NAIA REGION V

 

Volleyball

 

RMC LIAISON:                                            Larry York, William Woods University

 

REGION V SPORT CHAIR:                       Melinda Wrye-Washington, Columbia College – 2005-2007

 

ACADEMIC YEAR:                         Fall, 2006

 

CHAMPIONSHIP DATE(s):                        November 14 (Tuesday) – First round (highest seed)

November 17-18 (Friday-Saturday) – Semi-finals / Finals

                                                                        Regional deadline - November 19, 2006

CHAMPIONSHIP SITE(s):                          Highest remaining regionally ranked teams

                                                                        Championship site – Columbia College

                                                                        Tournament bid procedure: 

(A)   Deadline = September 1^st

(B)    Alternate site from conference to conference

(C)    Open bid if selected conference does not accept

(D)    If no bids, games played at highest remaining seed

 

TIME(s):                                                        TBA

 

OFFICIALS:                                                  The two conference assigners will recommend Officials for the regional tournament.  These officials need to be approved by the Region V Supervisor of Officials.

 

AWARDS:                                                     Region V Team Champion plaque

                                                                        COACH-OF-THE-YEAR

                                                                        SETTER-of-the-YEAR

                                                                        LIBERO-of-the-YEAR

                                                                        PLAYER-of-the-YEAR

                                                                        12 - 1^st Team All-Region V players

 

 

REGIONAL PLAYOFF FORMAT

8 team, single elimination tournament

Seeding:  1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5

Hosting: Quarterfinal contests will be played at the site of the highest seed; semi-final and final rounds will be played at the highest remaining seed if there is (1) no host bid (2) a facility meets the hosting criteria. 

 

PLAYOFF RATING/RANKING PROCEDURE

The Region V ranking released on Monday, November 13, 2006 will be used to determine seeding for the Region V Tournament.  If an unranked team qualifies through their respective conference tournament, the Region V Volleyball Committee will seed that team for regional competition.

FALL 2005 raters:  (1) Stew McDole, Graceland University (2) Ron Young, Lindenwood University

(3) Melinda Wrye-Washington, Columbia College (4) Joe Fisher, University of Illinois-Springfield

 

 

 

CRITERIA FOR TEAM SELECTION

8-team single elimination tournament

The conference champion and runner-up from the HAAC Conference Tournament and the AMC Conference Tournament will receive automatic bids to the Region V Tournament.  Four at-large teams will be selected based on the Region V rankings from teams who did not qualify through a conference tournament.

 

 

 

NAIA NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

November 29-December 2, 2006

Point Loma Nazarene College

San Diego, CA

 

TEAMS

 

(AMC) - 8                                                        (HAAC) - 11

Columbia College                                             Avila University

Hannibal-LaGrange College                              Baker University

Harris-Stowe State University               Benedictine College

McKendree College                                         Central Methodist University

Missouri Baptist University                                Culver-Stockton College

Williams Baptist College                                   Evangel University

William Woods University                                 Graceland University

University of Illinois, Springfield             Lindenwood University

                                                                        MidAmerica Nazarene Univeristy

                                                                        Missouri Valley College

                                                                        William Jewell College

 

(INDEPENDENTS) - 0

 

 

 

Updated: January 31, 2006