The Emory volleyball team, fresh off its University Athletic Association Championships performance, has been chosen as a host site for regional action of the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament.  It marks the first time since 2005 that the school will serve as a host. 

Action begins on Friday (Nov. 12) with four first-round matches with the second rounds being played on Saturday.  The regional championship will be played on Sunday (Nov. 14) with the winner advancing to the NCAA Quarterfinal round of the championships in St. Louis.  Times will be announced later.

The Eagles of head coach Jenny McDowell, 31-4 on the year, earned an automatic bid following its league title this past weekend, and will battle the Lions of Piedmont College in a first-round match.  Piedmont, coached by Sid Feldman, earned an automatic slot to the tourney after capturing the Great South Athletic Conference championship this past weekend.  The winner of the Emory-Piedmont affair will advance to the second round to play the victor of the Washington & Lee (27-6) vs. Mount St. Joseph (22-10) contest.  The Generals of Washington & Lee were runners-up at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship this past weekend while the Lions brought home the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference title.

Other first-round match-ups include Southwestern University (31-6) of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference against Thomas More (28-7), the champs of the President’s Athletic Conference.  The winner of the Saints vs. Pirates clash advances to Saturday’s second where they will confront either Cal-Lutheran (27-3), champs of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or Hardin-Simons (21-7), who is coming off a title performance at the American Southwester Conference Tournament.

To see the 2010 NCAA Division III Volleyball bracket, click here

A schedule of the matches for the Emory Regional are as follows

Friday - Nov. 12
Match 1
#3 seed Southwestern vs. #6 seed Thomas More -- 12:30 p.m.

Match 2
#2 seed Cal Lutheran vs. #7 seed Hardin-Simmons -- 3:00 p.m.

Match 3
#4 seed Washington & Lee vs. #5 seed Mount St. Joseph -- 5:30 p.m.

Match 4
#1 seed Emory vs. #8 seed Piedmont -- 8:00 p.m.


Saturday, Nov. 13
Match 5
Match 1 winner vs. Match 2 winner -- 3:30 p.m.

Match 6
Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner -- 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 14
Emory Regional Championship Match -- 4:00 p.m.