Women’s Volleyball | Mon, Nov. 15, 2021
Kansas City, MO – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the qualifying teams and Opening Round pairings for the 2021 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship. The 48-team event will get underway with 24 National Championship Opening Round matches at campus locations on November 20th.
No. 18 Grand View is set to host (RV) Dakota State University this Saturday, November 20th at 4:00 PM. The Vikings enter national play with a 24-13 overall record and a 16-3 record in conference play. Their opponent, the Trojans, has an overall record of 21-8 and 9-5 in conference play.
This year’s field includes 36 automatic qualifiers and 12 at-large selections. The automatic berths are determined by regular-season champions or runner-ups, conference tournament title winners or runner-ups, or by conference selection. The remaining at-large bids were determined by the selection committee. Final site pools will be determined on Sunday, November 21, and released by 5 p.m. CST.
After opening rounds, the action inside the Tyson Events Center starts with two days of pool play from November 30 – December 1. The top team in each pool will advance to the elimination bracket on December 2, the semifinals will be played on December 3 and the national champion will be crowned December 4 with the first serve set for 7 p.m. CST on ESPN3.
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Opening Round Match-Ups
| Away Team | Home Team | |
| McPherson (Kan.) | at | Jamestown (N.D.) |
| IU South Bend (Ind.) | at | Viterbo (Wis.) |
| Blue Mountain (Miss.) | at | Missouri Baptist |
| Midway (Ky.) | at | Park (Mo.) |
| Florida College | at | Providence (Mont.) |
| Florida National | at | College of St. Mary (Neb.) |
| Bryan (Tenn.) | at | Marian (Ind.) |
| Park Gilbert (Ariz.) | at | Corban (Ore.) |
| Edward Waters (Fla.) | at | Bellevue (Neb.) |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | at | Midland (Neb.) |
| Columbia International (S.C.) | at | Eastern Oregon |
| Life (Ga.) | at | Xavier (La.) |
| Saint Xavier (Ill.) | at | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
| SAGU (Texas) | at | Central Methodist (Mo.) |
| Texas Wesleyan | at | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Ave Maria (Fla.) | at | Concordia (Neb.) |
| Madonna (Mich.) | at | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | at | Ottawa (Ariz.) |
| Bushnell (Ore.) | at | Montana Tech |
| IU Kokomo (Ind.) | at | Northwestern (Iowa) |
| Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | at | Ottawa (Kan.) |
| Dakota State (S.D.) | at | Grand View (Iowa) |
| Bethel (Ind.) | at | Dordt (Iowa) |
| Westmont (Calif.) | at | Oregon Tech |
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