2009 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Qualifiers Announced
KANSAS
CITY, Mo. -
The National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the Volleyball National
Championship qualifiers for the 30th annual event. The tournament will feature
36 teams with 12 Opening Round matches played at on-campus sites that will take
place on Nov. 21. The winners of the National Championship Opening Round
matches, as well as host school Morningside (Iowa), will advance to the Tyson Events Center/Gateway
Arena in Sioux City,
Iowa, location of the NAIA National
Championship final site presented by Siouxland Sports Medicine Foundation Dec. 1
- 5.
The pairings for the opening round matches will be released on
Sunday at 6 p.m. (CST). Final site pool assignments and schedule will be
announced on Nov. 22 by 6 p.m. (CST).
This year's 36 teams include 27
automatic qualifiers and eight at-large berths.
The 27 automatic
qualifiers include: Black Hills State (S.D.), College of Idaho, College of the
Ozarks (Mo.), Columbia (Mo.), Doane (Neb.), Evangel (Mo.), Freed-Hardeman
(Tenn.), Fresno Pacific (Calif.), Friends (Kan.), Georgetown (Ky.), Indiana
East, Indiana Tech, Lee (Tenn.), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Lubbock Christian
(Texas), Menlo (Calif.), Mobile (Ala.), Northwestern (Iowa), Olivet Nazarene
(Ill.), Saint Ambrose (Iowa), Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.),
Shawnee State (Ohio), St. Thomas (Texas), Taylor (Ind.), Texas at Brownsville,
Union (Ky.), Walsh (Ohio).
Azusa Pacific (Calif.), Bellevue (Neb.), Biola
(Calif.), California Baptist, Concordia (Calif.), Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.),
Southern Oregon and Vanguard (Calif.) received at-large berths into the
tournament.
Evangel, Freed-Hardeman and Indiana East will be making their
first trip to the National Championship. Two-time defending national champion
Fresno Pacific leads the qualifying field with 19 appearances.
Three
other qualifying teams in addition to Fresno Pacific have previously earned a
national title: Azusa Pacific, California Baptist and Columbia.
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For
more information on the National Championship Opening Round, click here.
For
more information on the National Championship, click here.
For
complete conference tournament breakdown, click here.
|
Team |
Record^ |
Qualification |
National Championship appearances |
Record |
Titles |
|
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
24-8 |
At-large |
8 |
20-10 |
1 |
|
Bellevue (Neb.) |
28-7 |
At-large |
4 |
6-7 |
0 |
|
Biola (Calif.) |
22-8 |
At-large |
9 |
34-16 |
0 |
|
Black Hills State (S.D.) |
24-11 |
Dakota Athletic Conference champion |
2 |
2-2 |
0 |
|
California Baptist |
26-5 |
At-large |
13 |
45-17 |
2 |
|
College of Idaho |
24-2 |
Cascade Collegiate Conference championship |
4 |
6-10 |
0 |
|
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
26-10 |
Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference champion |
2 |
1-2 |
0 |
|
Columbia (Mo.) |
37-2 |
American Midwest Conference champion |
16 |
64-33 |
3 |
|
Concordia (Calif.) |
26-7 |
At-large |
5 |
18-5 |
0 |
|
Doane (Neb.) |
28-7 |
Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament runner-up |
8 |
10-19 |
0 |
|
Evangel (Mo.) |
28-8 |
Heart of America Athletic Conference champion |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
23-12 |
TranSouth Athletic Conference champion |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) |
31-0 |
Golden State Athletic Conference champion |
19 |
83-23 |
4 |
|
Friends (Kan.) |
28-10 |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champion |
2 |
0-4 |
0 |
|
Georgetown (Ky.) |
40-2 |
Mid-South Conference champion |
14 |
22-35 |
0 |
|
Indiana East |
30-11 |
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Indiana Tech |
32-6 |
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference champion |
2 |
2-2 |
0 |
|
Lee (Tenn.) |
32-5 |
Southern States Athletic Conference champion |
8 |
5-19 |
0 |
|
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
23-7 |
Frontier Conference champion |
10 |
19-20 |
0 |
|
Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
26-5 |
Sooner Athletic Conference champion |
7 |
11-16 |
0 |
|
Menlo (Calif.) |
17-9 |
California Pacific Conference champion |
2 |
0-1 |
0 |
|
Mobile (Ala.) |
23-10 |
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference champion |
3 |
3-4 |
0 |
|
Morningside (Iowa) |
31-7 |
Host berth |
2 |
1-2 |
0 |
|
Northwestern (Iowa) |
33-2 |
Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season champion |
9 |
15-19 |
0 |
|
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
33-8 |
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference champion |
8 |
5-21 |
0 |
|
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) |
19-11 |
At-large |
12 |
36-20 |
0 |
|
Saint Ambrose (Iowa) |
34-7 |
Midwest Collegiate Conference champion |
5 |
4-14 |
0 |
|
Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) |
28-7 |
The Sun Conference champion |
5 |
3-11 |
0 |
|
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
30-3 |
American Mideast Conference regular season champion |
2 |
0-1 |
0 |
|
Southern Oregon |
24-3 |
At-large |
5 |
12-14 |
0 |
|
St. Thomas (Texas) |
21-9 |
Association of Independent Institutions champion |
2 |
0-1 |
0 |
|
Taylor (Ind.) |
34-5 |
Mid-Central College Conference champion |
5 |
10-16 |
0 |
|
Texas at Brownsville |
31-1 |
Red River Athletic Conference champion |
2 |
3-2 |
0 |
|
Union (Ky.) |
29-4 |
Appalachian Athletic Conference champion |
3 |
2-3 |
0 |
|
Vanguard (Calif.) |
17-12 |
At-large |
2 |
3-2 |
0 |
|
Walsh (Ohio) |
28-8 |
American Mideast Conference tournament champion |
5 |
7-10 |
0 |
^As reported on conference websites
source: NAIA Sports Information
