VB Earns NCAA Tournament Bid
11/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 29, 2009
NCAA Tournament Bracket
INDIANAPOLIS - Baylor's volleyball team earned its third-ever bid into the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship, and will travel to Los Angeles, Calif., to take on Georgia Tech in the first round at 5:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. CT on Friday, Dec. 4.
Baylor (22-9) will be playing in the tournament for the first time since 2001, and just the third time in program history with the only other appearance in 1999. Baylor is 1-2 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, winning its first-round match over Temple in 1999 before being swept by site-host Penn State. In 2001, the Bears lost to site-host Colorado State in 2001.
The berth is the first for Baylor under sixth-year head coach Jim Barnes, who will be looking for his 100th win at the helm of the Bears. Barnes has posted a 99-90 record in five-plus seasons at Baylor.
Baylor's first-round opponent, Georgia Tech, enters with an overall record of 21-9 after finishing 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a league record of 15-5. The meeting will be the first-ever between the two schools.
UCLA will serve as the site host, taking on Long Beach State in the first round. The four teams make up one-fourth of the Gainesville, Fla., Regional.
Friday's winner will face the winner of UCLA and Long Beach State in the second round on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. PT/9 p.m. CT.
