2014 NCAC Volleyball Tournament Champions: WITTENBERG

Friday, Nov. 7 (All matches @ Wittenberg University)

Saturday, Nov. 8 (All matches @ Wittenberg University)

Quarterfinal Matches Match C: #3 Hiram 3, #6 Allegheny 0 (Boxscore) Match B: #4 Ohio Wesleyan 3, #5 Denison 1 (Boxscore) Match A: #1 Wittenberg 3, #8 Wooster 0 (Boxscore) Match D: #2 DePauw 3, #7 Oberlin 0 (Boxscore)

Consolation Semifinal Matches Match I: Denison 3, Wooster 0 (Boxscore) Match J: Oberlin 3, Allegheny 1 (Boxscore) Semifinal Matches Match E: Wittenberg 3, Ohio Wesleyan 0 (Boxscore) Match F: DePauw 3, Hiram 0 (Boxscore) Seventh-Place Match Match L: Wooster 3, Allegheny 1 (Boxscore) Fifth-Place Match Match K: Denison 3, Oberlin 0 (Boxscore) Third-Place Match Match H: Hiram 3, Ohio Wesleyan 1 (Boxscore) Championship Match Match G: Wittenberg 3, DePauw 1 (Boxscore)

2014 All-Tournament Team

Iris Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan
Jen Yardas, Hiram
Elisabeth Wilson, DePauw
Mary Kate Etling, DePauw
Kiah Murray, Wittenberg
Meghan Vodopich, Wittenberg< br/> MVP - Kara Seidenstricker, Wittenberg

Wittenberg (8-0, 24-3) has won its 20th North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball championship after finishing the season with a perfect mark against league foes for the fourth year in a row and the 17th time overall. Allegheny is second all-time with five titles (1985, 88-91), while Hiram, Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan have each accumulated two titles. Wooster earned the inaugural conference championship in 1984.
DePauw (7-1, 24-9) finished second in the final standings, while Hiram (6-2, 22-6) and Ohio Wesleyan (5-3, 16-9) rounded out the top-four in places three and four, respectively. Denison (4-4, 13-12) finished fifth, followed by Allegheny (3-5, 18-12) in sixth, Oberlin (2-6, 12-17) in seventh, Wooster (1-7, 7-20) in eighth and Kenyon (0-8, 6-24) in ninth.

As league champions, Wittenberg has earned the No. 1 seed and hosting rights for the 2014 NCAC Volleyball Tournament for the ninth year in a row. The 12-match, two-day event will be held at Pam Evans Smith Arena in Springfield, Ohio, November 7-8. The NCAC Volleyball Tournament is a top-eight, two-court format, with quarterfinal matches on Friday and semifinal, consolation semifinal and final place matches being played on Saturday.

In the 4:00 p.m. quarterfinal matches on Friday, No. 3 Hiram takes on No. 6 Allegheny and No. 4 Ohio Wesleyan squares off against No. 5 Denison. The 7:00 p.m. quarterfinal matches will feature No. 2 DePauw taking on No. 7 Oberlin and No. 1 Wittenberg clashing with No. 8 Wooster.

On Saturday, consolation semifinal matches will be contested at 10:00 a.m., semifinal matches at 12:00 p.m., seventh- and fifth-place matches at 3:30 p.m., the third-place match at 5:30 p.m. and the championship match at 7:30 p.m.

In addition, the NCAC Senior Recognition Ceremony and Announcement of the 2014 All-NCAC Teams will take place immediately following the semifinal matches on Saturday afternoon.

TOURNEY NOTES: The tournament winner receives the NCAC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament ... Wittenberg is the seven-time defending tournament champion and has won 19 NCAC Tournaments overall ... Allegheny follows the Tigers with five tourney championships, including four-straight between 1988-91 ... Kenyon (1986-87) and Ohio Wesleyan (1994, ‘96) each hold a pair of titles, while Hiram won the title in 2006 and Wooster earned the inaugural tournament championship in 1984 ... Wittenberg cruised through the tournament bracket a year ago with three straight 3-0 wins, knocking off Allegheny in the quarterfinals, DePauw in the semifinals and Hiram in the championship match.