EMPORIA STATE SET FOR MIAA SPRING VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Women's Volleyball | 4/14/2021 5:14:00 PM

April 7, 2021- Ninth seeded Emporia State will take on eighth seed Missouri Western in the opening round of the 2021 MIAA Spring Tournament at 1:00 p.m. on Friday in Topeka.
 
The Hornets finished the spring season 2-13, 2-6 in the MIAA South Division. They were the ninth seed in the 11 team bracket. Emporia State was one of the youngest teams in the MIAA with five freshmen, five sophomores, a transfer junior and one senior on the squad.   
 
Missouri Western went 6-9 overall with a 2-6 record in the MIAA North Division. They were awarded the eighth seed by virtue of their 3-2 win over Emporia State on March 31 in Topeka.
 
In that match Emporia State fell behind 2-0 before rallying to force a fifth set in the 25-20, 25-21, 22-25, 26-28, 15-9 loss to the Griffons. It was the second five set loss in the last three matches for Emporia State.
 
The winner will advance to take on top seeded Central Missouri on Friday evening at 5:00 p.m. in Lee Arena.  The Jennies went 10-3 overall and 8-0 in the MIAA North Division this spring.  The Hornets took them to five sets on March 23 before falling 15-13 in the fifth.

Tickets to Lee Arena are limited and must be pre-purchased as there are no walk-up ticket sales. Tickets are pre-sold with adults $10 and K-12 students $5. All seating is general admission and masks will be required.  Tickets are available at https://wutickets.universitytickets.com/ and must be purchased in advance.
 
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 fall NCAA Division II National Championships and the ensuing cancellation of the fall MIAA season, the league coaches made the decision to play a shortened schedule in the spring. In addition, the coaches agreed each match has to have only one official, line judges do not have to be certified, a scorekeeper or libero tracker need not be present and official statistics do not need to be recorded.

The conference was split into two divisions, with teams playing an eight match schedule in their own division. Emporia State was in the South Division with Central Missouri, Central Oklahoma, Missouri Southern, Newman and Pittsburg State.
 
Tournament Schedule
Friday, April 16 schedule
Game 1: 11 a.m. (Court 1) - Central Oklahoma vs. Fort Hays State | WATCH LIVE
Game 2: 11 a.m. (Court 2) - Newman vs. Pittsburg State | WATCH LIVE
Game 3: 1 p.m. (Court 1) - Northwest Missouri State vs. Washburn | WATCH LIVE
Game 4: 1 p.m. (Court 2) - Emporia State vs. Missouri Western | WATCH LIVE
Game 5: 3 p.m. (Court 1) - Nebraska Kearney vs. Winner of Newman/Pittsburg State | WATCH LIVE
Game 6: 3 p.m. (Court 2) - Missouri Southern vs. Winner of Central Oklahoma/Fort Hays | WATCH LIVE
Game 7: 5 p.m. (Court 1) - Central Missouri vs. Winner of Emporia State/Missouri Western | WATCH LIVE
Saturday, April 17 schedule
SEMIFINAL #1: 11 a.m. (Main Court) – Winner G3 vs Winner G7 | WATCH LIVE
SEMIFINAL #2: 1 p.m. (Main Court) – Winner G5 vs Winner G6 | WATCH LIVE
CHAMPIONSHIP: 4 p.m. (Main Court) -  | WATCH LIVE