No. 17 Volleyball will travel to Waverly, Iowa, face No. 7-ranked Colorado College in First Round of NCAA Division III Tournament

November 8, 2021

By Tim Glon

ADA — The No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team will travel to Waverly, Iowa, to face No. 7-ranked Colorado College in the First Round of the 2021 NCAA III Tournament on Friday.

The Polar Bears (22-5 overall) are making their 33rd NCAA Tournament appearance in the 41-year history of the event.

Ohio Northern qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament title with a 3-0 sweep of No. 24 Otterbein, giving ONU the league's automatic bid.

The Tigers (29-5) were an at-large selection after finishing runners-up in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season standings and had a third place finish in the SCAC Tournament.

The ONU-CC winner will face either No. 4-ranked and tournament host Wartburg (Iowa) or Cornell (Iowa) in the second round on Saturday.

The Regional finals will be held on Sunday.

Match times will be announced later.

Other first round opponents on Friday include No. 22 Wisconsin-Stevens Point against Bethel (Minn.) and No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps playing Aurora (Ill.)

Check back to ONUSports.com for further details as they become available.