2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament

[flyingMoose]

The top four National Seeds are

#1 - Baylor
#2 - Texas
#3 - Stanford
#4 - Wisconsin

UCF is the second seed in the pod of #10 National Seed Florida. They play Florida State.

Cincinnati is the second seed in the pod of #6 Pittsburgh. They play VCU, probably the weakest of the 32 at-large bids. (There are some AQs that are weaker, of course.)

Other teams of some interest:

Rice (Tabitha) v Oklahoma at #13 Texas A&M
UNI v Missouri at #5 Nebraska
Illinois State (the AQ from the MVC) at #4 Wisconsin

In addition to Texas and Nebraska, other Shocker opponents in the Tournament are #11 Penn State, #14 BYU, Creighton, Cal Poly, VCU, and Howard.

[flyingMoose]

Tulane, Tulsa, and Houston are in the NIVC. SMU qualified but must have declined the invitation.

[1972Shocker]

I think those are decent draws for UCF and for UC. They have a punchers shot at making the Sweet 16.

[flyingMoose]

UCF v Florida State is available on ESPN3 starting at 330pm CT on Thursday.

Also on Thursday on ESPN3, Rice v Oklahoma starts at 430pm CT. I am curious what kind of rotation Tabitha is a part of. Looking at her stats, I think she is playing back row only.

On Friday, Cincinnati v VCU is on ESPN3 starting at 3pm CT.

[flyingMoose]

First Round

Thursday

UCF 3-2 Florida State
19, (20), (20), 18, 8

Rice 3-0 Oklahoma
18, 22, 19
Tabitha is a six-position player, but they do not normally set her while she is in the front row. My guess is that she is only set in scramble situations.

[flyingMoose]

Friday

First Round

Cincinnati 3-1 VCU
(20), 22, 19, 23

Missouri 3-0 UNI
11, 13, 14
What a rout!

Creighton 3-0 Iowa State
22, 15, 19

Wisconsin 3-0 Illinois State
13, 14, 24


Second Round

Florida 3-0 UCF
21, 18, 17

Texas A&M 3-1 Rice
(26), 30, 20, 15
The Owls trailed by 11 in the first set but came back to win it and led 22-18 in the second set before losing in extras.

For all matches, the higher seeded team is listed first.

[WuDrWu]

Florida makes quick work of UCF 21, 18, 17. Great season for the Kaniggets.

[flyingMoose]

Saturday

Second Round

#6 Pittsburgh 2-3 Cincinnati
(24), 21, (16), 21, 13

Down 9-12 in the fifth, the Bearcats rallied to advance to the Sweet 16.

[flyingMoose]

NIVC

First Round

Tulsa 3-1 UC-Davis

Sam Houston State 3-1 Houston

Tulane 3-1 New Hampshire


Second Round

Tulsa 3-1 Santa Clara

Colgate 3-1 Tulane


Winners are first here. Not sure there is any seeding at all.

[flyingMoose]

Saturday

Second Round


#7 Minnesota 3-2 Creighton
13, (19), (15), 24, 10

The Jays were up 24-22 in the fourth but could not hold on.


#6 Pittsburgh (Cincinnati), #14 BYU (Utah), and #15 Western Kentucky (Louisville) are the National Seeds that failed to make it past the first weekend.

[WuDrWu]

That Pitt team was spectacular, and one heck of a win by Cincy.

[WuDrWu]

Angry.

[1972Shocker]

Angry.

?

[flyingMoose]

Friday

All times CST

Waco Regional

#1 Baylor v #16 Purdue - 11am - ESPNU

#8 Washington v #9 Kentucky - 130pm - ESPN3


Madison Regional

#4 Wisconsin v #13 Texas A&m - 1pm - ESPNU

#5 Nebraska v #12 Hawaii - 330pm - ESPN3


Austin Regional

#2 Texas v Louisville - 3pm - ESPNU

#7 Minnesota v #10 Florida -530pm - ESPN3


Stanford Regional

Cincinnati v #11 Penn State - 7pm - ESPN3

#3 Stanford v Utah - 10pm - ESPNU


All of the "host" matches are on ESPNU while the other match at the site is on ESPN3. The assumption is that the host match will have a full house and will look better on the more widely available channel. The other match? Lots of empty seats.

[flyingMoose]

NIVC

Tulsa 3-2 Weber State
22, 20, (24), (20), 10

The Golden Hurricane play South Dakota on Saturday in the semi-finals.

Georgia Tech and TCU are in the other semi-final.