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MWC Sends Three Teams To 2007 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship
Colorado State tabbed with the No. 14 seed in the tournament.
2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Bracket
Nov. 25, 2007 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee announced the field for the 2007 Women's Volleyball Championship, Sunday, November 25 and Mountain West Conference members BYU, Colorado State and UNLV were among the 64 teams. The Rebels earned the automatic bid after winning the 2007 MWC Volleyball Championship, while the 20th-ranked Rams and Cougars were at-large selections. The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and placed within four regions. Colorado State was tabbed with the No. 14 seed in the tournament. The top four seeds are Stanford, Nebraska, Penn State and Texas. UNLV (24-5 overall) will be making its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Rebels open play vs. Long Beach State (25-6) on Friday, November 30, at 5 p.m. PT at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, Calif. No. 5 seed USC (25-4) vs. Pepperdine (18-10) is the other match of the evening with the first serve scheduled for 7 p.m. PT. The first-round winners will meet in the second-round Saturday, December 1, at 7 p.m. PT. No. 20 Colorado State makes its 19th overall and 13th straight NCAA Tournament appearance. CSU enters the tournament with a 22-7 record and garners its first national seed since the 2004 season. The Rams travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., and open with Illinois State (21-11) in the first round at Crisler Arena on Friday, November 30, at 5 p.m. CT. The winner of the Rams vs. Redbirds match will face Michigan (22-10) or Miami (Ohio) (20-10) in the second round on Saturday, December 1, at 7 p.m. CT. BYU (21-7) makes its 16th tournament appearance in 17 years and 24th appearance all-time this season. The Cougars be in Seattle, Wash., for the first and second rounds where they will start tournament play with a match vs. Mississippi (25-7) on Friday, November 30 at 4:30 p.m. PT at Bank of America Arena on the campus of the University of Washington. The tournament's No. 6 seed Washington (26-3) hosting Missouri (17-12) will start at 7 p.m. PT on Friday. The winners of the first two matches will meet in the second round on Saturday, December 1, at 6 p.m. PT. Teams winning both early round matches will move on to regional play Dec. 7 and 8 at pre-determined sites (Stanford, Calif.; Gainesville, Fla.; University Park, Pa.; Madison, Wisc.). The regional winners will advance to the semifinals and final hosted by Sacramento State University and the Sacramento Sports Commission at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, on December 13 and 15.
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