2021 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament

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The 2021 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament is the men's volleyball tournament for the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association held during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It will be held April 10 through April 24, 2021 at campus sites. The winner receives the Association's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

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2021 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams8
ChampionsLewis Flyers (6th title)
Winning coachDan Friend (3rd title)
MVP Ryan Coenen (Lewis)
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2021 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Lewis  ‍†‍‡‍y12–2 .857  19–2 .905
No. 10 Loyola Chicago  ‍‍‍9–5 .643  14–6 .700
No. 12 McKendree  ‍‍‍9–5 .643  11–5 .688
No. 15 Ball State  ‍‍‍8–6 .571  12–7 .632
Ohio State  ‍‍‍8–6 .571  9–10 .474
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍6–8 .429  6–9 .400
Lindenwood  ‍‍‍2–12 .143  5–13 .278
Quincy  ‍‍‍2–12 .143  5–13 .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 MIVA Tournament champion

Seeds

All eight teams are eligible for the postseason, 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
1 [1] Lewis12–2–
2Loyola Chicago9–52–0 vs. McKendree
3McKendree9–50–2 vs. Loyola
4Ball State8–6Point tiebreaker 216-209 vs. Ohio State [2]
5Ohio State8–6Point tiebreaker 209-216 vs. Ball State [2]
6Purdue Fort Wayne6–8–
7Lindenwood2–12Point tiebreaker 184-175 vs. Quincy [2]
8Quincy2–12Point tiebreaker 175-184 vs. Lindenwood [2]

Schedule and results

Time
Network		MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 10 [3]
7:00 pm
GLVC SN		No. 1 Lewis vs. No. 8 Quincy3–0
(25–20, 25–21, 25–15)		120Matt Mohan & Patrick Hennessey
7:00 pm
ESPN+		No. 2 Loyola Chicago vs. No. 7 Lindenwood3–1
(25–19, 25–21, 24–26, 25–23)		0Jason Goch & Ray Gooden
7:00 pm
GLVC SN		No. 3 McKendree vs. No. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne3–2
(27–25, 20–25, 29–27, 25–27, 15–13) [4] 		0Colin Suhre
7:00 pm
Ball State All-Access		No. 4 Ball State vs. No. 5 Ohio State [5] 3–1
(31–29, 25–19, 21–25, 28–26) [6] 		0No commentary
Semifinals – Saturday, April 17
5:00 pm
ESPN+		No. 2 Loyola Chicago vs. No. 3 McKendree3–2
(17–25, 12–25, 25–23, 25–22, 15–9) [7] 		0Jason Goch & Ray Gooden
7:00 pm
GLVC SN		No. 1 Lewis vs. No. 4 Ball State3–0
(25–15, 25–20, 25–23)		150Patrick Hennessey & Cody Lindeman
Championship – Saturday, April 24
7:00 pm
GLVC SN		No. 1 Lewis vs. No. 2 Loyola Chicago3–0
(25–14, 25–22, 25–19)		160Patrick Hennessey & Cody Lindeman
Game times are host team times (ET and CT). Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 10 		Semifinals
Saturday, April 17 		Championship
Saturday, April 24
         
1Lewis3
8 Quincy 0
1Lewis3
4 Ball State 0
4Ball State3
5 Ohio State 1
1Lewis3
2 Loyola Chicago 0
2Loyola Chicago3
7 Lindenwood 1
2Loyola Chicago3
3 McKendree 2
3McKendree3
6 Purdue Fort Wayne 2

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