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CITY (NAIA.org) – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has officially announced the teams and Opening Round pairings for the 2016 NAIA Volleyball National Championship. The 44-team event will get underway with 12 National Championship Opening Round matches at campus locations on Nov. 19.
The top 19 seeds and championship host Morningside (Iowa) automatically advance to the national championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa. Action inside the Tyson Events Center starts with three days of pool play from Nov. 29 – 1. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the elimination bracket on Dec. 2, and the national champion will be crowned Dec. 3 the with first-serve set for 7 p.m. CST on ESPN3.
Jamestown (25-12) finished second in the North Star Athletic Association conference tournament and received the fifth at-large bid.
2016 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Qualifiers
| Team | Qualification | Season Record | Appearances | Last Time | Record | Titles |
| Bellevue (Neb.) | At-Large 7 | 30-10 | 9th | 2013 | 10-17 | 0 |
| Biola (Calif.) | At-Large 6 | 23-9 | 16th | 2015 | 59-25 | 0 |
| Carroll (Mont.) | Frontier Conference – Tournament Champion | 23-6 | 4th | 2012 | 5-5 | 0 |
| Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest Conference – Tournament Champion | 26-11 | 23rd | 2015 | 87-43 | 4 |
| Coastal Georgia | Southern States Athletic Conference – Tournament Champion | 28-8 | 3rd | 2015 | 2-6 | 0 |
| Corban (Ore.) | Cascade Collegiate Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 22-6 | 1st | N/A | 0-0 | 0 |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 32-8 | 2nd | 2004 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Doane (Mich.) | At-Large 4 | 23-8 | 11th | 2012 | 13-25 | 0 |
| Dordt (Iowa) | At-Large 1 | 22-7 | 12th | 2015 | 25-22 | 0 |
| Eastern Oregon | Cascade Collegiate Conference – Regular Season Champion | 28-2 | 2nd | 2015 | 0-4 | 0 |
| Georgetown (Ky.) | At-Large 2 | 29-7 | 19th | 2015 | 40-45 | 0 |
| Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference – Regular Season Champion | 29-6 | 5th | 2014 | 6-8 | 0 |
| Haskell (Kan.) | Association of Independent Institutions – Highest Tournament Finisher | 13-14 | 1st | N/A | 0-0 | 0 |
| Hastings (Neb.) | Great Plains Athletic Conference – Regular Season Champion | 26-3 | 11th | 2015 | 19-25 | 0 |
| IU South Bend (Ind.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Tournament Runner-Up | 18-21 | 1st | N/A | 0-0 | 0 |
| Indiana Wesleyan | Crossroads League – Regular Season Champion | 34-2 | 6th | 2014 | 7-9 | 0 |
| IU Kokomo (Ind.) | River States Conference – Tournament Champion | 26-7 | 2nd | 2015 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Jamestown (N.D.) | At-Large 5 | 25-12 | 4th | 2014 | 1-5 | 0 |
| La Sierra (Calif.) | California Pacific Athletic Conference – Tournament Champion | 15-12 | 3rd | 2015 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Mid-South Conference – Tournament Champion | 31-1 | 7th | 2015 | 9-9 | 0 |
| Lourdes (Ohio) | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference – Tournament Champion | 26-5 | 3rd | 2015 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Madonna (Mich.) | At-Large 9 | 30-7 | 16th | 2015 | 35-31 | 0 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene | Heart of America Athletic Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 27-7 | 5th | 2015 | 11-7 | 0 |
| Midland (Neb.) | Great Plains Athletic Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 26-3 | 4th | 2015 | 7-6 | 0 |
| Missouri Baptist | At-Large 3 | 28-8 | 8th | 2015 | 16-13 | 0 |
| Mobile (Ala.) | Southern States Athletic Conference – Regular Season Champion | 30-8 | 5th | 2013 | 5-8 | 0 |
| Montana Tech | At-Large 8 | 22-9 | 3rd | 1988 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Morningside (Iowa) | Host | 19-13 | 5th | 2012 | 3-9 | 0 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | Crossroads Leauge – Highest Tournament Finisher | 31-5 | 3rd | 2015 | 1-6 | 0 |
| Oklahoma City | Sooner Athletic Conference – Tournament Champion | 30-3 | 2nd | 2010 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Ottawa (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic – Regular Season Champion | 31-7 | 4th | 2015 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | Red River Athletic Conference – Tournament Champion | 25-6 | 2nd | 2015 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Ozarks (Mo.) | Association of Independent Institutions – Tournament Champion | 28-13 | 4th | 2014 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Park (Mo.) | American Midwest Conference – Regular Season Champion | 32-2 | 4th | 2015 | 8-5 | 1 |
| Point Park (Pa.) | River States Conference – Regular Season Champion | 20-14 | 4th | 2015 | 0-3 | 0 |
| St. Andrews (N.C.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 22-14 | 2nd | 1993 | 0-4 | 0 |
| St. Francis (Ill.) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference – Tournament Champion | 29-11 | 10th | 2012 | 22-23 | 0 |
| Tabor (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 25-9 | 1st | N/A | 0-0 | 0 |
| Union (Ky.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference – Regular Season Champion | 32-9 | 5th | 2015 | 0-4 | 0 |
| Viterbo (Wis.) | North Star Athletic Association – Tournament Champion | 39-2 | 4th | 2015 | 13-4 | 0 |
| Wayland Baptist (Texas) | Sooner Athletic Conference – Highest Tournament Finisher | 24-15 | 4th | 2015 | 6-3 | 0 |
| Webber International (Fla.) | The Sun Conference – Tournament Champion | 28-2 | 2nd | 2008 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Westmont (Calif.) | Golden State Athletic Conference – Regular Season Champion | 31-0 | 10th | 2013 | 21-20 | 0 |
| Xavier (La.) | Gulf Coast Athletic Conference | 16-16 | 6th | 2015 | 0-5 | 0 |
Opening Round Schedule
Saturday, Nov. 19 | Campus Sites
Match 1 – Cornerstone (Mich.) at Union (Ky.)
Match 2 – La Sierra (Calif.) at Biola (Calif.)
Match 3 – Haskell (Kan.) at Bellevue (Neb.)
Match 4 – Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) at Corban (Ore.)
Match 5 – IU South Bend (Ind.) at Montana Tech
Match 6 – Point Park (Pa.) at Madonna (Mich.)
Match 7 – Webber International (Fla.) at Mobile (Ala.)
Match 8 – IU Kokomo (Ind.) at Ottawa (Kan.)
Match 9 – St. Francis (Ill.) at Xavier (La.)
Match 10 – Ozarks (Mo.) at Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
Match 11 – Tabor (Kan.) at Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Match 12 – St. Andrews (N.C.) at Coastal Georgia
For more information on the 2016 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Opening Round and final site, click here.