Lady Rams head to the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championships
The NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Committee has selected the 64 teams that will be participating in the 2008 NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship. Albany State received the #8 seed in the South Region and will take on the #1 seed and tournament host, University of Tampa on Thursday, November 20, 2008.
Eight teams were selected from each of the following eight regions: Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast and West. Eight eight-team regionals will be played at on-campus sites. Regional competition will be single-elimination, best three-of-five game matches and will not include a third-place match. The winners of each of the eight regionals will advance to the finals, December 4-6, on the campus of a participating institution. Competition at the finals site will be single-elimination, best three-of-five game matches.
Albany State received the #8 seed as the SIAC’s Conference automatic qualification berth despite having a 27-3 overall regular season record. Albany State’s match up against Tampa will take place on Tampa’s campus on Thursday, November 20, 2008.
Tampa (26-4) is set to make their 13th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament and their 24th trip overall in 29 seasons. The Spartans are coming off of their fourth consecutive Sunshine State Conference title to give the program 18 overall.
Tickets may be purchased at the gate for $10 (adults) and $6 (students with ID/senior citizens). Children under the age of five shall be admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult.
UT will offer live stats and a webcast for each of the NCAA South Regional matches.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
#3 Lynn vs. #6 Nova Southeastern – 12:00 p.m.
#2 Florida Southern vs. #7 Saint Leo – 2:30 p.m.
#4 West Florida vs. #5 Eckerd – 5:00 p.m.
#1 Tampa vs. #8 Albany State – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 5:00 pm
Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Winner of Semifinal 1 vs. Winner of Semifinal 2 – 7:00 p.m.
Other Regional Opening Rounds:
Atlantic Region
Hosted by California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania – November 20-22
No. 1 California (Pennsylvania) (37-1) vs. No. 8 Elizabeth City State (31-9)
No. 2 Wheeling Jesuit (28-9) vs. No. 7 West Virginia State (25-4)
No. 3 Edinboro (26-8) vs. No. 6 Slippery Rock (25-11)
No. 4 Lock Haven (28-5) vs. No. 5 Mercyhurst (21-14)
Central Region
Hosted by Concordia University, St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota – November 20-22
No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul (31-1) vs. No. 8 Regis (Colorado) (19-11)
No. 2 Southwest Minnesota State (27-5) vs. No. 7 Metropolitan State (18-8)
No. 3 Minnesota Duluth (24-8) vs. No. 6 Wayne State (Nebraska) (23-9)
No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney (31-3) vs. No. 5 Augustana (South Dakota) (23-10)
East Region
Hosted by University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut – November 20-22
No. 1 New Haven (28-3) vs. No. 8 Queens (New York) (25-9)
No. 2 Dowling (32-6) vs. No. 7 Adelphi (27-11)
No. 3 Bentley (21-11) vs. No. 6 Bridgeport (27-13)
No. 4 Georgian Court (31-4) vs. No. 5 Merrimack (20-9)
Midwest Region
Hosted by Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan – November 21-23
No. 1 Grand Valley St. (29-3) vs. No. 8 Northwood (Michigan) (16-13)
No. 2 Saginaw Valley (23-7) vs. No. 7 Michigan Tech (19-10)
No. 3 Lewis (31-7) vs. No. 6 Northern Kentucky (27-7)
No. 4 Indianapolis (28-9) vs. No. 5 Northern Michigan (20-11)
South Region
Hosted by University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida – November 20-22
No. 1 Tampa (25-4) vs. No. 8 Albany State (Georgia) (31-3)
No. 2 Florida Southern (25-8) vs. No. 7 Saint Leo (28-10)
No. 3 Lynn (24-12) vs. No. 6 Nova Southeastern (21-11)
No. 4 West Florida (29-7) vs. Eckerd (20-13)
South Central Region
Hosted by Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas – November 21-23
No. 1 Emporia State (32-3) vs. No. 8 Texas Permian Basin (21-13)
No. 2 Truman (29-7) vs. No. 7 Nebraska-Omaha (16-15)
No. 3 Washburn (30-5) vs. No. 6 Central Missouri (28-9)
No. 4 Pittsburg State (28-7) vs. No. 5 West Texas A&M (33-4)
Southeast Region
Hosted by Wingate University, Wingate, North Carolina – November 21-23
No. 1 Wingate (30-1) vs. No. 8 Anderson (South Carolina) (24-13)
No. 2 Carson-Newman (24-14) vs. No. 7 Lincoln Memorial (20-15)
No. 3 Armstrong Atlantic State (25-6) vs. No. 6 Lander (20-9)
No. 4 Catawba (20-10) vs. No. 5 Francis Marion (23-8)
West Region
Hosted by California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California – November 20-22
No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino (25-3) vs. No. 8 Brigham Young-Hawaii (16-8)
No. 2 UC San Diego (21-6) vs. No. 7 Cal State L.A. (20-7)
No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona (18-7) vs. No. 6 Western Oregon (22-2)
No. 4 Sonoma State (23-6) vs. Cal State Chico (20-10)
CONFERENCES RECEIVING AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION BERTHS:
California Collegiate Athletic Association – Cal State San Bernardino
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference – Georgian Court
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Elizabeth City State
Conference Carolinas – Anderson (South Carolina)
East Coast Conference – Dowling
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Grand Valley State
Great Lakes Valley Conference – Lewis
Great Northwest Athletic Conference – Western Oregon
Gulf South Conference – West Florida
Heartland Conference – Texas Permian Basin
Lone Star Conference – West Texas A&M
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Emporia State
Northeast-10 Conference – New Haven
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Concordia-St. Paul
Pacific West Conference – Brigham Young- Hawaii
Peach Belt Conference – Armstrong Atlantic State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – California (Pennsylvania)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Regis (Colorado)
South Atlantic Conference – Wingate
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State (Georgia)
Sunshine State Conference – Tampa
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wheeling Jesuit
Defending champions Concordia-St. Paul (above) will meet Regis (Colo.) in opening round action.
The complete 2008 NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship bracket is available online at www.NCAA.com.