CIU Receives Pool Play Assignments for NAIA Tournament
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [Schedule | Bracket] The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the pool assignments and schedule for the 2023 NAIA Women's Volleyball Championship in Sioux City, Iowa.
All teams that advance to the final site in Sioux City competed and won their respective championship opening round match before advancing. At the conclusion of the championship opening rounds, the winners were placed in eight pools of three teams based on the seeding set by the selection committee. The selection committee is comprised of administrators and coaches from across the country.
The Tyson Event Center in Sioux City, Iowa, will be the venue for the 16th-straight NAIA Women's Volleyball Championship. The tournament will be played from November 29 – December 5. At the conclusion of pool play on December 1, the top team out of each pool will advance to the quarterfinals of the single-elimination bracket starting December 2.
Columbia International is in Pool E and begins play against Viterbo (Wis.) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 5 p.m. ET. CIU will then face Southern Oregon on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. ET.
The NAIA Network – the association's official video-streaming home – will broadcast all matches, excluding the semifinal and championship matches, live at the 2023 NAIA Volleyball Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. The video platform, powered by Presto Sports, allows users access to live video, statistics, and social interaction on a number of devices, including mobile. Single-day passes can be purchased for $9.95, while a pool play pass is $24.95 (November 29 – December 1) and a championship package is available at $39.95. The championship package includes all pool play and quarterfinal matches.
The semifinals and championship matches on December 4 and 5 will be streamed on ESPN3. The link can be found on the schedule at a closer date.
2023 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Pool Play Assignments
Full schedule and times here on naia.org
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| 1 Northwestern (Iowa) | 2 Indiana Wesleyan | 3 Eastern Oregon |
| 16 Bellevue (Neb.) | 15 IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 14 Montana Tech |
| 24 St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 23 Oklahoma Wesleyan | 22 Valley City State (N.D.) |
| Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
| 4 Concordia (Neb.) | 5 Viterbo (Wis.) | 6 Park (Mo.) |
| 13 Midland (Neb.) | 12 Southern Oregon | 11 Columbia (Mo.) |
| 21 Montana Western | 20 CIU (S.C.) | 19 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
| Pool G | Pool H | |
| 7 Corban (Ore.) | 8 Missouri Baptist | |
| 10 Jamestown (N.D.) | 9 Vanguard (Calif.) | |
| 18 St. Thomas (Fla.) | 17 Saint Katherine (Calif.) |