Kentucky Seeded 12th in NCAA Tournament, Hosts Opening Weekend

LEXINGTON, Ky. – For the 18th time in 18 years below head coach Craig Skinner, the College of Kentucky volleyball staff was chosen to compete within the NCAA Volleyball Championship, as introduced throughout the NCAA Choice Present on Sunday evening.

Kentucky earned the No. 12 general nationwide seed and will likely be a bunch website for the primary and second rounds this weekend in Memorial Coliseum in Lexington. Becoming a member of UK in Lexington will likely be Western Kentucky, Bowling Inexperienced and Loyola-Chicago.

All-session tickets for the NCAA Lexington Sub-Regional will go on-sale by UKathletics.com and the UK Ticket Workplace on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. ET. Kentucky season ticket holders will get precedence when buying tickets Monday morning at 9 a.m. ET earlier than common tickets go on-sale to the general public Tuesday morning. The price is $12 for reserved single-match tickets and $10 for single-match common admission tickets. Followers should buy $18 tickets for all-session reserved seating and $15 tickets for all-session common admission seats. Tickets for UK college students will likely be free with a sound UK ID upon entry to the Coliseum. There’s a group price (15 members+) that’s $5 per particular person generally admission seating.

Followers are extremely inspired to purchase tickets forward of time to keep away from traces when coming into the world.

Kentucky has reached the NCAA Match 24 occasions now in program historical past, together with 2020-21 when the Wildcats received the NCAA Nationwide Championship, turning into the primary Southeastern Convention staff to win the NCAA Volleyball Match.

The SEC’s automated qualifying spot went to Florida by advantage of a head-to-head point-scoring tiebreak with Kentucky. Aside from UF and UK, the SEC received seven groups into the large dance together with Georgia, Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee and LSU. The seven SEC groups was essentially the most of any convention within the nation.

No. 12 Kentucky (20-7, 15-3 SEC)

• SEC Champions; At-large bid
• 4 nationwide energy of schedule
• RPI – 8

Western Kentucky (28-3, 14-0 Convention USA)

• C-USA Champions; Automated Qualifiers
• 116 nationwide energy of schedule
• RPI – 24

Bowling Inexperienced (22-9, 15-3 MAC)

• MAC Champions; Automated Qualifier
• 71 nationwide energy of schedule
• RPI – 53

Loyola-Chicago (25-8, 17-1 A-10)

• A-10 Champions; Automated Qualifiers
• 157 nationwide energy of schedule
• RPI – 76

2022 NCAA Volleyball Championship

Memorial Coliseum – Lexington, Ky.

First & Second Rounds

Thursday, Dec. 1

4:30 p.m. ET – Western Kentucky vs. Bowling Inexperienced

7:30 p.m. ET – (12) Kentucky vs. Loyola-Chicago

Friday Dec. 2

7 p.m. ET – Winner of Western Kentucky/Bowling Inexperienced vs. Winner of Kentucky/Loyola-Chicago

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