MVB Claims MIVA Regular Season Championship in a Sweep over the Ramblers

Saturday, April 11

Muncie, IN

4 pm

Ball State University

22-4,13-3MIVA

Loyola

18-7,12-4MIVA

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Loyola Chicago	22	20	16	0
Ball St.	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Heather Parker

MVB Claims MIVA Regular Season Championship in a Sweep over the Ramblers

April 11, 2026 | Men's Volleyball

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MUNCIE, Ind. – The seventh-ranked Ball State men's volleyball team concluded its regular season Saturday night, dominating No. 9 Loyola Chicago for a straight-set win (25-22, 25-20, 25-16) to capture the 2026 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association regular season Championship. Ball State has captured the title four times in the last five seasons.

With the championship, Iandolo secures his first regular season title as head coach of the Cardinals (22-4, 13-3 MIVA). Iandolo served as assistant coach during BSU's three regular season championships in 2022, 2023 and 2024. As the fifth head coach of Ball State, Iandolo becomes the fourth in the program's history to win a regular season championship in his first year in the position.

Ball State faced a 4-1 deficit to open the match versus the Ramblers (18-7, 13-4 MIVA), but managed to catch momentum for a four-point run behind serves from junior setter Lucas Machado to take the lead 9-8. The Cardinals refused to give up the lead from there on, rallying behind a seven-kill first set from Patrick Rogers before two late kills from Ryan Louis set up Machado to strike down the frame-winning kill.

Rogers finished with a match-high 16 kills on .500 hitting. Louis totaled 10 in the contest with the same clip, while freshman Daniel Günther added five kills on seven swings. Günther also led the match in blocks, totaling four.

In the second set, Ball State broke away to a seven-point lead at 17-10, sparked by two consecutive service aces from junior middle blocker Jacob Surette. Ball State would control that gap, eventually taking the set 25-20.

Sophomore outside Wil Basilio tallied a pair of aces as well in the contest, earning one in the opening set and another in the third. Rogers and Louis also had one ace each.

The Cardinals hit a phenomenal .727 hitting percentage as a team, committing just one attack error in the final frame to as they cruised to a 25-16 finish to complete the sweep.

With the regular season at an end, Ball State looks to open its postseason run inside Worthen Arena versus eighth-place Northern Kentucky in the first round of the MIVA Tournament. First serve is slated for 7 p.m.