Pool assignments announced for Nationals

November 21, 2010

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the pool assignments and schedule for the 31st Annual NAIA Volleyball National Championship presented by Siouxland Sports Medicine Foundation. The 21st-ranked Bruins were placed in Pool F with No. 6 California Baptist, No. 7 Biola, and No. 20 Lindenwood.

The Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in Sioux City, Iowa, will serve as the final site for the event Nov. 30 - Dec. 4.

The final 24 teams are placed into six pools and will play a round robin pool play Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, with the top two teams from each pool advancing to the single elimination bracket starting Dec. 3. The championship match will take place at 8 p.m. CST on Dec. 4.

The Bruins are making their fifth overall and fourth-straight appearance in the NAIA National Volleyball Championship. Bellevue will battle Cal Baptist at 1 p.m. on Nov. 30, Biola at 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 1, and Lindenwood at 1 p.m. on Dec. 2.

Tickets for the National Championship can be purchased by calling 800-593-2228 or by clicking here.

NeuLion is the NAIA's Digital Media Partner and official video-streaming company of nine select NAIA National Championship events. Select matches from the NAIA Volleyball National Championship final site will be streamed: single-elimination play, quarterfinals, semifinals and the championship final. Refer to the Championship schedule, which can be found by clicking here.

National Championship Final Site Pool Play Schedule (All Times CST)

Pool F Schedule
California Baptist	Bellevue Nov. 30, 1 p.m. - Court 2	Lindenwood Dec. 1, 1 p.m. - Court 3	Biola Dec. 2, 3:15 p.m. - Court 1
Biola (Calif.)	Lindenwood Nov. 30, 3:15 p.m. - Court 2	Bellevue Dec. 1, 3:15 p.m. - Court 3	California Baptist Dec. 2, 3:15 p.m. - Court 1
Lindenwood (Mo.)	Biola Nov. 30, 3:15 p.m. - Court 2	California Baptist Dec. 1, 1 p.m. - Court 3	Bellevue Dec. 2, 1 p.m. - Court 1
Bellevue (Neb.)	California Baptist Nov. 30, 1 p.m. - Court 2	Biola Dec. 1, 3:15 p.m. - Court 3	Lindenwood Dec. 2, 1 p.m. - Court 1

Pool A Lee (Tenn.) Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Southern Oregon Briar Cliff (Iowa)	Pool B Texas at Brownsville Concordia (Calif.) Doane (Neb.) St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Pool C Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Taylor (Ind.) College of Idaho Shawnee State (Ohio)
Pool D Northwestern (Iowa) Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) Malone (Ohio)	Pool E Columbia (Mo.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Oklahoma City	Pool F California Baptist Biola (Calif.) Lindenwood (Mo.) Bellevue (Neb.)