The Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) is a collegiate club men's

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sports league in the

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United States. It is differentiated from the varsity

Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) is a college athletic conference whose member schools compete in men's volleyball. The conference footprint is centered in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Missouri in the ...

(also called "MIVA").

Conference schools

The conference schools are divided into

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Division 1 and Division 2 schools.

Division 1

These teams are divided into the following three divisions:

Big Ten Men's Volleyball Association (BTMVA)

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Midwest 10 Volleyball Conference

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* Lakeland College *

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* UIC *

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* UWM (Milwaukee) *

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Great Midwest Men's Volleyball Conference (GMMVC)

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Division 2

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* Illinois-B * Indiana-B * Miami U-B * Michigan-B * Michigan State-White * Ohio State-2 * Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology * University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh-2 *

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External links

Official website
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