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Colorado State, BYU, Utah earn NCAA berths.

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Nov. 27, 2000

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado State earned a No. 2 seed in the Pacific Region and BYU is a No. 3 seed heading into the Central Region of the 2000 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship. The Rams and Cougars will host first and second round action, while Utah will travel to Honolulu, Hawai`i to open NCAA Tournament play. BYU earned the inaugural Mountain West Conference automatic bid after winning the McLeodUSA MWC Volleyball Championship last week in Fort Collins, Colo. Colorado State and Utah earned at-large berths. Last season, Colorado State, BYU and Utah earned at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.

BYU is one of just four teams in the nation making its 19th tournament appearance. Colorado State is making its 12th appearance in the NCAAs, and Utah is making its third overall NCAA appearance in as many years.

MWC Teams in the NCAA Tournament
all times local to site and subject to change, complete schedule and bracket follows in this release

PACIFIC REGION, Dec. 1-2 at Fort Collins, Colorado
Friday, Dec. 1 Colorado (16-11) vs. Georgia Tech (25-7), 6 p.m.
Radford (28-6) at Colorado St. (30-4), 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 2 Second Round (First Round winners), 7 p.m.

CENTRAL REGION, Dec. 1-2 at Provo, Utah
Friday, Dec. 1 Utah State (21-9) vs. Missouri (24-6), 5 p.m.
Hofstra (23-10) at BYU (24-6), 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 2 Second Round (First Round winners), 6 p.m.

WEST REGION, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at Honolulu, Hawaii
Thursday, Nov. 30 UTAH (22-7) vs. Texas Tech (24-8), 5 p.m.
Davidson (24-11) at Hawaii (27-1), 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 1 Second Round (First Round winners), 7 p.m.

First Round Series Information
Colorado State vs. Radford, 1st meeting
BYU vs. Hofstra, 1st meeting
Utah vs. Texas Tech, Utes lead 5-2
Uah won the last meeting 3-0 Sept. 4, 1999 in Lubbock. The Utes and Red Raiders met for the first time Nov. 4, 1977 with Utah winning 2-0 at the Texas-Arlington Tournament.

NCAA Volleyball Championship Overview
The Division I Women¹s Volleyball Committee announced the 64-team field for the 2000 Division I Women¹s Volleyball Championship Sunday. Thirty-one conferences were awarded automatic qualification, and the remaining 33 slots were filled with at-large selections. The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and placed within four regions. The teams tabbed as the top seeds in each region were Nebraska (28-0) in the central, Southern California (25-2) in the pacific, Wisconsin (28-3) in the mideast, and Hawaii (27-1) in the west region. This year marks the 20th year for the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship.