The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the pool assignments and schedule for the 2018 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship presented by Delta Hotels in Sioux City, Iowa. The 12 winners from the national championship opening round games join the 19 teams that received an opening round bye and host Morningside (Iowa) to form the 32-team field.
The Tyson Event Center in Sioux City, Iowa, will serve as the venue for the 11th-straight women’s volleyball national championship. The tournament will be played from November 27 – December 1. For the first time in NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship history, both semifinal matches that take place at 11:00 a.m. CST on Saturday, Dec. 1 will be broadcast of ESPN3 as well as the NAIA Network. The championship match will be played at 7:P00 p.m. CST December 1 and will be broadcast on ESPN3 for the fifth time.
The 32 teams are divided into eight pools with four teams in each pool. The 2018 season is the third year that the entire field (including opening rounds) was expanded to 44 teams. The top two teams out of each pool will advance to the single-elimination bracket starting on Nov.30.
Dordt will play Reinhardt at 8:00 p.m on Tuesday, November 27th, Corban on Wednesday, November 28th at 6:00 p.m and The Master’s at 8:00 p.m on Thursday, November 29th.
Northwestern will play Marian on Tuesday, November 27th at 8:00 p.m. McPherson at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday November 28th, and ends pool play against Rocky Mountain at 8:00 p.m on Thursday, November 29th.
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2018 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Pool Play Assignments
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| Grand View (Iowa)
College of Idaho Providence (Mont.) Milligan (Tenn.) |
Park (Mo.)
Westmont (Calif.) Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Morningside (Iowa) |
Columbia (Mo.)
Midland (Neb.) Vanguard (Calif.) Aquinas (Mich.) |
| Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
| Missouri Baptist
Hastings (Neb.) Ottawa (Kan.) Trinity Christian |
Dordt (Iowa)
The Master’s (Calif.) Corban (Ore.) Reinhardt (Ga.) |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Eastern Oregon Central Methodist Oklahoma City |
| Pool G | Pool H | |
| Viterbo (Wis.)
Southern Oregon Jamestown (N.D.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
Northwestern (Iowa)
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) McPherson (Kan.) Marian (Ind.) |
