College of Saint Mary volleyball qualified for the 2022 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championships. The Flames were selected as an at-large bid and will play host to IU Kokomo (Ind.) Saturday at CSM. The time is still to be determined.
“We are excited to extend our season in hopes to get to Sioux City again,” CSM’s Makenna Freeman (SR/Omaha, Neb.) said.
The 48-team event will get underway with 24 National Championship Opening Round matches at campus locations on Saturday.
“We are excited to qualify for our third national tournament in four years,” CSM Coach Rick Pruett said. “The ladies have worked hard to get us to this point. We’ll have a tough opponent in IU Kokomo but we’ll be ready to play.”
After opening rounds, the action at the final site inside the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa starts with three days of pool play from Nov. 30 – Dec. 2. The top team in each three-team pool will advance to the elimination bracket on Saturday, Dec. 3, the semifinals will be played on Monday, Dec. 5 and the national champion will be crowned Tuesday, Dec. 6 with the first serve set for 7 p.m. CST on ESPN3.
This year’s field includes 36 automatic qualifiers and 12 at-large selections. The automatic berths are determined by regular-season champions or runner-ups, conference tournament title winners or runner-ups, or by conference selection. A selection committee determined the remaining at-large bids made up of administrators and coaches from around the country. The final site pools will be determined on Sunday, November 20, and released by 5 p.m. CST
The NAIA Network – the association’s official video-streaming home – will broadcast all matches excluding the championship match live at the 2022 NAIA Volleyball National Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. The video platform, powered by Presto allows users access to live video, statistics and social interaction on a number of devices, including mobile. Single-day passes can be purchased for $9.95, while a pool play pass is $24.95 (Nov. 30 – Dec. 2) and a championship package is available at $39.95. The championship match includes all pool play, quarterfinal and semifinal matches.
