2022 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament

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The 2022 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament is the men's volleyball tournament for the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association held during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It will be held April 16 through April 23, 2022 at campus sites. The winner receives the Association's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

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2022 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams8
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2022 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Ball State  ‍†‍‡‍y12–2 .85723–3 .885
No. 11 Loyola Chicago  ‍‍‍11–3 .78618–9 .667
No. 15 McKendree  ‍‍‍9–5 .64314–11 .560
No. 13 Lewis  ‍‍‍7–7 .50016–12 .571
Ohio State  ‍‍‍7–7 .50013–14 .481
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍6–8 .42917–13 .567
Lindenwood  ‍‍‍4–10 .2868–14 .364
Quincy  ‍‍‍0–14 .0004–19 .174
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 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 Ball State 12–2–
2 Loyola Chicago 11–3–
3McKendree9–5–
4 Lewis 7–72-0 vs. Ohio State
5 Ohio State 7–70-2 vs. Lewis
6 Purdue Fort Wayne 6–8–
7Lindenwood4–10–
8Quincy0–14–

Schedule and results

Time
Network		MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 16 [1]
5:00 pm
ESPN+ 		No. 2 Loyola Chicago vs. No. 7 Lindenwood3–0
(25–20, 25–19, 25–22)		253Ray Gooden
6:00 pm
ESPN3 		No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 8 Quincy3–0
(25–17, 25–20, 25–11) [2] 		725Baylen Hite, Jordan Kilmes, & Lexi Eblen
6:00 pm
GLVC SN		No. 4 Lewis vs. No. 5 Ohio State3–2
(19–25, 27–29, 25–23, 25–19, 15–10)		317No commentary
7:00 pm
GLVC SN		No. 3 McKendree vs. No. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne1–3
(24–26, 20–25, 25–23, 22–25)		190Colin Suhre
Semifinals – Wednesday, April 20
6:00 pm
ESPN3 		No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Lewis3–0
(25–23, 25–17, 25–15) [3] 		913Joel Godett, Kevin Owens, & Madison Surface
7:00 pm
ESPN+ 		No. 2 Loyola Chicago vs. No. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne0–3
(30–32, 23–25, 25–27)		489Scott Sudikoff & Ray Gooden
Championship – Saturday, April 23
7:00 pm
ESPN3 		No. 1 Ball State vs. No. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne3–0
(28–26, 25–20, 25–16)		1,545Joel Godett, Amber Seaman, & Madison Surface
Game times are CT except for Ball State, which is ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 16 		Semifinals
Wednesday, April 20 		Championship
Saturday, April 23
         
1Ball State3
8 Quincy 0
1Ball State3
4 Lewis 0
4Lewis3
5 Ohio State 2
1Ball State3
6 Purdue Fort Wayne 0
2Loyola Chicago3
7 Lindenwood 0
2 Loyola Chicago 0
6Purdue Fort Wayne3
3 McKendree 1
6Purdue Fort Wayne3

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