The third round of the DI NCAA women’s volleyball tournament is complete and eight teams remain.
For the re-rank, I took each team’s initial seeding and then took into consideration their first and second-round performances.
The regional semifinals are set! We are down to the final 16 seeds in the 2021 DI women’s volleyball tournament.
We have our final 16 teams that will play on in the tournament starting with the regional semifinals next week.
Twenty-two teams advanced out of the first round and five teams are headed to the regional semifinals.
The Longhorns will take on in-state rival Rice today in second-round action while 44 other teams go head-to-head in Day 2 of the first round.
The first round will begin for some and the second round will continue for the team’s that competed on Thursday night.
This season, I found myself having to limit how many I listed because there are just so many things I want to see play out.
We have had an extraordinary season with the return of so many super-seniors given their extra year of eligibility.
So many super seniors returned for one last go around this season, so I’d say this year’s tournament is going to be one for the books.
But, I want to talk about UNSEEDED teams. There are so many talented teams this season, and I feel like this tournament is wide open.
Who doesn’t love some predictions? The 2021 DI women’s volleyball tournament field was unveiled on Sunday the 28th, and all the action begins this Thursday, Dec.
The second round in my predicted bracket has some great matchups.
I selected Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Texas to advance, although very difficult to choose.
But taking down a Wisconsin team that has players who have made it to the top four for the past two seasons is what Louisville will have to do.
I clearly feel strongly about Wisconsin as a team, considering I picked them to win it all for the past two seasons .
But again, Texas lost in the title game this past season and will have some added motivation from that.
The Louisville Cardinals have received the top seed in the NCAA DI women’s volleyball tournament in program history.
Saturday, the final automatic qualifiers punched their tickets to this year’s tournament; 32 of the 64 teams in the field are made up of automatic qualifiers.
Out of the 32 automatic qualifiers shown above, five are ranked in the top 10 of the AVCA top 25 rankings, including Louisville, Texas, BYU, Wisconsin and Kentucky.
Of the 64 teams, 32 teams receive automatic qualification while the remaining 32 teams will be selected on an at-large basis by the Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee.
The National Championship will take place December 18, at 7:30 p.m.