NCAA Championship Central

Romeoville, Ill. – The NCAA men's volleyball committee announced on Sunday (April 27) that the No. 11 Lewis University men's volleyball team received an at-large bid and will take on No. 12 Penn State on Tuesday (April 29) in a play-in match to compete for the 2014 National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship.
 
The fourth-seeded Flyers (23-7) will take on fifth-seeded Nittany Lions (24-6) on Tuesday (April 29) at 8 PM at Gentile Arena on the campus of Loyola University Chicago.
 
"I am excited for the team and the program to continue to play for a shot at the national championship," Lewis head men's volleyball coach Dan Friend said. "The team has battled through a lot of tough matches and their body of work has put us in this position."
 
The Flyers fell to No. 1 Loyola 3-1 (16-25, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25) on Saturday (April 26) in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament Finals at Gentile Arena. Lewis looks to avenge a 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 24-26, 20-25) regular-season loss to Penn State at Neil Carey Arena on March 22^nd.
 
The winner of the Lewis-Penn State match will take on tournament host and top-seeded Loyola on Thursday (May 1) at 8 PM.

The other play-in match has third-seeded Stanford facing sixth-seeded Erskine at 6 PM on Tuesday, with the winner advancing to play second-seeded Brigham Young. The championship match will be played on Saturday (May 3) at 7 PM.