BYU earns No. 4 seed in NCAA Tournament

PROVO, Utah – The BYU women’s volleyball program received the No. 4 overall seed in the 2018 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championships and will host the first and second rounds of the tournament Friday and Saturday.

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The West Coast Conference champion Cougars (27-1) will face America East champions Stony Brook (21-8) at 7 p.m. MT in the Smith Fieldhouse on Friday while Pac-12 at-large Utah (18-13) and Summit League regular season champion Denver (27-2) will compete in the first match of the day at 4 p.m. The winner of each match will advance to the second round slated for 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Tickets for the matches go on sale starting Monday, Nov. 26, at 9 a.m. For complete ticket information, please click here.

BYU has been ranked No. 1 in 11 of this season’s 14 AVCA coaches’ polls thanks to a 27-match win streak that included victories over 10 of the 64 teams in this year’s tournament, including No. 1 seed Stanford, No. 14 seed Marquette, Duke, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, Syracuse, Utah and USC.

“We’re excited to head into the tournament as the No. 4 seed,” BYU head coach Heather Olmstead said. “We’re looking forward to another opportunity to play in the Smith Fieldhouse in front of our awesome fans.”

This year marks seventh-straight NCAA tournament appearance for BYU and the 31st overall, seventh-most in Division I volleyball history.

Teams winning both matches this weekend will move on to regional play December 7-8. The regional winners will advance to the national semifinals and championship final hosted by Minnesota on December 13 and 15 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The national semifinal matches will broadcast on ESPN and the championship match will broadcast on ESPN2.