KINGSPORT, Tenn. (SESN) — The 2024 WinWon Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Women’s Volleyball Tournament bracket is set, and Columbia International is the regular-season champion and the No. 1 seed.
Columbia International sealed the top seed with a 3-0 sweep over Reinhardt on Saturday to finish 19-1 in conference play. The Rams’ lone loss was to Reinhardt, which is the No. 2 seed at 18-2.
As the regular-season champion, Columbia International earned an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship Tournament. The AAC has a second automatic berth, which goes to the tournament champion.
The 10-team, single-elimination tournament gets underway on Thursday, Nov. 14, and runs through Saturday, Nov. 16, at the MeadowView Marriott Convention Center & Conference Resort in Kingsport, Tenn.
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Since teams play an unbalanced schedule with eight teams playing 21 conference games while seven teams play 20, a point system is used to determine the seeding for the tournament. A team receives a half-point for winning a match within its division and one point for a win over a team from the other division. In all, the maximum number of points a team can earn is 14.
Here are the tournament seeds:
- Columbia International (29-2, 19-1 AAC) – 13.5 points
- Reinhardt (23-6, 18-2 AAC) – 12.5 points
- Milligan (23-7, 18-3 AAC) – 12.0 points
- Johnson (27-6, 16-5 AAC) – 10.5 points
- Bluefield (19-12, 14-7 AAC) – 9.0 points
- Union Commonwealth (14-17, 12-9 AAC) – 8.5 points
- Pikeville (17-12, 12-9 AAC) – 8.0 points
- Truett McConnell (13-17, 10-10 AAC) – 7.0 points
- Montreat (9-11, 9-11 AAC) – 5.5 points
- Tennessee Wesleyan (10-21, 7-14 AAC) – 4.5 points*
*-Tennessee Wesleyan and Bryan tied for the No. 10 seed as both had 4.5 points. However, Tennessee Wesleyan swept the season series to earn the No. 10 seed.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, Nov. 9
Game 1 – No. 7 Pikeville (17-12) vs. No. 10 Tennessee Wesleyan (10-21), 12 pm
Game 2 – No. 8 Truett McConnell (13-17) vs. No. 9 Montreat (9-11), 2 pm
Friday, Nov. 10
Game 3 – No. 1 Columbia International (29-2) vs. Game 2 Winner, 11 am
Game 4 – No. 2 Reinhardt (23-6) vs. Game 1 Winner, 1:30 pm
Game 5 – No. 4 Johnson (27-6) vs. No. 5 Bluefield (19-12), 4 pm
Game 6 – No. 3 Milligan (23-7) vs. No. 6 Union Commonwealth (14-17), 6:30 pm
Saturday, Nov. 11
Game 7 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 10 am
Game 8 – Game 4 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 12:30 pm
Game 9 – Championship Game – Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 4:30 pm
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