2021 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament

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2021 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams6
Site Rec Hall
University Park, PA
Champions Penn State (32nd title)
Winning coachMark Pavlik (22nd title)
MVP Cal Fisher (Penn State)
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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The 2021 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament was a men's volleyball tournament for the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 16 through April 24, 2021 at campus sites. The winner received The Association's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Contents

2021 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Penn State  ‍†‍‡‍y16–2 .889  22–4 .846
No. 11 NJIT  ‍‍‍13–3 .813  13–6 .684
No. 13 George Mason  ‍‍‍11–5 .688  15–7 .682
St. Francis  ‍‍‍6–12 .333  7–19 .269
Charleston  ‍‍‍4–12 .250  4–12 .250
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍0–16 .000  1–19 .050
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 EIVA Tournament champion

Seeds

With the Ivy League choosing not to participate in spring athletics, neither Harvard nor defending conference champion Princeton participated in the season. As a result EIVA changed tournament formats. All six schools participated in the tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received byes to the semifinals, which were played at Rec Hall in University Park, PA. The Championship also was played at Rec Hall. Seed 3 played Seed 6, and Seed 4 played Seed 5 in the conference tournament opening round at the 3 and 4 seeds’ schools. [1]

Seedings and placement were to be determined by win percentage should teams not have played every match. Tiebreaker procedures were as follows: [2]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 [3] [4] [5] Penn State16–2–
2NJIT13–3–
3George Mason11–5–
4St. Francis6–12–
5Charleston4–12–
6Sacred Heart0–16–

Schedule and results

Time
Network		MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReport
Quarterfinals – Friday, April 16
7:00 p.m.
ESPN+ 		No. 3 George Mason vs. No. 6 Sacred HeartGeorge Mason advances due to COVID-19 protocols with Sacred Heart–– Report
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 17
5:00 p.m.
NEC Front Row		No. 4 St. Francis vs. No. 5 Charleston3–1
(24–26, 25–20, 25–17, 25–23)		0 Jake Slebodnick Report
Semifinals – Thursday, April 22
4:30 p.m.
B1G+ 		No. 2 NJIT vs. No. 3 George Mason0–3
(30–32, 15–25, 23–25)		340 David Hadar & Jon Draeger
7:30 p.m.
B1G+		No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 4 St. Francis3–0
(25–16, 25–22, 25–20) [6]
Championship – Saturday, April 24
7:00 p.m.
B1G+		No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 3 George Mason3–1
(25–20, 25–20, 30–32, 25–20)		286 Preston Shoemaker & Logan Bourandas
Game times are Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, April 16 & Saturday, April 17 		Semifinals
Thursday, April 22 		Championship
Saturday, April 24
1Penn State3
4St. Francis34 St. Francis 0
5 Charleston 1 1Penn State3
3 George Mason 1
2 NJIT 0
3 George Mason WO3George Mason3
6 Sacred Heart [upper-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Match declared no contest due to COVID-19 protocols with Sacred Heart. George Mason advances in the tournament.

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