KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the opening
round matches for the 30th Annual NAIA Volleyball National
Championship. The top 11 teams will receive a bye, while the next 24
teams will play in the opening round matches on Nov. 21. All matches
will be played at on-campus sites.
The winners of the National
Championship Opening Round matches, in addition to host school
Morningside (Iowa), will advance to the Tyson Events Center/Gateway
Arena in Sioux City, Iowa, location of the NAIA National Championship
presented by Siouxland Sports Medicine Foundation Dec. 1 - 5.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the opening
round matches for the 30th Annual NAIA Volleyball National
Championship. The top 11 teams will receive a bye, while the next 24
teams will play in the opening round matches on Nov. 21. All matches
will be played at on-campus sites.
The winners of the National
Championship Opening Round matches, in addition to host school
Morningside (Iowa), will advance to the Tyson Events Center/Gateway
Arena in Sioux City, Iowa, location of the NAIA National Championship
presented by Siouxland Sports Medicine Foundation Dec. 1 - 5.
The
following teams have received an opening round bye and will advance to
the final site: Azusa Pacific University (Calif.), Biola University
(Calif.), California Baptist University, College of Idaho, Columbia
College (Mo.), Concordia University (Calif.), Fresno Pacific University
(Calif.), Georgetown College (Ky.), Northwestern College (Iowa),
University of Texas at Brownsville and Vanguard University (Calif.).
The
final 24 teams will be placed into six pools and will play a round
robin pool play Dec. 1-3, with the top two teams from each pool
advancing to the single elimination bracket starting Dec. 4. The
championship match will take place at 8 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 5.
Final site pool assignments and schedule will be announced by on Nov. 22 by 6 p.m. (CST).
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For more information on the National Championship Opening Round, click here.
For more information on the National Championship, click here.
For complete conference tournament breakdown, click here.
| 2009 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Opening Round - Nov. 21 - On-Campus Sites |
| Match 1 | Evangel (Mo.) at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
| Match 2 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) at Southern Oregon |
| Match 3 | Menlo (Calif.) at Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) |
| Match 4 | Indiana East at Taylor (Ind.) |
| Match 5 | Walsh (Ohio) at Indiana Tech |
| Match 6 | Friends (Kan.) at Bellevue (Neb.) |
| Match 7 | Black Hills State (S.D.) at Doane (Neb.) |
| Match 8 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) at Lee (Tenn.) |
| Match 9 | St. Thomas Houston (Texas) at Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
| Match 10 | Union (Ky.) at Shawnee State (Ohio) |
| Match 11 | Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) at Mobile (Ala.) |
| Match 12 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) at St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
