Pairings Set For 2005 Mountain West Conference Volleyball Championship

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Nov. 20, 2005

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -

2005 MWC Volleyball Championship Bracket
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The Mountain West Conference announced pairings for the 2005 Mountain West Conference Volleyball Championship which will be held Nov. 22-26 at Cox Pavilion on the campus of UNLV.

The first round match is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 22, to start championship play. The opening match pits No. 8 seed TCU (15-17, 3-13 MWC) taking on the No. 9 seed Air Force (5-27, 1-15 MWC) at 7 p.m. (PT), with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. Thursday's quarterfinal round will see No. 3 seed Utah (19-8, 11-5 MWC) vs. No. 6 seed Wyoming (12-15, 7-9 MWC), followed by second-seeded Colorado State (19-7, 12-4 MWC) and seventh-seeded New Mexico (14-13, 6-10 MWC) at 1:30 p.m. (PT). Top-seeded and 22nd-ranked BYU (23-2, 14-2 MWC) vs. the winner of No. 8 TCU/No. 9 Air Force and tournament host No. 4 UNLV vs. No. 5 San Diego State will wrap up quarterfinal play at 4 p.m. (PT) and 7 p.m. (PT), respectively. The quarterfinal winners will advance to the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (PT). The championship match will take place Saturday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. (PT).

For the sixth straight year, the Mountain West Volleyball Championship will be televised, with this year marking the second straight season that the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship matches will be made available to a national audience by College Sports Television (CSTV). The MWC will be the only conference to have all its quarterfinals, semifinals and championship matches nationally televised. The 2005 NCAA Tournament Selection Show will be shown live Sunday, Nov. 27 between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPNews.

AIR TIME (All Pacific Time):
Thursday, Nov. 24
Match #1 - #3 Utah vs. #6 Wyoming, 11 a.m. (CSTV)
Match #2 - #2 Colorado State vs. #7 New Mexico, 1:30 p.m (CSTV)
Match #3 - #1 BYU vs. Winner of #8 TCU/#9 Air Force, 4 p.m (CSTV)
Match #4 - #4 UNLV vs. #5 San Diego State, 7 p.m. (CSTV)

Friday, Nov. 25
Match #5 - Winners of Match No. 1 and Match No. 2, 5 p.m. (CSTV)*
Match #6 - Winners of Match No. 3 and Match No. 4, 8 p.m. (CSTV)

Saturday, Nov. 26
Match #7 - Championship Match, 8 p.m. (CSTV)

*Shown tape delayed at 10 p.m. PT.