North Greenville Men’s Volleyball to Face Princeton Sunday in First-Ever NCAA Tournament Appearance
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LOS ANGELES – Conference Carolinas regular-season and tournament champion North Greenville will face off against Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) champion Princeton in the 2022 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship.
North Greenville is making its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Crusaders captured the 2022 Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship title with a thrilling five-set (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 21-25, 15-7) win over Mount Olive on Sunday, April 23.
The entire 2022 NCAA Men’s Volleyball Tournament will be hosted by UCLA. The opening round matches will be contested May 1 and 3 and the championship will be held May 5 and 7.
In the first opening round match, North Greenville (20-5) will play Princeton (15-12) at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 1. The winner will advance to the third opening round match to play 2021 national champion Hawaii (24-5), with the winner advancing to the championship bracket to play Ball State (23-3).
North Greenville is 0-1 all-time against the Tigers, falling in straight sets in Princeton, New Jersey in their only meeting on January 12, 2017.
The matchup between 14
th-ranked Princeton and North Greenville, who received votes in the latest NVA/AVCA Men’s Division I-II Coaches’ Poll, will mark the second time a Conference Carolinas team has faced off against the Tigers in the NCAA Tournament. Barton played host to Princeton for an NCAA Tournament matchup on April 25, 2019.
According to Conference Carolinas records, North Greenville in the match against Princeton will be looking for Conference Carolinas’ inaugural NCAA Tournament victory.
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