The Lindenwood men's volleyball team (10-12, 7-7 MIVA) earned the six seed in the Midwest Independent Volleyball Association Tournament. The Lions will take on the three seed Ohio State (19-9, 11-3 MIVA) in a quarterfinal matchup on Saturday, April 15 at 4:00 pm in Columbus, Ohio.

The Lions and Buckeyes split their two meetings during the regular season with the home team emerging victorious on both occasions. Back on February 25^th, Lindenwood outlasted Ohio State in a five-set thriller, while the Buckeyes defeat the Lions in four on March 24.

Against the Buckeyes this season, A.J. Lewis and Ian Schuller led the Lions with 26 kills across both matchups. Schuller and Connor Sheehan registered a total of 16 digs.

Ball State will be the No. 1 seed, winning the three-way tiebreaker against Loyola Chicago and Ohio State. No. 2 Loyola then won the subsequent tiebreaker against No. 3 Ohio State to claim the No. 2 seed. Lewis (7-7) won the tiebreaker against Purdue Fort Wayne (7-7) and Lindenwood (7-7) to earn the No. 4 seed and the final first-round home match. The No. 5 Mastodons won the next tiebreaker against No. 6 Lindenwood. No. 7 McKendree (1-13) won the tiebreaker against No. 8 Quincy (1-13).

MIVA Team Standings
1. Ball State
2. Loyola Chicago
3. Ohio State
4. Lewis
5. Purdue Fort Wayne
6. Lindenwood
7. McKendree
8. Quincy

The first round will feature No. 1 Ball State hosting No. 8 Quincy, No. 2 Loyola Chicago hosting No. 7 McKendree, No. 3 Ohio State hosting No. 6 Lindenwood and No. 4 Lewis hosting No. 5 Purdue Fort Wayne.

All opening round matches will be on Saturday, April 15. Semifinal matches will be hosted by the higher seeds on Wednesday, April 19. The MIVA Championship will be on Saturday, April 22 at the highest remaining seed.