Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

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Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1961
No. of teams	7
Country(ies)	United States
Official website	miva.osu.edu

The MIVA (Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) is a college athletic conference whose member schools compete in men's volleyball. Its member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa in the west to Pennsylvania in the east.

Many of the conference's schools also participate in the similarly-named Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in men's volleyball at the club level.

The MIVA Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the semifinals of the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship which consists of 4 teams who play single elimination to determine the National Champion. The two other major volleyball conferences, the EIVA (Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) and the MPSF (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) also send their league tournament champions to the National Semifinals.

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The MIVA was founded on February 4, 1961 when seven schools, Ball State Teachers College, Detroit Institute of Technology, Earlham College, George Williams College, Michigan State University, Ohio State University and Wittenberg College all met in East Lansing, Michigan on the campus of Michigan State University. The purpose of the meetings was to successfully organize a collegiate volleyball conference.

Various schools have joined and/or left the MIVA during its history.

The MIVA is the oldest volleyball-only conference in the United States and was the first men’s volleyball conference in the country.

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The MIVA comprises 7 teams from the NCAA's Division I and Division II. The member institutions of this league are consistently ranked among the best men's volleyball teams in the United States in the CSTV/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15 Poll.

School	Location	Division	Team nickname	Arena	Seating
Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	1	Cardinals	John E. Worthen Arena	11,500
IPFW	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1	Mastodons	Hilliard Gates Sports Center	2,800
Lewis University	Romeoville, Illinois	2	Flyers	Neil Carey Arena	855
Loyola University	Chicago, Illinois	1	Ramblers	Alumni Gym	2,000
Mercyhurst College	Erie, Pennsylvania	2	Lakers	Mercyhurst Athletic Center	1,800
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	1	Buckeyes	St. John Arena	13,276
Quincy University	Quincy, Illinois	1	MoHawks	Coke Arena	2,000