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NAIA Region III Volleyball Tournament Pairings Announced

Posted by Corey Westra - Sun, Nov 11, 2007 - [ Volleyball ] - Viewed 1255 times

NAIA Region III <br> Volleyball Tourney <br> in Sioux Falls

NAIA Region III
Volleyball Tourney
in Sioux Falls

Dickinson State University will be the number one seed and National American University the number two seed when the 2007 NAIA Region III Volleyball Championships open on Friday, November 16, at Sioux Falls Christian High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (69^th and Cliff).

The NAIA Region III Tournament will be a pool play format this year with two pools of three teams. The one (Dickinson State), four (Northwestern), and five (Dordt) seeds will be in one pool (Pool A) with the two (National American), three (Morningside), and six (Hastings) seeds in the other pool (Pool B). Six pool play matches (three per pool) will be played on Friday staring at 9AM in the morning. The winner of each pool will play in the NAIA Region III Championship Match on Saturday, November 17, at 7PM. A consolation match will not be played because NAIA Region III will not receive any at-large berths beyond the runner-up finisher. The second and third place teams in each pool will be eliminated from the tournament after Friday’s pool play or Saturday’s tiebreakers.

If there is a three-way tie in one pool after Friday’s play then two tie-breaker matches (one game to 30 for each match) will be played on Saturday morning. The first tie-breaker will be at 10AM and the second at 11AM. If both pools have a three-way tie then four tie-breaker games (one game to 30 for each match) will be played at 10AM, 10:45AM, 11:30AM, and 12:15PM on Saturday.

The winner is guaranteed an automatic berth in the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament November 28 – December 1 in Columbia, Missouri, at Columbia College.

2007 NAIA Region III Volleyball Championships

Pool Assignments and Seeds

Pool A

*Seed*	*Team*	*Record*
1	*Dickinson* *State*	*29-3*
4	*Northwestern*	*27-8*
5	*Dordt*	*31-8*

Pool B

*Seed*	*Team*	*Record*
2	*National American*	*20-10*
3	*Morningside*	*33-2*
6	*Hastings*	*25-9*

Friday, November 16, 2007

Pool Play
(Rolling Schedule – 25 Minutes On Court Warm-Up Following each match)
(Auxiliary gym available for warm-up)

9AM – Pool A #4 Northwestern vs. #5 Dordt
Approx 11:00AM – Pool B #3Morningside vs. #6 Hastings
Approx 1:00 PM – Pool A 1 Dickinson State vs. #5 Dordt
Approx 3:00 PM – Pool B #2 National American vs. #6 Hastings
Approx 5:00 PM – Pool A #1 Dickinson State vs. #4 Northwestern
Approx 7:00 PM – Pool B #2 National American vs. #3Morningside

(Pool A and B Second and Third Place Teams Eliminated After Pool Play)

Saturday, November 17, 2007
Tiebreakers (If Needed)

(Two tiebreakers will be needed per pool)
If two pools are tied -
10AM (Tiebreaker A1)
10:45AM (Tiebreaker B1)
11:30 AM (Tiebreaker A2)
12:15 PM (Tiebreaker B2)

Warm-Up in second gym,
19 minutes (actual game court time) given prior to each game.

If one pool is tied -
10AM (Tiebreaker A1 or B1)
11AM (Tiebreaker A2 or B2)

(All tiebreakers are one game to 30 Points)

Consolation
NOT NEEDED
NO extra berths will be allotted to NAIA Region III beyond the Runner-Up Finisher

Championship – 7:00 PM
(Pool A Champion vs. Pool B Champion)