INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – With their third at-large bid, WKU Volleyball is set to match up against Bowling Green for the second time this season, in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament on Thursday, December 1st from Lexington, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers will head to the event with a 28-3 record after locking up the program's 15th overall bid to the NCAA Tournament.
SCHEDULE:
First Round
Thursday, December 1 – 3:30 p.m. CT | WKU vs. Bowling Green
Thursday, December 1 - 6:30 p.m. CT | [12] Kentucky vs. Loyola-Chicago
Second Round
Friday, December 2 – 6 p.m. CT | Winner vs. Winner of [12] Kentucky/Loyola-Chicago
WKU and Bowling Green will meet for the third time ever with Western Kentucky having a 2-0 advantage. The two teams last saw each other back in September, as Bowling Green hosted the Bowling Green Invitational where the Hilltoppers took a 3-1 match in Ohio.
The Falcons posted a 22-9 record (15-3 MAC) with wins over two tournament teams in Tennessee and Ball State, while earning the MAC's automatic bid as their tournament champion.
If the Hilltoppers can take care of business against Bowling Green, they will take on either Loyola-Chicago or host [3] Kentucky. Loyola-Chicago finished 25-8 securing a bid by winning the A10 Tournament in their first season as members. Kentucky earned the 12th national seed finishing with a 20-7 record (15-3 SEC), claiming their sixth consecutive SEC title.
The Hilltoppers last competed in the NCAA Tournament in Lexington back in 2017, where WKU took care of Notre Dame in the first round, before succumbing to host UK in the second.
Since joining Conference USA prior to the 2014 campaign, WKU has secured seven of the possible eight automatic bids into the NCAA Tournament while also winning the regular-season championship each of those seasons.
For the fourth straight year Rice also made the field of 64. Theirs was the automatic bid from claiming the tournament title in Bowling Green, making C-USA a two-bid league.
First and Second Round play of the 2022 NCAA Tournament will take place Thursday - Saturday December 1-3. In total, 64 teams will play in the First Round. Regional Semifinals and Regional Finals (Sweet 16 and Elite 8) are slated for December 9 and 10 with the National Semifinals and National Championship set for December 15 and 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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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