KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [Schedule | Bracket] The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the pool assignments and schedule for the 2023 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship in Sioux City, Iowa.
All teams that advanced to the final site in Sioux City competed and won their respective championship opening round match before advancing. At the conclusion of the championship opening rounds, the winners were placed in eight pools of three teams based on the seeding set by the selection committee. The selection committee is composed of administrators and coaches from across the country.
For the Cascade Collegiate Conference, No. 3-ranked Eastern Oregon University will compete in Pool C with No. 14-ranked Montana Tech and No. 22-ranked Valley City State (N.D.). No. 7-ranked Corban University is set to play against No. 10 Jamestown (N.D.) and No. 18 St. Thomas (Fla.) in Pool G. No. 12-ranked Southern Oregon University was placed in Pool E with No. 5-ranked Viterbo (Wis.) and No. 20-ranked CIU (S.C.).
The Tyson Event Center in Sioux City, Iowa, will be the venue for the 16th-straight NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship. The tournament will be played from November 29 – December 5. At the conclusion of pool play on December 1, the top team out of each pool will advance to the quarterfinals of the single-elimination bracket starting December 2.
The NAIA Network – the association's official video-streaming home – will broadcast all matches, excluding the semifinal and championship matches, live at the 2023 NAIA Volleyball Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. The video platform, powered by Presto Sports, allows users access to live video, statistics and social interaction on a number of devices, including mobile. Single-day passes can be purchased for $9.95, while a pool play pass is $24.95 (November 29 – December 1) and a championship package is available at $39.95. The championship package includes all pool play and quarterfinal matches.
The semifinals and championship matches on December 4
th and 5
th will be streamed on ESPN3.
2023 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Pool Play Assignments
(Full schedule and times
HERE on
naia.org)
Pool A |
Pool B |
Pool C |
1 Northwestern (Iowa) |
2 Indiana Wesleyan |
3 Eastern Oregon |
16 Bellevue (Neb.) |
15 IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
14 Montana Tech |
24 St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
23 Oklahoma Wesleyan |
22 Valley City State (N.D.) |
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Pool D |
Pool E |
Pool F |
4 Concordia (Neb.) |
5 Viterbo (Wis.) |
6 Park (Mo.) |
13 Midland (Neb.) |
12 Southern Oregon |
11 Columbia (Mo.) |
21 Montana Western |
20 CIU (S.C.) |
19 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
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Pool G |
Pool H |
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7 Corban (Ore.) |
8 Missouri Baptist |
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10 Jamestown (N.D.) |
9 Vanguard (Calif.) |
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18 St. Thomas (Fla.) |
17 Saint Katherine (Calif.) |
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