MVC Tournament Central | Bracket

After another competitive regular-season slate, the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Championship field is set as tournament seeds came down to tonight's final matches of the regular-season. Missouri State (16-2 MVC) earned the MVC regular-season championship, locking up the No. 1 seed for next week's championship.  The title was MSU's first regular season title since 2003 and is the fourth MVC title in program history. The Bears enter the championship having won 16-straight matches. Wichita State (15-3 MVC) will be the No. 2 seed, while UNI (14-4 MVC) will be the No. 3 seed. Southern Illinois (12-6 MVC) will be the No. 4 seed and Illinois State (9-9) will be the No. 5. Loyola (9-9 MVC) will be the No. 6 seed as the Ramblers were swept by Illinois State during the regular season.

Final tournament seeds are as follows:

Seed, Team (MVC Record)
1. Missouri State (16-2)
2. Wichita State (15-3)
3. UNI (14-4) 
4. Southern Illinois (12-6)
5. Illinois State (9-9)  
6. Loyola (9-9)

The Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Championship will get underway when No. 4 Southern Illinois takes on No. 5 Illinois State in the tournament opener on Thursday, Nov. 24, at 5:00 p.m., followed by host and No. 3 UNI vs. No. 6 Loyola at 7:30 p.m. The game one winner between SIU/ILS will take on No. 1 Missouri State on Friday evening at 5:00 p.m. in the first semifinal, while the UNI/LUC winner will face No. 2 Wichita State in the second semifinal at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. 

Semifinal winners will face off for the Missouri Valley Conference automatic berth into the NCAA Volleyball Championship on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 4:00 p.m.

All five matches of the 2016 MVC Volleyball Championship, including two quarterfinals on Thursday, two semifinals on Friday and the championship match on Saturday, will be available for fans to follow via live streaming on The Valley on ESPN3 (espn3.com). Greg Halbleib (play-by-play) and Linda Dollar (analyst) will call the matches live from the McLeod Center.

2016 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 24
Quarterfinal #1 – No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Illinois State, 5 PM (The Valley on ESPN3)
Quarterfinal #2 – No. 3 UNI vs. No. 6 Loyola, 7:30 PM (The Valley on ESPN3)

Friday, November 25
Semifinal #1 – No. 1 Missouri State vs. Winner SIU/ILS, 5 PM (The Valley on ESPN3)
Semifinal #2 – No. 2 Wichita State vs. Winner UNI/LUC, 7:30 PM (The Valley on ESPN3)

Saturday, November 26
Championship Match – Semifinal #1 Winner vs. Semifinal #2 Winner, 4 PM (The Valley on ESPN3)