Posted: Nov 15, 2009
The Bruins qualified for the NAIA Volleyball National Championship for the third-straight year and for the fourth time in school history. Bellevue owns a 6-7 all-time record in the tournament.
The winner of the Bellevue-Friends match will advance to the 24-team NAIA Volleyball National Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa on Dec. 1-5 at the Tyson Event Center/Gateway Arena.
The Bruins (28-7) won the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season with a perfect 14-0 mark. Bellevue was upset in the the MCAC Tournament title match by College of the Ozarks, who received the league's automatic berth.
Friends defeated Bethel (Kan.) on Saturday in five sets to claim the KCAC Tournament title and the league's automatic berth into the NAIA Volleyball National Championship. It will be the Falcons' second-ever appearance in the tournament.
For more information on the National Championship Opening Round, click here.
For more information on the National Championship, click here.
For complete conference tournament breakdown, click here.
2009 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Opening Round - Nov. 21 - On-Campus Sites
Match 1 Evangel (Mo.) at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Match 2 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) at Southern Oregon
Match 3 Menlo (Calif.) at Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
Match 4 Indiana East at Taylor (Ind.)
Match 5 Walsh (Ohio) at Indiana Tech
Match 6 Friends (Kan.) at Bellevue (Neb.)
Match 7 Black Hills State (S.D.) at Doane (Neb.)
Match 8 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) at Lee (Tenn.)
Match 9 St. Thomas Houston (Texas) at Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Match 10 Union (Ky.) at Shawnee State (Ohio)
Match 11 Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) at Mobile (Ala.)
Match 12 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) at St. Ambrose (Iowa)
