BYU women’s volleyball gets No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament
The No. 4 Cougars will face Boise State in the first round Friday.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heather Gneiting hits ht ball for BYU, as Berkely Oblad defends for the Utes, in volleyball action between Utah and BYU, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019.
The BYU women’s volleyball team received their seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night, and the Cougars could get at least a couple more games in front of their home crowd.
The Cougars will host the first two rounds of the tournament in the Smith Fieldhouse after getting seeded No. 11. They will face Boise State at 7 p.m. on Friday. Utah and Utah Valley will play earlier that same day.
The winners of those Friday games will play each other on Saturday. No. 4 BYU (28-1) won the West Coast Conference title and is currently on a 21-match winning streak.
Tickets for all the matches will go on sale Tuesday.
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