Volleyball to Face James Madison in First Round of NCAA Tournament

The countdown in the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday night started at 30 seconds. Regionals for the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship will be held at four non-predetermined campus sites, which will be announced after play concludes, on December 3.

The Golden Eagles (23-8) will travel to Madison, Wisconsin and host, No. 3 national seed Wisconsin, to face Washington State (21-11) in the first round on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m.

“It’s always exciting to be back in the tournament”, Coach Rubio said in a video on the team’s Twitter page.

The Shockers won the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title for the fourth time.

“It’s definitely good at this point of the year because we feel really confident in our skills”, said senior Mary Grace Kelly, who was named the MAC Tournament MVP. Two of those matches, Kentucky and USC, were against teams that are in the NCAA tournament. “We’ll play Cleveland State, and give it our best shot”.

First and Second Rounds – Minneapolis, Minn. In his second year as head coach, Keegan Cook has led the Huskies to a second-straight Conference crown and a second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

The first serve between K-State and Lipscomb is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Bramlage Coliseum, available on WatchESPN.

Also earning top seeds from the Big Ten were No. 2 Minnesota and No. 3 Wisconsin. The Big 12’s Texas is No. 4.

“We have a chance to win this thing”, she said.

The Jays met Northern Iowa during the regular season, a Creighton sweep in one of 12 non-conference games the team played. Hawai’i was the long Big West team to make it into the tournament. “Just knowing those players, we pretty much know them inside and out, forwards and backwards”. Nebraska also beat Michigan State in five sets, rallying after losing the first two sets in East Lansing on September 24. In a single-elimination style competition, four teams will compete, with the two advancing teams facing each other in the second round. “I think we’re prepared as far as high level quality of volleyball goes”. “We had a confident feeling, but certainly the longer that show goes, the more nervous you get”.