Yotes to Finals Site; Raiders to Host L-C State
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.
Southern Oregon University, regular season Cascade Collegiate Conference co-champion, will host Lewis-Clark State of the Frontier Conference Saturday at 6 p.m.
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, including CCC regular season co-champion and CCC tournament champion College of Idaho, have received an opening round bye and will advance to the final site: Azusa Pacific University (Calif.), Biola University (Calif.), California Baptist University, Columbia College (Mo.), Concordia University (Calif.), Fresno Pacific University (Calif.), Georgetown College (Ky.), Northwestern College (Iowa), Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.), 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. 2-4, 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).
JumpTV Inc. is the exclusive provider of live video and audio-streaming at the NAIA National Championship. JumpTV will stream the 2009 NAIA Men’s and Women’s Soccer and Volleyball National Championships. These events can be viewed by going to watchnaia.com or by clicking 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)