In this edition of Volleyball Today, we’ve got the Patriot League Championship beginning Tuesday, the AVCA poll, an NCAA RPI update with implications, the passing of Matt McShane, a firing, a statue for WKU’s Travis Hudson and info on the Laguna Beach Open:
NCAA volleyball Tuesday
Postseason is upon us.
The Patriot League conference tournament gets underway when sixth-seeded Lehigh goes to No. 3 American and No. 5 Loyola Maryland is at No. 4 Army West Point. The semifinals are Friday at Colgate with the highest advancing seed playing second-seeded Bucknell and the other winner facing No. 1 Colgate.
There are four matches in The Summit League, where South Dakota State (14-1) holds a one-game lead on Omaha (13-2). South Dakota State is at South Dakota, while Omaha goes to Kansas City. Denver is at Oral Roberts and North Dakota is at North Dakota State as the regular-season concludes. The conference tournament starts Sunday in Kansas City.
The Ohio Valley Conference has a similar situation. Southeast Missouri (12-3) holds a one-game lead on Lindenwood (12-4) and is up two games on Little Rock (11-5). Southeast Missouri is home for SIUE, Lindenwood is at Little Rock,…