Bracket | Selection Show
Garden City, N.Y. - After winning the Northeast-10 Conference Championship on Saturday, the Adelphi University volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight year as announced Sunday evening. The Panthers enter as the fifth seed and will face Bentley, the fourth seed, on Thursday evening in Bridgeport, Conn.
Thursday's first round match will be a rematch of the NE-10 Championship match from this past Saturday, as the Brown and Gold upended the Falcons 3-2. Earlier this season, Bentley rallied from a 2-0 deficit to upend Adelphi 3-2.
In the other regional matchups, host and top-seeded Bridgeport will face eighth-seeded Post with the winner facing either Bentley or Adelphi. The other two matches include third-seeded Stonehill against sixth-seeded LIU Post and second-seeded New Haven versus seventh-seeded Saint Rose, with the two winners facing each other in the next round.
Semifinal matches will follow on Friday, with the East Regional title match slated for Saturday. The winner of the East Regional will advance to the national quarterfinals, scheduled for Thursday, December 4, in Louisville, KY. Following on December 5th and 6th are the national semifinals and final matches.
