Kansas City, Mo. –– The 38th annual Women’s Volleyball National Championship will begin on Tuesday, November 28, at the Tyson Events Center with Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Texas Wesleyan, Hastings (Neb.) and Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) opening up play. The championship runs through Saturday, December 2 with the national championship final scheduled for 7 p.m. The Great Plains Athletic Conference and city of Sioux City, Iowa play as host for the 10th straight year.
The Great Plains Athletic Conference brings the most qualifiers this year with five institutions including: Dordt, Hastings, Midland, Morningside and Northwestern. Hastings was the first of the Great Plains Athletic Conference to win a national title.
Northwestern is in Pool E along with College of Idaho, Bellevue Nebraska and Lourdes Ohio. In pool play the Red Raiders meet Lourdes at 5:00 pm Tuesday, Bellevue at 6:00 pm Wednesday and College of Idaho at 8:00 pm Thursday.
Dordt is in Pool D along with Missouri Baptist, Northwest Washington and Ottawa Kansas. The Defenders open pool play Tuesday at 5:00 pm. On Wednesday it’s Northwest at 6:00 pm and on Thursday they will play Missouri Baptist at 8:00 pm.
