For Immediate Release
Saturday, November 3, 2018
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The 2018 NSIC Volleyball Tournament pairings have been determined following the conclusion of the NSIC regular season schedule.  The top eight teams from the NSIC Volleyball Standings advance to the single-elimination tournament.  The top four seeds host first round matches on Tuesday, November 6 with the winners advancing to the semifinal and championship rounds on Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10 in a bracketed format. There will be no reseeding following the first round matches. The highest remaining seed following the quarterfinals will host the semifinal and championship matches.

Minnesota Duluth (17-3) and Northern State (17-3) are 2018 NSIC Regular Season Co-Champions, with Minnesota Duluth earning the top seed as they defeated Northern State twice during the regular season. Southwest Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul tied in the standings with 16-4 records with SMSU being the third seed via strength of schedule (teams only played once during regular season) and Concordia-St. Paul the fourth seed.  The top four seeds will all host next Tuesday, November 6.  

Earning the fifth seed was Sioux Falls (14-6) with Wayne State being the sixth seed (13-7).  There was a three way tie for the final two spots with Minnesota State, Upper Iowa and St. Cloud State all tying at 11-9.  Minnesota State earned the seventh seed via strength of schedule while Upper Iowa earned the eighth seed over St. Cloud State via strength of schedule. 

The winner of the 2018 NSIC Volleyball Tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Regional Tournament. The NCAA Volleyball selection show will be streamed online on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. on NCAA.com. The championship quarterfinals, semifinals and final match will take place Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, hosted by Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and SportsPITTSBURGH as part of the NCAA Division II National Championship Fall Festival.

NSIC Volleyball Tournament Quarterfinals

DATE / TIME	AWAY	HOME	SITE
11/6/2018  6 p.m.	(8) Upper Iowa	(1) Minnesota Duluth	Duluth, Minn.
11/6/2018  6 p.m.	(7) Minnesota State	(2) Northern State	Aberdeen, S.D.
11/6/2018  8 p.m.	(6) Wayne State	(3) SMSU	Marshall, Minn.
11/6/2018  6 p.m.	(5) Sioux Falls	(4) Concordia-St. Paul	St. Paul, Minn.