D-I Women's Volleyball Tournament Set
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The national championship will be held on Saturday, December 19 at the
St. Pete Times Forum
Nov. 29, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee
announced today the 64-team field for the 2009 NCAA Division I Women's
Volleyball Championship. Thirty-one conferences were awarded automatic
qualification, and the remaining 33 slots were filled with at-large
selections to complete the bracket.
Bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/2009-WVB-D1Bracket
The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and placed within four
regions. The teams tabbed as the top four seeds were No. 1
Pennsylvania State University; No. 2 University of Texas at Austin;
No. 3 Florida State University; and No. 4 Stanford University.
The established bracketing principles of non-conference first- and
second-round matchups were followed and team pairings were determined
by geographical proximity.
The Pacific-10 Conference led all conferences with eight teams
selected. The Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference garnered
six teams each in the field while the Atlantic Coast Conference has
five teams in the tournament. Two teams, Penn State and Stanford have
earned bids to all 29 championships. Five teams are making their
initial appearances in the tournament: U.S. Military Academy, Indiana
University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Niagara University,
University of Northern Colorado and Texas Christian University
.
In the 28-year history of the championship, 10 schools have been
crowned champion, nine of which are in this year's bracket, including
two-time defending champion Penn State.
Additional past winners making the field are Stanford (1992, 94, 96,
97, 2001, 04), University of Hawaii, Manoa (1982, 83, 87), Long Beach
State University (1989, 93, 98), University of California, Los Angeles
(1984, 90, 91), University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1995, 2000, and 06),
University of Southern California (1981, 2002, 03), Penn State (1999,
2007), Texas (1988) and University of Washington (2005).
First- and second-round matches will be played at 16 campus sites. A
list of the first-round match-ups follows.
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA REGIONAL
December 4-5 at University Park, Pennsylvania
No. 1 Penn St. (32-0) vs. Binghamton (15-15)
Army (26-5) vs. Penn (22-5)
December 3-4 at Gainesville, Florida
Miami (18-12) vs. FIU (31-3)
Col. of Charleston (18-12) vs. No. 16 Florida (23-5)
December 4-5 at Columbus, Ohio
No. 9 California (18-10) vs. Lipscomb (28-3)
Cincinnati (25-10) vs. Ohio St. (24-9)
December 4-5 at Los Angeles, California
Georgia Tech (21-9) vs. Baylor (22-9)
Long Beach St. (22-8) vs. No. 8 UCLA (23-8)
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
December 3-4 at Champaign, Illinois
No. 5 Illinois (24-5) vs. IPFW (20-11)
Milwaukee (16-14) vs. Dayton (29-3)
December 4-5 at Los Angeles, California
Southern California (21-9) vs. Oklahoma (18-11)
New Mexico (20-9) vs. No. 12 Hawaii (27-2)
December 4-5 at Ann Arbor, Michigan
No. 13 Michigan (24-9) vs. Niagara (23-8)
Ohio (26-6) vs. Notre Dame (21-6)
December 4-5 at Stanford, California
St. Mary's (CA) (22-4) vs. UC Santa Barbara (22-7)
Long Island (21-13) vs. No. 4 Stanford (21-7)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA REGIONAL
December 5-6 at Tallahassee, Florida
No. 3 Florida St. (28-2) vs. Alabama A&M (18-10)
Florida A&M (17-9) vs. Jacksonville St. (26-7)
December 4-5 at Lexington, Kentucky
Kentucky (27-4) vs. Michigan St. (17-15)
Clemson (23-9) vs. No. 14 Oregon (19-9)
December 4-5 at Knoxville, Tennessee
No. 11 Minnesota (24-8) vs. Louisville (21-10)
Duke (27-5) vs. Tennessee (23-7)
December 3-4 at Fort Collins, Colorado
Colorado St. (23-5) vs. Middle Tenn. (25-9)
Northern Colo. (21-11) vs. No. 6 Washington (23-5)
OMAHA, NEBRASKA REGIONAL
December 4-5 at Ames, Iowa
No. 7 Iowa State (25-4) vs. George Mason (23-8)
Wichita St. (25-6) vs. St. Louis (24-7)
December 4-5 at Lincoln, Nebraska
Washington St. (18-12) vs. UNI (30-2)
Coastal Caro. (20-13) vs. No. 10 Nebraska (23-6)
December 4-5 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
No. 15 LSU (24-6) vs. Tulane (18-9)
Arizona (19-10) vs. Texas A&M (18-10)
December 3-4 at Austin, Texas
TCU (26-6) vs. Rice (23-8)
Texas St. (22-12) vs. No. 2 Texas (24-1)
Teams winning both matches will move on to regional play December 11
and 12.
The pre-determined regional sites are Stanford, California;
Gainesville, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Omaha, Nebraska.
Regional TV Schedule
Gainesville, Florida: Regional Final - December 12, 4:00 p.m. ET, Live
on ESPNU
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Regional Final - December 12, 6:30 p.m. ET,
Live on ESPNU
Omaha, Nebraska: Regional Final - December 12, 9:00 p.m. ET, Live on
ESPNU HD
Stanford, California: Regional Final - December 12, 11:30 p.m. ET,
Live on ESPNU HD
The regional winners will advance to the semifinals and final hosted
by University of South Florida and Tampa Bay Sports Commission at the
St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, on December 17 and 19.
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