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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Volleyball to face Green Bay in First Round of 2017 NIVC Tournament
November 26, 2017 | Volleyball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Bowling Green volleyball program will face off against First Round-host Green Bay in the 2017 National Invitational Volleyball Championship this Thursday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Bowling Green, the 2017 MAC Regular Season Champions, are one of 32 teams in the 2017 postseason tournament which has been revived after its six-year run from 1989-1995. The field includes 20 Automatic Qualifiers as well as 12 At Large and features 17 programs with 18 or more wins. In all, 23 conferences will be represented, while the Falcons are the lone school representing the Mid-American Conference.
One of eight host schools, the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay holds a 15-15 overall record in the 2017 campaign, paired with a 9-7 mark in the Horizon League this season. The Phoenix most recently fell in the Horizon League Championship to Cleveland State in a 3-0 sweep, and earned an At Large bid into the 2017 NIVC Tournament.
For more information on the 2017 NIVC Tournament, click HERE.
Tournament Field
AQ = Automatic Qualifier
School Record Conference
AQ Alabama A&M 14-19 SWAC
AQ Albany 11-14 America East
Arkansas State 20-11 Sun Belt
Boise State 17-13 Mountain West
AQ Bowling Green 17-11 Mid-American
AQ Campbell 20-11 Big South
Colgate 18-10 Patriot
AQ Georgia 19-10 SEC
Green Bay 15-15 Horizon
AQ Illinois State 20-11 Missouri Valley
IUPUI 16-14 Horizon
AQ North Texas 28-3 C-USA
Ole Miss 16-14 SEC
AQ Oral Roberts 15-13 Summit
AQ Pacific 15-13 West Coast
Rice 21-8 C-USA
AQ Sacramento State 26-9 Big Sky
AQ SIUE 23-6 Ohio Valley
SMU 20-9 American
AQ Stephen F. Austin 26-7 Southland
AQ Syracuse 19-12 ACC
TCU 11-16 Big 12
AQ Temple 17-9 American
AQ Texas State 24-9 Sun Belt
Texas Tech 15-13 Big 12
AQ Towson 26-5 Colonial
AQ UC Irvine 21-7 Big West
UCF 17-13 American
UNC Greensboro 19-11 Southern
AQ UMES 27-8 MEAC
AQ West Virginia 16-12 Big 12
AQ Wyoming 17-13 Mountain West
Round One
Tuesday, Nov. 28
At Pacific
Sacramento State vs. UC Irvine, 7:30 p.m. ET
Boise State vs. Pacific, 10 p.m. ET
At Georgia
UNC Greensboro vs. UCF, 4 p.m. ET
Alabama A&M vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. ET
At West Virginia
Campbell vs. Temple, 4:30 p.m. ET
UMES vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Nov. 29
At Ole Miss
Arkansas State vs. SIUE, 4 p.m. ET
Stephen F. Austin vs. Ole Miss, 7 p.m. ET
At Colgate
Albany vs. Syracuse, 4:30 p.m. ET
Towson vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. ET
Thursday, Nov. 30
At North Texas
Wyoming vs. TCU, 5 p.m. ET
Oral Roberts vs. North Texas, 8 p.m. ET
At Green Bay
IUPUI vs. Illinois State, 4:30 p.m. ET
Bowling Green vs. Green Bay, 7 p.m. ET
At Texas State
Texas Tech vs. SMU, 5 p.m. ET
Rice vs. Texas State, 7:30 p.m. ET
Bowling Green, the 2017 MAC Regular Season Champions, are one of 32 teams in the 2017 postseason tournament which has been revived after its six-year run from 1989-1995. The field includes 20 Automatic Qualifiers as well as 12 At Large and features 17 programs with 18 or more wins. In all, 23 conferences will be represented, while the Falcons are the lone school representing the Mid-American Conference.
One of eight host schools, the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay holds a 15-15 overall record in the 2017 campaign, paired with a 9-7 mark in the Horizon League this season. The Phoenix most recently fell in the Horizon League Championship to Cleveland State in a 3-0 sweep, and earned an At Large bid into the 2017 NIVC Tournament.
For more information on the 2017 NIVC Tournament, click HERE.
Tournament Field
AQ = Automatic Qualifier
School Record Conference
AQ Alabama A&M 14-19 SWAC
AQ Albany 11-14 America East
Arkansas State 20-11 Sun Belt
Boise State 17-13 Mountain West
AQ Bowling Green 17-11 Mid-American
AQ Campbell 20-11 Big South
Colgate 18-10 Patriot
AQ Georgia 19-10 SEC
Green Bay 15-15 Horizon
AQ Illinois State 20-11 Missouri Valley
IUPUI 16-14 Horizon
AQ North Texas 28-3 C-USA
Ole Miss 16-14 SEC
AQ Oral Roberts 15-13 Summit
AQ Pacific 15-13 West Coast
Rice 21-8 C-USA
AQ Sacramento State 26-9 Big Sky
AQ SIUE 23-6 Ohio Valley
SMU 20-9 American
AQ Stephen F. Austin 26-7 Southland
AQ Syracuse 19-12 ACC
TCU 11-16 Big 12
AQ Temple 17-9 American
AQ Texas State 24-9 Sun Belt
Texas Tech 15-13 Big 12
AQ Towson 26-5 Colonial
AQ UC Irvine 21-7 Big West
UCF 17-13 American
UNC Greensboro 19-11 Southern
AQ UMES 27-8 MEAC
AQ West Virginia 16-12 Big 12
AQ Wyoming 17-13 Mountain West
Round One
Tuesday, Nov. 28
At Pacific
Sacramento State vs. UC Irvine, 7:30 p.m. ET
Boise State vs. Pacific, 10 p.m. ET
At Georgia
UNC Greensboro vs. UCF, 4 p.m. ET
Alabama A&M vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. ET
At West Virginia
Campbell vs. Temple, 4:30 p.m. ET
UMES vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Nov. 29
At Ole Miss
Arkansas State vs. SIUE, 4 p.m. ET
Stephen F. Austin vs. Ole Miss, 7 p.m. ET
At Colgate
Albany vs. Syracuse, 4:30 p.m. ET
Towson vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. ET
Thursday, Nov. 30
At North Texas
Wyoming vs. TCU, 5 p.m. ET
Oral Roberts vs. North Texas, 8 p.m. ET
At Green Bay
IUPUI vs. Illinois State, 4:30 p.m. ET
Bowling Green vs. Green Bay, 7 p.m. ET
At Texas State
Texas Tech vs. SMU, 5 p.m. ET
Rice vs. Texas State, 7:30 p.m. ET
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