The 2021 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament was a men's volleyball tournament for the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 16 through April 24, 2021 at campus sites. The winner received the association's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA volleyball tournament.
Seeds With the Ivy League choosing not to participate in spring athletics, neither Harvard nor defending conference champion Princeton participated in the season. As a result EIVA changed tournament formats. All six schools participated in the tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received byes to the semifinals, which were played at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania. The Championship also was played at Rec Hall. Seed 3 played seed 6, and seed 4 played seed 5 in the conference tournament opening round at the 3 and 4 seeds' schools.
Seedings and placement were to be determined by win percentage should teams not have played every match. Tiebreaker procedures were as follows: Head-to-head match record Head-to-head sets won against each other Head-to-head points amongst the tied teams Sets winning percentage within the conference Points against teams within the conference Coin toss by the EIVA Commissioner
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Penn State 16–2 – 2 NJIT 13–3 – 3 George Mason 11–5 – 4 St. Francis 6–12 – 5 Charleston 4–12 – 6 Sacred Heart 0–16 –
Schedule and results TimeNetworkMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReport Quarterfinals – Friday, April 167:00 p.m.ESPN+No. 3 George Mason vs. No. 6 Sacred HeartGeorge Mason advances due to COVID-19 protocols with Sacred Heart ––Report Quarterfinals – Saturday, April 175:00 p.m.NEC Front Row No. 4 St. Francis vs. No. 5 Charleston3–1(24–26, 25–20, 25–17, 25–23)0Jake SlebodnickReport Semifinals – Thursday, April 224:30 p.m.B1G+No. 2 NJIT vs. No. 3 George Mason0–3(30–32, 15–25, 23–25) 340David Hadar & Jon Draeger7:30 p.m.B1G+No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 4 St. Francis3–0(25–16, 25–22, 25–20) Championship – Saturday, April 247:00 p.m.B1G+No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 3 George Mason 3–1(25–20, 25–20, 30–32, 25–20)286Preston Shoemaker & Logan Bourandas Game times are Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Notes
References