University of Oregon
Kennesaw State
Ducks Earn Seventh Straight NCAA Tournament Berth
11/26/17 | Women's Volleyball
Oregon will face Kennesaw State in the first round on Friday at 3 p.m. PT in Provo, Utah.
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon volleyball team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh straight year on Sunday night and will take on Kennesaw State in the first round on Friday in Provo, Utah.
The Ducks (17-11, 10-10 Pac-12) will play the Owls (21-4, 13-1 ASUN) at 3 p.m. PT on Friday in the first match of the Provo Regional. Host and 13th-seeded BYU will face American at 6 p.m. on Friday. The winners of the two first round matches will play Saturday at 6 p.m. in the second round for a berth to the Sweet 16.
This is Oregon's 15th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, and the first under first-year head coach Matt Ulmer.Look out, Provo, the Ducks are coming #GoDucks #NCAAVB pic.twitter.com/MZY2RttQtW
— Oregon Volleyball (@OregonVB) November 27, 2017
The Ducks will face a Kennesaw State team that won its first-ever ASUN championship this season, defeating Florida Gulf Coast in the title match to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Owls ride a 12-match winning streak into the first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
Kennesaw State is averaging 13.52 kills per set on .233 hitting this year while holding opponents to a .146 clip, and the Owls are led by Anaiah Boyer's 3.32 kills per set.
Oregon finished the regular season eighth in the Pac-12, and is coming off a big five-set win at Oregon State on Friday that snapped a four-match losing streak. The Ducks were in the top 10 of the RPI for more than half of the season, and they beat four ranked teams throughout the year, including fifth-seeded Nebraska.
