Ohio will host the first two rounds of @WomensNIVC.

Central Michigan vs Xavier 5pm Dec 1

Ohio vs Valparaiso 7:30pm Dec 1

Winners meet at 6pm on Dec 2

Bracket: https://www.womensnivc.com/bracket.html

Is this the NIT for volleyball?

It is a pay to play tournament.

It is ran by Triple Crown sports which runs pay to play postseason tournaments in about every sport. It is an interesting concept, especially, when it triggers coaching bonuses for qualifying for post season tournaments.

Xavier swept CMU so we get the Musketeers tomorrow in round 2.

Winner advances to final 8 against winner of Boston College group.

That was ugly! Team lacked heart and toughness. They were just as talented as Xavier, but Xavier wanted the win more than us.

You are probably right, the team won some tough matches and has shown heart throughout the season, but for whatever reason has trouble last night and also against Buffalo. Watch the match if you can, I started to but had to turn it off midway through the third set for my own mental health. It was a complete meltdown, we started the second and third sets with serving errors, indicative of things to come. We had the look of deer in the headlights. We murdered them in the first set, and I guess they did some adjustments, why we did not adjust to their adjustments I don't know. Maybe this one is on Geoff. Caitlin O'Ferrill looked unstoppable in the first set, then I guess Xavier made an adjustment and she was quiet from then on. I did not see any play such as where the center swings around and hits from the right setter's position. Just my opinion, if anyone else saw different let them comment.