RSC Volleyball Championship Central: Live Coverage, Bracket, Results
RSC Volleyball Championship Central: Live Coverage, Bracket, Results
2020 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
BRACKET I WATCH LIVE I LIVE STATS
Nov. 14-21 at Campus Sites (higher seed hosts each match)
IU Kokomo wins RSC Championship & RSC Regular-Season Championship to earn automatic qualification to NAIA National Championship. IU East earns RSC's second automatic NAIA bid as RSC Championship runner-up.
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The 2020 River States Conference Volleyball Championship qualifiers and seeds have been announced with the completion of the regular season on Nov. 11. The eight-team championship will be held Nov. 14-21 at campus sites around the conference.
The top four teams from each of the RSC East and West Divisions qualified for the championship. The quarterfinals will be Nov. 14, the semifinals will be Nov. 18, and the championship final Nov. 21. The higher seed will host each match throughout the championship, and the home team's fan attendance policy will be in place. The champion will earn automatic qualification to the NAIA National Championship in the spring.
Indiana University Kokomo is the No. 1 overall seed in the championship, and they are already guaranteed a spot in nationals as the RSC regular-season champion. The Cougars are 15-0 overall, 13-0 RSC and the champions of the RSC West Division. The Cougars will host No. 4 seed Point Park (Pa.) University from the RSC East in the quarterfinals Nov. 14.
WVU Tech is the No. 2 seed from the RSC East Division, and it will host in the quarterfinals IU Southeast, the No. 3 seed from the RSC West. The winner will move on to play the winner of IU Kokomo-Point Park in the semifinals.
Indiana University East is the other No. 1 seed in the championship as the RSC East Division champion. The Red Wolves are 11-0 overall, 10-0 RSC and are the top seed on their side of the bracket. IU East will host RSC West No. 4 seed Brescia (Ky.) University in the quarterfinals Nov. 14.
Midway (Ky.) University is the No. 2 seed from the RSC West Division, and it will host No. 3 seed University of Rio Grande (Ohio) from the RSC East in the quarterfinals. The winner will advance to the semifinals versus the winner of IU East-Brescia.
All matches of the RSC Volleyball Championship will be streamed at the RSC Game Central presented by Stretch Internet. Subscriptions will be $7.95 per single match, $19.99 for the entire championship (7 matches) or $49.99 for all-access of all sports throughout the year. Live stats are also scheduled on Dakstats.
The NAIA Volleyball National Championship begins April 17, 2021 with the NAIA National Championship Opening Round. The RSC Championship winner will qualify automatically. If IU Kokomo goes on to win the RSC Championship, the tournament runner-up will receive the RSC's second national bid. IU Kokomo earned the regular-season championship over IU East by virtue of the RSC tiebreaker procedure and percentage of sets won in conference play.