DALLAS – No. 17 WKU Volleyball wrapped up its third-straight undefeated season in Conference USA play, posting a 12-0 record in league matches to earn the top spot in the East Division ahead of the league's postseason tournament. With regular season play wrapped up, C-USA announced the eight-team bracket Sunday evening for the Nov. 19-21 event in Norfolk, Va.
The single-elimination tournament features the league's top eight teams seeded in a cross-divisional format for the quarterfinal round. WKU is the defending C-USA tournament champion from 2020 in the event played in April 2021. Since joining the league prior to the 2014 campaign, WKU has won six of the possible seven C-USA Tournament titles.
(RV) Rice and No. 17 WKU polished off perfect records in conference play to claim the East and West regular season titles, and will be the No. 1 seeds for the 2021 Conference USA Volleyball Championship.
WKU (24-1, 12-0 C-USA) locked up the East Division title last Friday and is the tournament's second overall seed by way of RPI. The Hilltoppers are set to face the West's No. 4 seed UAB (11-13; 6-6 C-USA) at 4 p.m. CT on the opening day of the tournament.
The two semifinal matches will take place at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. CT Saturday, with the championship set for 10 a.m. CT Sunday. All matches will be broadcast on ESPN+ from the ODU Volleyball Center. Coverage of the event including the tournament bracket, schedule, watch links, team information, results and recaps can be found on conferenceusa.com.
2021 Conference USA Volleyball Championship Schedule
November 19-21, 2021 – Norfolk, Virginia (Hosted by Old Dominion)
Friday, November 19 – Quarterfinals
Match 1: (4E) Charlotte vs. (1W) Rice (ESPN+) – 12 p.m. ET
Match 2: (3W) North Texas vs. (2E) Middle Tennessee (ESPN+) – 2 p.m.
Match 3: (4W) UAB vs. (1E) WKU (ESPN+) – 5 p.m.
Match 4: (3E) FIU vs. (2W) UTEP (ESPN+) – 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 20 – Semifinals
Match 5: M1 Winner vs. M2 Winner (ESPN+) – 12 p.m.
Match 6: M3 Winner vs. M4 Winner (ESPN+) – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 21 – Championship Match
Match 7: Semifinal Winners (ESPN+) – 11 a.m.
All times Eastern
How to Follow WKU Volleyball: For complete information on WKU Volleyball, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUVolleyball and head coach Travis Hudson at @TravisHudsonWKU. The team is also on Instagram and Facebook.
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