2022 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament

The 2022 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament was a men's volleyball tournament for the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association during the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 20 through April 23, 2022 at the #1 seed's court. The winner received the EIVA's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

2022 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Penn State  ‍†‍‍	16	–	0		1.000			23	–	4		.852
NJIT  ‍‍‍	10	–	6		.625			17	–	10		.630
Harvard  ‍‍‍	10	–	6		.625			12	–	13		.480
Princeton  ‍‍‡‍y	10	–	6		.625			16	–	12		.571
St. Francis  ‍‍‍	8	–	8		.500			15	–	13		.536
George Mason  ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438			13	–	15		.464
Charleston (WV)  ‍‍‍	5	–	11		.313			9	–	14		.391
St. Francis Brooklyn  ‍‍‍	4	–	12		.250			10	–	15		.400
Sacred Heart  ‍‍‍	2	–	14		.125			10	–	17		.370
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 EIVA Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of November 16, 2024 Rankings from AVCA

2022 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	6
Site	Rec Hall University Park, PA
Champions	Princeton (3rd title)
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Seeds

The EIVA continued to use its 2021 format in 2022. However, only the top six schools participated in the tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received byes to the semifinals, while Seed 3 played Seed 6 and Seed 4 played Seed 5 in the conference tournament opening round. All matches were held at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania, home court of top seed Penn State.

Seedings and placement were determined by win percentage should teams not have played every match. Tiebreaker procedures were as follows:^[1]

• 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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Penn State	16–0	–
2	Harvard	10–6	1–1 vs. NJIT, 2–0 vs. Princeton (3–1)
3	NJIT	10–6	1–1 vs. Harvard, 1–1 vs. Princeton (2–2)
4	Princeton	10–6	0–2 vs. Harvard, 1–1 vs. NJIT (1–3)
5	St. Francis (PA)	8–8	–
6	George Mason	7–9	–
7	Charleston (WV)	5–11	DID NOT QUALIFY
8	St. Francis Brooklyn	4–12	DID NOT QUALIFY
9	Sacred Heart	2–14	DID NOT QUALIFY

Schedule and results

Time Network	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters	Report
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 20
4:30 p.m. B1G+	No. 3 NJIT vs. No. 6 George Mason	3–1 (34–32, 25–20, 21–25, 25–21)	323	Adam Sheetz & Logan Bourandus	Recap
7 p.m. B1G+	No. 4 Princeton vs. No. 5 St. Francis (PA)	3–0 (25–21, 25–21, 25–23)			Recap
Semifinals – Thursday, April 21
4:30 p.m. B1G+	No. 2 Harvard vs. No. 3 NJIT	1–3 (25–17, 21–25, 18–25, 22–25)	722	Matt Scalzo & Alex Rocco	Recap
7 p.m. B1G+	No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 4 Princeton	2–3 (16–25, 26–28, 25–23, 25–17, 12–15)			Recap
Championship – Saturday, April 23
7:00 p.m. B1G+	No. 3 NJIT vs. No. 4 Princeton	1–3 (25–23, 25–27, 25–27, 18–25)[2]	420	Jacob Cheris & Logan Bourandus
Game times are Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, April 20					Semifinals Thursday, April 21					Championship Saturday, April 23
						1	Penn State	2
	4	Princeton	3			4	Princeton	3
	5	Charleston	0								4	Princeton	3
											3	NJIT	1
						2	Harvard	1
	3	NJIT	3			3	NJIT	3
	6	George Mason	1

Notes

References

1. "2022 EIVA Tournament Central". EIVA Volleyball. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
2. "From Rust to Gold: Princeton completes comeback, beats NJIT for EIVA championship". Off the Block. April 24, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.