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IRVING, Texas – In less than a week, WKU Volleyball will commence play in the 2017 Conference USA Volleyball Championship, seeking a fourth-straight automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the second-seeded squad. For the fourth-straight season, Travis Hudson's squad finished as regular-season champions in the league, sharing this year's title with No. 1-seeded North Texas. The Red and White are the first team to four-peat as regular season champions in conference history.
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WKU will open play on Friday with a noon CT contest with No. 7-seeded Charlotte. With a victory, the Lady Toppers would advance to face the winner of No. 3 Rice and No. 6 Southern Miss. On the other side of the bracket, top-seeded North Texas will take on No. 8 Marshall and No. 4 UTSA draws No. 5 Florida Atlantic.
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Four quarterfinal matches will take place on Friday with first serves scheduled for noon, 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. On Saturday, semifinals are slated for 1:30 and 4 p.m., WKU would play in the first match with a victory on Friday. Sunday's championship match will begin at noon from E.A. Diddle Arena.
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Championship matches on Friday and Saturday will be streamed live on CUSA.tv while Sunday's championship tilt can be viewed on ESPN3.
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The Lady Toppers own a 27-3 record on the season entering postseason play, including a 13-1 reading in Conference USA matches. WKU has not lost a match at home this season, sitting at 12-0, and has won its last 52 matches at home against conference foes, dating back to the 2011 campaign.
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Tickets for the 2017 Conference USA Volleyball Championship are on sale now and can be purchased from the WKU Ticket Office at 1-800-5-BIGRED or online at WKUTickets.com.
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2017 C-USA Championship Seeds
No. 1 – North Texas (26-2; 13-1 C-USA)
No. 2 – WKU (27-3; 13-1 C-USA)
No. 3 – Rice (21-7; 11-3 C-USA)
No. 4 – UTSA (11-15; 9-5 C-USA)
No. 5 – Florida Atlantic (18-8; 9-5 C-USA)
No. 6 – Southern Miss (19-11; 9-5 C-USA)
No. 7 – Charlotte (19-11; 6-8 C-USA)
No. 8 – Marshall (11-18; 6-8 C-USA)
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