Top seeds advance to 2025 Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Championship title game

4/25/2025 9:18:16 PM

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The 2025 Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship semifinals concluded with the University of Mount Olive and Belmont Abbey College advancing to Saturday’s championship match.

Top seed and 20th-ranked Mount Olive hit a blistering .389 in the 3-0 sweep of fourth seed North Greenville University. The Trojan defense held the Trailblazers to a .140 attack percentage, including a 0.00 percentage in the opening set. Mount Olive took the first set 25-16 before winning the second set 25-20 and closed out the match with a 25-23 third-set victory.

Kory Grant led Mount Olive with 15 kills and nine digs while Tate Sandvig added 12 kills. Logan Keothavy led North Greenville with nine kills.

In what was a tight match, second seed Belmont Abbey swept third seed Barton College. The Crusaders took the first set 26-24 before winning the second set 25-21. Belmont Abbey then hit .406 in their 25-23 third set win to take the match 3-0.

Mount Olive will face Belmont Abbey in the championship match on Saturday at King University in Bristol, Tennessee at 3:00 p.m.
 

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2025 Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 16 (at higher seed)
No. 3 Barton defeats No. 6 King (at Barton), 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-19) BOX SCORE
No. 4 North Greenville defeats No. 5 Erskine (at North Greenville), 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-20) BOX SCORE
 
Semifinals – Friday, April 25 (Student Center Complex, Bristol, Tenn.)
No. 1 Mount Olive defeats No. 4 North Greenville, 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-23) BOX SCORE
No. 2 Belmont Abbey defeats No. 3 Barton, 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 25-23) BOX SCORE
 
Final – Saturday, April 26 (Student Center Complex, Bristol, Tenn.)
No. 1 Mount Olive vs. No. 2 Belmont Abbey, 3:00 p.m.