Ferris State Volleyball Receives 12th Consecutive NCAA Tournament Bid
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The 2023 Ferris State University women's volleyball team officially received its 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament berth and will compete in the Midwest Regional Tournament next week as announced Monday evening (Nov. 20) by the national women's volleyball committee.
Ferris State, which is seeded second overall in the field, will compete in the regional tournament Thursday thru Saturday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, in St. Louis, Mo. Official match times and additional information, including ticket details, will be announced soon.
Top-seeded Missouri-St. Louis was chosen as the number one seed and will host the single-elimination regional tournament this season.
FSU will square off against Hilldsdale of the Great Midwest Athletics Conference, the number seven seed, in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, Nov. 30.
Ferris State will be making its 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, not counting the 2020 season in which no event was held due to COVID-19, and has advanced to at least the regional semifinals 10 of the past 11 years. FSU's upcoming regional appearance will represent the program's 27th all-time as the Bulldogs have compiled a 23-27 overall record in NCAA Tournament competition.
Ferris State, which is coached by 28th-year head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm, is presently 25-7 overall this campaign and won the 2023 GLIAC Tournament Championship on Sunday (Nov. 19), beating rival Grand Valley State 3-1 on the Lakers' home floor in Allendale to earn the program's 10th league tourney title in school history and ninth in the past 10 seasons.
The Bulldogs finished the regular-season as the GLIAC Runner-Up with a 15-3 league mark.
The Division II Women's Volleyball Committee selected a total of 64 teams to participate in the 2023 Division II Women's Volleyball Championship. Eight teams were selected from each of the following eight regions: Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast and West.
The eight, eight-team regionals will be played at on-campus sites. Regional competition will be single-elimination, best three-of-five-set matches and will not include a third-place match. The winners of each of the eight regionals will advance to the finals, Dec. 7-9, in Moon Township, Pa. Competition at the finals site will be single-elimination; best three-of-five-set matches.
The Bulldogs captured the Midwest Regional Championship in 2013 to advance to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight and the national quarterfinal round. FSU has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen four times in the past seven years, including each of the past two seasons.
Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for additional information pertaining to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament and official match times once they become available.
Below are the complete Midwest Regional matches:
#1 Missouri-St. Louis vs #8 Missouri S&T
#4 Quincy vs #5 Grand Valley State
#2 Ferris State vs #7 Hillsdale
#3 Lewis vs #6 Rockhurst