Heartbreak in the Heartland

Zach Collins The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) canceled the Valparaiso’s match Volleyball team game versus the Bradley due to a positive Covid-19 result in Valpo’s Tier I personnel on April 1.

The Tier I personnel includes the players, coach, and team staff.

With this cancellation, Bradley was able to freely move onto the next round and Valpo was back on a bus to take the three-hour drive back home.

Valpo ended overall with an 11-9 record and 10-8 in Valley play.

Valparaiso traveled down to Normal, Illinois with only ten players due to contract tracing from a previous positive test on the team. The morning after arriving in Normal, one of the ten athletes woke up feeling ill which forced the…