not Qualify
7St. Francis4–10Did Not Qualify
8Sacred Heart2–12Did Not Qualify

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Semifinals – Thursday, April 19
5:00 pm
FloVolleyball
No. 2 Penn State vs. No. 3 Harvard2–3
(18–25, 25–21, 19–25, 25–18, 11–15)
1,005Tyler Hyrum & Zach Hamilton
7:30 pm
FloVolleyball
No. 1 George Mason vs. No. 4 Princeton1–3
(17–25, 25–22, 23–25, 20–25)
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm
FloVolleyball
No. 3 Harvard vs. No. 4 Princeton3–1
(25–20, 26–24, 17–25, 25–23)
143Tyler Hyrum & Zach Hamilton
Game times are ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 19
Championship
Saturday, April 21
      
1 George Mason 1
4Princeton3
4 Princeton 1
3Harvard3
2 Penn State 2
3Harvard3

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