INDIANAPOLIS--Three Pacific West Conference teams are on the NCAA radar in volleyball, according to the first west region list of teams under postseason consideration.
This first announcement is not in rank order, but does list alphabetically the top ten teams on the watch list as we head into the final two weeks of the regular season. Next Wednesday (Nov. 12) will rank the teams heading into the final week of the regular season.
Fresno Pacific, Hawai`i Hilo and
Point Loma made the list, giving the PacWest three squads in the hunt.
Ultimately, the conference tournament champions from the PacWest, the GNAC and the CCAA will gain automatic NCAA tournament berths, and the next five teams selected will come from this final list for an eight-team tournament. In this alphabetical list, the GNAC had five teams and the CCAA has two.
Here is today's alphabetical list, with records against Division II opponents listed.
*Alaska Anchorage (16-4)
*Alaska Fairbanks (17-3)
*CSU Los Angeles (14-6)
*Cal Poly Pomona (16-4)
*Central Washington (13-4)
*Fresno Pacific (20-0)
*Hawai`i Hilo (15-7)
*Point Loma (15-2)
*Simon Fraser (16-2)
*Western Washington (16-3)