Missouri State and the NCAA Tournament
2007: Won 25, Lost 8
2011: Won 22, Lost 9
Front Row (from left): Student Trainer Amanda McDavitt, Addie Foley, Nikki Vandepopulier, Ashley Kell, Terri Del Conte, Athletic Trainer Shannon Derricks. Middle Row: Strength and Conditioning Coach Terry Sauerbry, Volunteer Assistant Jamie Martin, Associate Head Coach Coach Jeni Jones, Sara Thomas, Bethany Fuller, Julia Cawthra, Head Coach Melissa Stokes, Assistant Coach Greg Brown, Sports Information Director Ben Adamson. Back Row: Eboni Gray, Maci Wood, Katelyn Panzau, Jamie Adams, Shayla Patrick, Sara Staubach, Cara Hackmann, Joanna Granzow.
Front Row (from left): Olivia Brand, Tiffany Moe, Shelby Strang, Maddy Hogan, MaryJo Kolze, Ashley Mason, Karen Rivatto. Middle Row: Rehab Coordinator Mitch Hauschildt, Carly Thomas, Associate Head Coach Jeni Jones, Head Coach Melissa Stokes, Assistant Coach Fritz Rosenberg, Athletic Trainer Shannon Derricks, Anna Burgess, Sports Information Director Ben Adamson. Back Row: Kaitlin Jaeger, Courtney McCarter, Kayln Vlasin, Kelley Michnowicz, Amber Doolittle, Calli Norman, Christine McCartney.
2014 NCAA Tournament Information TOURNAMENT FIELD: The 2014 NCAA Volleyball Tournament field will consist of 64 teams in four regions. It’s the 17th season for the 64-team format after expanding from 56 teams in 1998. There will be 32 automatic bids and 32 at-large invitations to the single-elimination event, and the bracket will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 30. FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS: First and second round matches will be held Thursday-Friday (Dec. 4-5) or Friday-Saturday (Dec. 5-6) at 16 campus sites. The 16 sub-regional winners will advance to one of the four regional sites. REGIONALS: Four regional championships of four teams each will be played Friday-Saturday (Dec. 12-13). For the eighth season each regional championship will be held at a predetermined site. The 2014 regional sites are Seattle, Wash., Ames, Iowa, Louisville, Ky., and Minneapolis, Minn.
2008: Won 23, Lost 13 Front Row (from left): Terri Del Conte, Joanna Granzow, Addie Foley, Ashley Kell, Nikki Vandepopulier, Tiffany Moe, Maci Wood, Christina Buckner. Middle Row: Sports Information Director Ben Adamson, Strength and Conditioning Coach Tyler O’Banion, Volunteer Assistant Craig Highfill, Assistant Coach Leah Johnson, Head Coach Melissa Stokes, Associate Head Coach Coach Jeni Jones, Athletic Trainer Shannon Derricks, Rehab Coordinator Mitch Hauschildt, Student Trainer Angela Dryer. Back Row: Operation Director Courtney Bowman, Sara Staubach, Cara Hackmann, Kelley Michnowicz, Bethany Fuller, Calli Norman, Julia Cawthra, Shayla Patrick, Student Manager Abby Thomas.
2010: Won 21, Lost 10 Front Row (from left): Student Trainer Jillian Burrows, Courtney McCarter, Megan Schroeder, Christine McCartney, Tiffany Moe, Shelby Strang, Carly Thomas, MaryJo Kolze, Amber Doolittle. Middle Row: Ashley Mason, Megan Bess, Christina Freeman, Kelley Michnowicz, Calli Norman, Abby Padlock. Back Row: Student Trainer Jeff Casey, Assistant Coach Jeremiah Larsen, Athletic Trainer Shannon Derricks, Volunteer Assistant Kyp Harasymowycz, Head Coach Melissa Stokes, Melissa Gmur, Shayla Patrick, Bethany Fuller, Cara Hackmann, Student Manager Maci Wood, Sports Information Director Ben Adamson, Associate Head Coach Jeni Jones.
Bears Volleyball
FINAL FOUR: Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., is the host site for the NCAA Division I championship. The national semifinals are slated for Thursday, Dec. 18, with the title match on Saturday, Dec. 20. A year ago, Penn State beat Washington in the semifinals and Wisconsin in the finals to claim the national title. MISSOURI STATE IN THE NCAA: The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 10 times. The Bears earned an at-large berth in 1982 and lost in four games at Texas in the first round. In 1990, Missouri State won the Gateway automatic bid and fell in three games at Hawaii. In 1993, the Bears collected the MVC automatic berth and lost in three games to Illinois. In 2003, the Bears returned to the Tournament but lost in four to Arkansas at Manhattan, Kan. In 2005, the Bears won the MVC Tournament to clinch the automatic berth, falling at Missouri in the first round. In 2006, the Bears broke through with the program’s first NCAA win, defeating Arkansas 3-1 in the first round before falling 3-0 to Oklahoma. MSU made it three in a row in 2007, losing to Oregon in the first round as one of a record four MVC teams included in the field. In 2008, Missouri State fell to UAB in the first round, while the Bears fell to another Alabama school, Auburn, in 2010 as the MVC matched its 2007 record of four bids. The Bears fell to 15th-seeded Pepperdine in the 2011 first round. The current MVC membership has an 21-46 mark in NCAA volleyball competition after Missouri State, UNI and Wichita State qualified last year. The all-time Missouri State results in the NCAA: 1982 1990 1993 2003 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011
Texas def. Missouri State 15-10, 8-15, 15-7, 15-13 (Austin, Texas) Hawaii def. Missouri State 15-4, 15-11, 15-4 (Honolulu, Hawaii) Illinois def. Missouri State 15-7, 15-13, 17-15 (Springfield, Mo.) Arkansas def. Missouri State 30-26, 30-28, 16-30, 30-28 (Manhattan, Kan.) Missouri def. Missouri State 27-30, 18-30, 30-16, 26-30 (Columbia, Mo.) Missouri State def. Arkansas 28-30, 30-21, 30-27, 30-28 (Fayetteville, Ark.) Oklahoma def. Missouri State 30-19, 30-22, 30-19 (Fayetteville, Ark.) Oregon def. Missouri State 31-29, 30-20, 31-29 (Manhattan, Kan.) UAB def. Missouri State 25-17, 25-21, 25-17 (Lincoln, Neb.) Auburn def. Missouri State 25-15, 26-24, 27-25 (Lincoln, Neb.) Pepperdine def. Missouri State 25-22, 25-21, 25-16 (Malibu, Calif.)
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