 Officials for the 2017 National Invitational Volleyball Championship announced 15 schools that have received and accepted automatic berths into the postseason event. The complete 32-team field will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 26 around 10 p.m. ET following NCAA Tournament selections.
“After a nearly 22-year hiatus, we are excited to announce the first 15 schools that have received and accepted an automatic berth into the 2017 event,” said NIVC director Sean Hardy. “We are still waiting on a few other AQ’s from several conferences, but we are excited to see the 32-team field getting closer and closer to reality.” Conference School America East Albany American Temple Big Sky Sacramento State Colonial College of Charleston C-USA North Texas MAC Bowling Green MEAC Maryland Eastern Shore Mountain West Wyoming Northeast Bryant Ohio Valley SIUE Southland Stephen F. Austin Summit Oral Roberts Sun Belt Texas State SWAC Alabama A&M West Coast Pacific The 2017 tournament will consist of 32 teams with participating schools hosting all matches. A team is offered an automatic berth by the NIVC when it’s the highest-finishing team in its conference regular-season standings, and is not selected for the NCAA Tournament. Should a conference’s automatic qualifier team decline the NIVC invitation, then the conference forfeits its AQ spot and that berth goes into the at-large pool. |
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