Lewiston, ID-The NAIA Pacific Northwest Region I Volleyball Tournament pairing were released Monday, November 12th. There are six teams in the tournament field to be held at Frontier Conference Tournament Champion, Carroll College, in Helena, MT. The field is split into two three-team pools.

The six teams, seeded one through six, are: #1 Concordia (OR) University, #2 Carroll College, #3 Lewis-Clark State College, #4 Southern Oregon University, #5 Albertson College of Idaho, and #6 Simon Fraser University. In Pool A are: Concordia, LCSC, and Simon Fraser. In Pool B are: Carroll, Southern Oregon, and Albertson.

Pool play begins on Thursday with a round-robin schedule within the pool. The two teams with the best records will advance to the semifinal round on Saturday. The winners of the two semifinal matches will play for the automatic berth to the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament in West Palm Beach, FL, November 28 through December 1st.

The schedule is as follows:

Thursday:
Concordia vs. Simon Fraser, 4:30 PM
Carroll vs. Albertson, 7:00 PM

Friday:
LCSC vs. Simon Fraser, 10:30 AM
Southern Oregon vs. Albertson, 1:00 PM
Concordia vs. LCSC, 4:30 PM
Carroll vs. Southern Oregon, 7:00 PM

Saturday:
Pool tie breaker (if necessary), 9:00 or 9:30 AM
#1 Pool B vs. #2 in Pool A, 10:30 AM
#1 Pool A vs. #2 Pool B, 1:00 PM
Championship Match, if 3rd place match is necessary, 4:30 PM
Championship Match, if 3rd place match is NOT necessary, 7:00 PM*

*-denotes would be the time of the 3rd place match--A third place match will be played if Region I is allocated a third berth to the national tournament; availability of at-large bids is based on final rankings determined Tuesday, November 13th.

All times are Mountain Standard