COLUMBIA, Mo. – The No. 24 ranked University of Missouri volleyball team (20-8, 11-5 SEC) received an at-large bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship, the NCAA Committee announced Sunday.
The Tigers who earned the seventh seed will face Texas State (22-8, 13-3 Sun Belt) Thursday, Dec. 5 in the First Round of the NCAA Dallas Regional hosted by SMU. First serve is set for 4 p.m., CT, at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. The match will be broadcasted on ESPN+.
No. 2 seeded SMU (24-7, 16-4 ACC) will face Wichita State (18-13, 10-6 American) in the other First Round matchup at 7p.m., CT Thursday. The winner of SMU and Wichita State along with the winner of Mizzou and Texas State will then compete in the Second Round Friday at 7 p.m., CT.
Tickets for the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Dallas Regional are currently on sale online.
Missouri will make its 19th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and second-straight appearance.
The Tigers went to the 2023 NCAA Lincoln Regional in head coach Dawn Sullivan‘s first season at Missouri. Mizzou picked up a First Round win over Delaware (3-0) before falling to No. 1 overall seed and top ranked Nebraska in the Second Round.
Mizzou is 18-18 in program history at the NCAA Tournament and has advanced to the Second Round in eight-straight Tournament appearances dating back to 2013.
Mizzou is 2-0 all-time against Texas State. The two teams last faced off in 2009 (Aug. 28), a 3-0 Tigers win in Columbia, Missouri.
MU’s 2024 roster features five student-athletes from the Lone Star State including 2024 All-SEC setter Marina Crownover (Austin, Texas) and outside hitter Janet deMarrais (Colleyville, Texas). Freshman Aspen Maxwell (Humble, Texas), Vivian Parker (Aledo, Texas) and Grace Sweeney (Midlothian, Texas) also hail from Texas.
Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Louisville and Penn State earned the top seeds in this year’s tournament.
First- and second-round matches will be played December 5-7 at 16 campus sites. Teams winning both matches will continue to regional play December 12-15. Regionals for the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship will be held at four non-predetermined campus sites, which will be announced on December 8. At each site, four teams will compete in single-elimination regional semifinal…
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