SCAC Announces 2024 Volleyball Tournament Bracket

SCAC Announces 2024 Volleyball Tournament Bracket

SUWANEE, Ga. -- The SCAC office tonight announced the bracket for the 2024 Volleyball Tournament, which will be begin Friday, November 15 and will be jointly hosted by Austin College and University of Dallas. Official Tournament Website | Bracket

Trinity (21-6; 13-1 SCAC), the 18th-ranked team in the nation, finished atop the Gold Division and earned the overall top seed to next weekend's SCAC championship tournament, the record 12th time the Tigers have been the tournament's top team in the seeding era (1997-99; 2007-present). Trinity will take on one of the two wild card entrants, Schreiner University, who finished the regular season fourth in the Gold Division with a 4-10 conference mark; 12-14 overall. That quarterfinal match is scheduled for 10:30 am CT at the University of Dallas.

Colorado College (17-9; 12-3) finished atop the Blue Division and will be the second seed for this year's championship tournament. The Tigers will draw the second of the two wild card entrants, University of St. Thomas, who finished with a 7-8 conference mark; 14-16 overall record. The Celts and Tigers will tangle in the quarterfinals at 1:00 pm CT at Austin College.

The top overall seed between Trinity and Colorado College was decided by the one regular season head-to-head result between the two, which Trinity won 3-1 in Houston on October 13.

Both Southwestern University (21-5 overall) and Texas Lutheran University (19-7 overall) finish tied in the Gold Division rankings with an 11-3 conference mark, but the Pirates earned the higher divisional seed by virtue of its better conference win. The two split their head-to-head matchups, but Southwestern defeated Trinity once while the Bulldogs were swept by the Texas Tigers.

Southwestern will play the third seed from the Blue Division, McMurry University, who finished with a 7-8 conference mark and 14-14 overall. McMurry earned the Blue Division third seed over St. Thomas, who also finished with a 7-8 conference record, by virtue of its better match score in head to head completion between the two. St. Thomas won the first match, 3-2, on September 26, but McMurry swept the Celts 3-0 on October 27. The Southwestern/McMurry quarterfinal match is scheduled for 1:00 pm CT at University of Dallas.

The second seed from the Blue Division, the host school Austin College (20-13 overall; 11-4 conference), will play Texas Lutheran at 10:30 am CT in Sherman.

Following Friday's early quarterfinal action, the entire tournament moves to Austin College where semifinal play will follow later in the afternoon, beginning at 4:30 pm CT. The second semifinal match is scheduled to tip at 7:00 pm CT.

Saturday's championship match begins at 3 pm CT.

The winner of the SCAC Volleyball Tournament earns an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III National Championship, which begins the following weekend.

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