SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Day two of the 2020 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship concluded with only eight teams advancing to play in the quarterfinals, which begins single elimination.

Scores

Jamestown (N.D.) def. Providence (Mont.), 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-18) Box Score

Dordt (Iowa) def. Park (Mo.), 3-2 (24-26, 13-25, 26-24, 25-22, 15-12) Box Score

Grand View (Iowa) def. Westmont (Calif.), 3-1 (25-18, 15-25, 25-23, 26-24) Box Score

Midland (Neb.) def. Indiana Wesleyan, 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-18) Box Score

Northwestern (Iowa) def. Corban (Ore.), 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-17) Box Score

Missouri Baptist def. Keiser (Fla.), 3-1 (25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 25-21) Box Score

Concordia (Neb.) def. Marian (Ind.), 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 25-22) Box Score

Eastern Oregon def. Central Methodist (Mo.), 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-12) Box Score

 

Highlights

  • There were four, three-set matches, three, four-set matches and one, five-set match in the second day of pool play
  • There were four No. 2 seeds in their pool that upset the No. 1 in their pool: Concordia (Neb.), Dordt (Iowa), Midland (Neb.) and Grand View (Iowa).
  • No team advancing to the quarterfinals has won a national title.
  • This is the second time that Northwestern (Iowa) and Corban (Ore.) have faced each other in pool play and Northwestern has won both of those match-ups.
  • Concordia (Neb.) notched out the defending national champions, Marian (Ind.).
  • This is the first time that Concordia (Neb.) has advanced out of pool play. The team made its first appearance in an opening round in 2015 and then played in pool play in 2019 and in 2020 the Bulldogs advance to the quarterfinals for the first time.
  • This is the second time that Eastern Oregon and Central Methodist (Mo.) have faced each other in pool play and Eastern Oregon had won both matches.
  • Five Great Plains Athletic Conference teams remain in competition: Jamestown (N.D.), Dordt (Iowa), Midland (Neb.), Northwestern (Iowa), Concordia (Neb.). The other conferences represented in the quarterfinals are the Heart of America Athletic Conference, American Midwest Conference and the Cascade Collegiate Conference.