Volleyball Southern Conference

College of Charleston Heads to Gainesville, Fla. for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament

For the third straight year, the College of Charleston volleyball team will play in the 64-field NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship.

College of Charleston will play Arizona State (15-14) at the Stephen O’Connell Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Nov. 30. Times will be announced on Monday. This will be the first meeting between the schools.

The Cougars (27-7) defeated UNC Greensboro 3-1 in the Southern Conference volleyball title match to win its third straight tournament title last Sunday in Boone, N.C. Last year, College of Charleston became the first SoCon team to win a match in the NCAA tournament, when the Cougars defeated North Carolina 3-1 in Chapel Hill, N.C., before losing in the second round to then-No. 21 Purdue 3-0. This will be Charleston’s fourth appearance in the tournament.

The Devils, who will make their first tournament appearance since 2002, clinched a winning regular season and a shot at the tournament when they swept Arizona on Friday night in Tempe, Ariz. They finished tied for sixth with Oregon in the Pac-10.

The College of Charleston-Arizona State winner will play the winner of the Florida-Florida A&M match on Friday for the right to advance to the Gainesville regional Dec. 8-9.

Fans can order tickets to the event beginning on Monday by calling the Gator Ticket Office at 800-34-GATOR.