WALESKA, Ga. - The stage is set for the 2024 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Men's Volleyball Tournament, and Reinhardt is the No. 1 seed.
The seven-team, single-elimination tournament gets underway on Thursday, April 18, and runs through Saturday, April 20, at the Tribe Athletic Complex in Kingsport, Tenn. (Directions)
Reinhardt and Webber International are the regular-season co-champions, but Reinhardt earns the No. 1 seed after the teams split their regular-season series with Reinhard winning 4 sets to Webber winning 3.
The AAC has one automatic berth to award, which will go to the tournament champion.
Here are the tournament seeds:
- Reinhardt (26-1, 11-1 AAC)*
- Webber (15-1, 11-1 AAC)
- Life (21-10, 7-5 AAC)**
- St. Andrews (21-9, 7-5 AAC)
- Bluefield (9-13, 3-9 AAC)***
- Warner (5-16, 3-9 AAC)
- Truett McConnell (6-19, 0-12 AAC)
*-Reinhardt and Webber went 1-1 against each other, but Reinhardt won 4 sets with Webber winning 3 to give Reinhardt the No. 1 seed.
**-Life and St. Andrews went 1-1 against each other, but Life won 4 sets with St. Andrews winning 3 to give St. Andrews the No. 3 seed.
***-Bluefield and Warner went 1-1 against each other, but Bluefield won 4 sets with Warner winning 3 to give Bluefield the No. 5 seed.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 18
Game 1 - No. 2 Webber (15-1) vs. No. 7 Truett McConnell (6-19), 12 pm
Game 2 - No. 3 Life (21-10) vs. No. 6 Warner (5-16), 3 pm
Game 3 - No. 4 St. Andrews (21-9) vs. No. 5 Bluefield (9-13), 6 pm
Friday, April 19
Game 4 - No. 1 Reinhardt (26-1) vs. Game 3 Winner, 3 pm
Game 5 - Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 6 pm
Saturday, April 20
Game 6 - Championship Game - Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 1 pm
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students each day. Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here.
All matches will be streamed live and can be viewed for free by clicking here.
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