Updated at 11:22 a.m., Sunday, November 26, 2006
Rainbows play Oregon in NCAA opener at Long Beach
Advertiser Staff
The 12th-ranked University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team will face Oregon at Long Beach, Calif., Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship.Host Long Beach State (25-5) plays No. 24 Pepperdine (16-11) in the other first-round match. The winners play Saturday for a spot in a regional hosted by UH Dec. 8 and 9 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
(UH will host the regional whether it is in it or not.)
The Rainbow Wahine (26-5) have won their past 13 matches and captured their ninth consecutive Western Athletic Conference championship on Friday.
Oregon (17-11) lost its final two regular season matches to No. 4 UCLA and No. 6 Southern California, which are also in the same NCAA bracket as UH.
No. 1 Nebraska received the top tournament seed, followed by Stanford, Penn State and UCLA.
New Mexico State (33-3) was the only other WAC team to make the 64-school field.
The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 14 and 16.
NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
HONOLULU REGIONAL
Dec. 1-2 at Long Beach, Calif.
Pepperdine (16-11) vs. Long Beach St. (25-5)
Oregon (17-11) vs. Hawai'i (26-5)
Nov. 30- Dec. 1 at Los Angeles
Southern California (25-4) vs. Mississippi (19-12)
UC Santa Barbara (19-11) vs. Brigham Young (24-5)
Dec. 1-2 at Fayetteville, Ark.
Oklahoma (26-5) vs. Oral Roberts (26-8)
Missouri St. (26-8) vs. Arkansas (16-12)
Dec. 1-2 at Los Angeles
Utah (27-3) vs. Michigan St. (19-11)
UAB (27-9) vs. UCLA (29-3)
GAINESVILLE, FLA. REGIONAL
Dec. 1-2 at Omaha, Neb.
Nebraska (27-1) vs. American (25-6)
Winthrop (34-2) vs. UNI (27-7)
Dec. 1-2 at Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee (19-11) vs. Duke (28-3)
Jacksonville St. (24-4) vs. San Diego (24-5)
Nov. 30- Dec. 1 at Gainesville, Fla.
Florida (28-2) vs. Florida A&M (21-6)
Col. of Charleston (27-7) vs. Arizona St. (15-14)
Nov. 30- Dec. 1 at Albany, N.Y.
St. John's (N.Y.) (30-4) vs. Albany (N.Y.) (19-12)
Siena (22-12) vs. Minnesota (23-7)
SEATTLE REGIONAL
Dec. 1-2 at State College, Penn.
Penn St. (29-2) vs. Long Island (25-10)
Cornell (18-8) vs. Hofstra (23-6)
Nov. 30- Dec. 1 at West Lafayette, Ind.
Kentucky (18-11) vs. Ohio (28-4)
St. Louis (22-8) vs. Purdue (21-10)
Dec. 1-2 at Louisville, Ky.
Ohio St. (23-7) vs. Belmont (24-6)
Middle Tenn. (26-7) vs. Louisville (25-6)
Nov. 30- Dec. 1 at Boulder, Colo.
Colorado (16-11) vs. New Mexico St. (33-3)
Colorado State (20-9) vs. Washington (25-4)
AUSTIN, TEXAS REGIONAL
Dec. 1-2 at Austin, Texas
Texas (21-6) vs. Prairie View (23-10)
Stephen F. Austin (30-3) vs. Alabama (17-12)
Dec. 1-2 at Madison, Wis.
Iowa St. (20-10) vs. Wis.-Milwaukee (24-5)
Notre Dame (18-13) vs. Wisconsin (24-6)
Dec. 1-2 at San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Cal Poly (22-5) vs. Michigan (21-12)
California (20-9) vs. LSU (26-5)
Dec. 1-2 at Stanford, Calif.
Missouri (17-12) vs. Santa Clara (20-7)
Sacramento St. (30-5) vs. Stanford (25-3)
Regionals and final four:: Teams winning both matches will move on to regional play Dec. 8 and 9. The pre-determined regional sites are Austin, Texas; Gainesville, Fla.; Honolulu; and Seattle. The regional winners will advance to the semifinals and final hosted by Nebraska at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 14 and 16.
