Conference Carolinas Champion King to Face Ohio State in Opening Round NCAA Men’s National Collegiate Volleyball Championship
FAIRFAX, Va. - Conference Carolinas champion King will face off against Ohio State in the opening round of the NCAA Men’s National Collegiate Volleyball Championship.
The Tornado (16-15, 8-6 CC) will face the Buckeyes (22-9, 11-3 MIVA) in the opening round at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 30 at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. The winner of the match will advance to face Penn State (26-3, 11-0 EIVA) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2. The opening round matches will be streamed live on ESPN3.
UCLA (29-2, 12-0 MPSF) is the top-seeded team in the championship hosted by George Mason. Hawai'i (28-2, 9-1 Big West) is the second seed in the championship. Both automatically advanced to the semifinals that will be contested on Thursday, May 4. The final of the NCAA Men’s National Collegiate Volleyball Championship is set for 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 6. The match will be live on ESPN2.
The third seed in the Conference Carolinas Men’s Volleyball Championship, King collected the tournament title with a with a thrilling 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 25-22, 30-32, 15-12) victory over top-seed North Greenville in front of nearly 400 fans inside the Student Center Complex on the King University campus.
King also faced off with Ohio State the last time the Tornado qualified for the NCAA Championship in Columbus, Ohio in 2018. The Buckeyes took that contest in the first-ever meeting between the schools. Ohio State is currently ranked 11th in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) rankings and the Buckeyes are riding an 11-match winning streak and own a 22-9 record this season. The Buckeyes won the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) championship this past Saturday, defeating 10th-ranked Ball State, 3-1, on their home court.
Conference Carolinas will be looking for its second NCAA Men’s National Collegiate Volleyball Championship victory. North Greenville captured the league's first-ever NCAA men's volleyball win last year in a 3-0 win over Princeton in the opening round.
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