Men's Volleyball & The EIVA
EIVA HONORS
Player of the Year: George Huhmann (2019), Henry Wedbush (2025)
Newcomer of the Year (3): Pat Schwagler (2010), Cody Kessel (2012), George Huhmann (2017), Ben Harrington (2022), Tristan Whitfield (2024)
Head Coach of the Year (2): Sam Shweisky (2010, 2019, 2025)
ALL-EIVA HONOREES
| Year | First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention |
| 2025 | Henry Wedbush, Nyherowo Omene, Ryan Vena | Mason Rice | Roan Alviar |
| 2024 | Ben Harrington, Henry Wedbush, Nyherowo Omene | Henry Wedbush | Nyherowo Omene, Nico Posivak |
| 2023 | Ben Harrington | ||
| 2022 | Ben Harrington | Nate Thompson | |
| 2020 | George Huhmann | Parker Dixon, Joe Kelly, Jerod Nelsen, Joe Kelly | Greg Luck |
| 2019 | George Huhmann, Parker Dixon | Greg Luck, Joe Kelly, Kendall Ratter | |
| 2018 | George Huhmann | Junior Oboh | |
| 2017 | George Huhmann | Parker Dixon | |
| Junior Oboh | |||
| 2016 | Devin Stearns | ||
| 2015 | Cody Kessel | Chris Kennedy | |
| Junior Oboh | Will Siroky | ||
| 2014 | Tony Ensbury | Pat Schwagler | |
| Cody Kessel | Devin Stearns | ||
| 2013 | Cody Kessel | Michael Dye | |
| Pat Schwagler | |||
| 2012 | Michael Dye | Scott Liljestrom | |
| Cody Kessel | |||
| 2011 | — | ||
| 2010 | Jeff McCown | Scott Liljestrom | |
| Pat Schwagler | |||
| 2009 | Mike Vincent | ||
| 2008 | Peter Eichler | Mike Vincent | |
| 2007 | Peter Eichler | ||
| Mike Vincent | |||
| 2006 | — | ||
| 2005 | — | ||
| 2004 | Brian Hamming | ||
| Blake Robinson | |||
| 2003 | — | ||
| 2002 | — |
Princeton is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA), a league made up of seven programs that compete for an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men's Volleyball Championships.
Since Princeton became a varsity program prior to the 1997 season, it has reached the EIVA postseason 19 times. Princeton competed in the EIVA championship match eight times (1997, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025), winning the championship in 2022, 2019 and 1998. Its 1998 championship was the only time over a 20-year span prior to 2016 that a team other than Penn State won the Eastern title.
In 2022, Princeton knocked off host and second-ranked Penn State in the semifinals, before overcoming NJIT 3-1 (23-25, 27-25, 27-25, 25-18) in the EIVA championship match. Ben Harrington claimed EIVA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tigers did not participate in 2021 and 2020.
The 2019 Princeton Tigers defeated a pair of nationally-ranked opponents and won the EIVA Championship when it overcame Penn State 3-2Â (28-26, 22-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13) inside Dillon Gymnasium. Princeton also advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating Barton 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20).
The 1998 Princeton Tigers upset two Top 15 teams en route to its championship. Following a 3-0 win over Springfield in the EIVA quarterfinal, third-seeded Princeton defeated No. 12 Penn State 15-7, 15-13, 16-14 in the EIVA semifinal. Scott Cooper led the Tigers with 22 kills and 12 digs, while Jeff Cooper had 18 kills. Derek Devens, a 1998 All-America, had 16 kills and five blocks, and he hit .625 in the win.
That win sent Princeton to the championship final, where it faced top-seeded Rutgers-Newark at the Golden Dome in Newark, N.J. For the second straight match, Birdwell recorded 22 kills and hit .385, while Cooper recorded 19 kills and 16 digs. Setter Jason Morrow, en route to tournament MVP honors, recorded 67 assists in the win. He had 167 assists over the three matches, and teammates Birdwell, Cooper and Devens all earned sports on the all-tournament team.
Princeton went on to play top-ranked Pepperdine in the NCAA semifinal. Despite team highs in both kills (14) and digs (six) from Birdwell, Princeton fell 15-1, 15-6, 15-4.
Princeton returned to the EIVA championship match in 2010; following wins over both Sacred Heart and George Mason, Princeton pushed Penn State through two tough sets before falling 30-28, 30-27, 30-13. Vincent Tuminelli and Michael Dye were both named to the 2010 EIVA all-tournament team.
Princeton made its first trip back to the EIVA championship in 2014, when it again fell in three close sets to Penn State. All-tournament team selections Cody Kessel and Pat Schwagler, both of whom were instrumental in a 3-2 regular season win over Penn State, earned all-tournament team honors.
The EIVA is comprised of:
| Charleston | Roster | Schedule |
| George Mason | Roster | Schedule |
| Harvard | Roster | Schedule |
| NJIT | Roster | Schedule |
| Penn State | Roster | Schedule |
| Princeton | Roster | Schedule |
| Sacred Heart | Roster | Schedule |