INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Dubuque women's volleyball team was informed today by the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Selection Committee that they will be traveling to the campus of UW-Oshkosh. The No. 2 seed Spartans will take on the No. 7 seed Cornell College Rams in the first round of the UW-Oshkosh regional on Thursday, November 20 at 2:00 p.m.
The Spartans (25-4, 8-0 A-R-C), being ranked 18th nationally and 20th in the NPI, received an at-large bid despite falling to Coe College in the A-R-C Championship on Saturday night. The Spartans' full body of work this season earned them one of 21 at-large bids in this year's tournament.
The national tournament consists of eight different eight-team regions. The champion of each regional will advance to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Elite Eight in Bloomington, Ill. from December 3-6.
The UW-Oshkosh regional will include eight teams in a single-elimination bracket. The first round will be played on Thursday, while the second round will be played on Friday. The regional championship game will be played Saturday evening. The regional seeding and schedule are listed below.
Cornell College advanced to the national tournament by virtue of winning the MWC Tournament. The Rams (19-10, 8-0 MWC) went undefeated in conference play but went 1-8 against teams receiving votes nationally. Against A-R-C opponents, the Rams dropped their match against Coe but defeated Loras and Buena Vista. In their head-to-head match this season, the Spartans defeated the Rams in four sets in Mount Vernon.
Seeding
1. #4 UW-Oshkosh
2. #18 University of Dubuque
3. #17 WashU
4. RV Edgewood
5. #23 Gustavus Adolphus
6. Saint Benedict
7. Cornell
8. Greenville
Schedule
Thursday, November 20
Game 1: No. 3 WashU vs No. 6 Saint Benedict @ 11:30 a.m.
Game 2: No. 2 U. of Dubuque vs No. 7 Cornell @ 2:00 p.m.
Game 3: No. 4 Edgewood vs No. 5 Gustavus Adolphus @ 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 UW-Oshkosh vs No. 8 Greenville @ 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 21
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2 @ 4:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4 @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 22
Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6 @ 5:00 p.m.
