Nov. 12, 2007

Garden City, N.Y. - The NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Committee announced the field of 64 teams for the 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship. The committee selected eight teams from each of the following regions to participate in the championship: Atlantic, Great Lakes, North Central, Northeast, Pacific, South, South Central and Southwest.

Eight eight-team regionals will be played at on-campus sites. Regional competition will be single-elimination, best three-of-five game matches and will not include a third-place match. The winners of each of the eight regionals will advance to the finals, November 29-December 1, which will be played on the campus of a participating institution. Competition at the finals site will be single-elimination, best three-of-five game matches.

Adelphi earned the seventh seed in the Northeast Regional, which will be hosted by top seeded Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. The Panthers (27-7) will take on second seeded Bryant College (30-12). Adelphi leads the all-time series with Bryant, 2-1, including a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs earlier this season at Oakdale (10/6/07).

The dates, sites and team match-ups are:

Atlantic Region: November 15-17 at California, Pennsylvania
*California (Pennsylvania) (Host) (33-3) vs. *Fayetteville State (26-11);
Kutztown (27-9) vs. Shippensburg (30-11);
Edinboro (26-10) vs. Slippery Rock (22-14);
*Lees-McRae (26-11) vs. Clarion (27-5)

Great Lakes Region: November 15-17 at Allendale, Michigan
*Grand Valley State (Host) (30-3) vs. *Charleston (West Virginia) (28-11);
Southern Illinois Edwardsville (26-6) vs. Northern Kentucky (26-8);
Indianapolis (32-3) vs. Hillsdale (26-7);
Ashland (26-5) vs. *Lewis (30-3)

North Central Region: November 15-17 at Duluth, Minnesota
*Minnesota Duluth (Host) (27-1) vs. South Dakota (23-8);
Augustana (South Dakota) (19-10) vs. Nebraska-Omaha (16-8);
Southwest Minnesota State (25-7) vs. Minnesota State Mankato (19-8);
*Wayne State (Nebraska) (24-11) vs. Concordia-St. Paul (30-4)

Northeast Region: November 15-17 at Oakdale, New York
*Dowling (Host) (36-7) vs. Merrimack (19-13);
*Georgian Court (30-8) vs. Bentley (23-9);
New Haven (23-6) vs. C.W. Post (17-15);
Adelphi (27-7) vs. *Bryant (30-12)

Pacific Region: November 15-17 at San Bernardino, California
*Cal State San Bernardino (Host) (25-2) vs. Western Oregon (16-9);
Cal State L.A. (16-9) vs. Cal Poly Pomona (21-6);
UC San Diego (19-7) vs. Northwest Nazarene (18-8);
Cal State Chico (16-12) vs. *Western Washington (21-4)

South Region: November 15-17 at Tampa, Florida
*Tampa (Host) (28-2) vs. *South Carolina-Aiken (24-4);
Lynn (21-11) vs. Eckerd (23-10);
Nova Southeastern (25-9) vs. *Wingate (33-1)
Saint Leo (24-13) vs. Florida Southern (24-8);

South Central Region: November 15-17 at Kirksville, Missouri
*Truman (Host) (34-5) vs. *Albany State (Georgia) (21-14);
Pittsburg State (28-8) vs. Emporia State (26-8);
West Florida (32-6) vs. Central Missouri (30-6)
*West Georgia (27-11) vs. Washburn (34-3);

Southwest Region: November 16-18 at Kearney, Nebraska
*Nebraska-Kearney (Host) (31-4) vs. Mesa State (15-13);
Fort Lewis (21-7) vs. Central Oklahoma (31-6);
Colorado-Colorado Springs (20-11) vs. Metropolitan State (15-14);
Midwestern State (27-5) vs. *West Texas A&M (32-7)

* Denotes conference automatic qualification