CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Five Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball teams earned spots in the 2023 NCAA Championship it was announced Sunday night on the NCAA Selection Show on ESPN, highlighted by Pitt earning a No. 1 seed.
ACC Co-Champion Pitt (25-4, 16-2) will make its eighth straight NCAA Tournament Appearance and play host to Coppin State on Friday, December 1, at 7 p.m. This is Coppin State’s first appearance in the tournament after posting a school record 27 wins along with back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history.
ACC Co-Champion Florida State (23-8, 16-2) earned the conference’s NCAA automatic qualification and a No. 6 seed. The Noles will head to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and face the TCU Horned Frogs on Friday, December 1, at 5:30 p.m. ET.
In their conference-leading 33rd consecutive appearance following their historic 2022 NCAA run, the No. 2-seeded Louisville Cardinals (24-4, 15-3) will host Wright State (21-10). The Raiders are making their second consecutive tournament appearance, riding a nine-match winning streak with four consecutive sweeps.
No. 5 seed Georgia Tech will make its 13th NCAA Tournament Appearance and head to Gainesville, Florida, to face South Alabama (22-8) on Thursday, November 30, at 4:30 p.m. ET. It’s the Jaguars’ second appearance in the tournament and their first since 2021.
Miami (17-11) will face eighth-seeded Northern Iowa (26-6) in Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday, November 30, at 6 p.m. ET. The Panthers own the fifth-longest active win streak in the nation with 21 consecutive victories.
The DI women’s volleyball championship is a 64-team field, comprised of 32 automatic qualifiers and 32 at-large bids. The at-large bids are decided by NCAA Volleyball Committee via the criteria of win-loss record, strength of schedule, RPI, KPI, etc. Competition will be single-elimination, best three-of-five set matches.
The first and second rounds will be played on the campuses of 16 competing institutions. The regionals will be at non-predetermined sites of four competing institutions, with the finals located in Tampa, Florida at Amalie Arena. Here is the championship schedule:
- Selection show: Sunday, Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN
- First and second rounds: Thursday-Friday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 OR Friday-Saturday, Dec. 1-2
- Regionals: Thursday, Dec. 7 and…
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