Wingate Takes the Top Spot in NCAA Southeast Regional, Queens, Carson-Newman and Anderson Also Earn Bids

ROCK HILL, S.C.  (theSAC.com) – The Wingate Bulldogs, the Queens Royals, the Carson-Newman Eagles, and the Anderson Trojans will all represent the South Atlantic Conference in the NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Southeast Regional, the NCAA announced tonight.

Wingate is the No. 1 seed, Queens is the No. 2 seed, with Carson-Newman earning the No. 3 seed, and Anderson taking the No. 6 seed. 

The previously ranked Bulldogs will host regionals starting on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Cuddy Arena against the No.8 Seed Emmanuel. The SAC Women's Volleyball Tournament Runner-up Royals will take on the No. 7 seed Flagler, while this year's SAC Volleyball Tournament Champion Eagles will go up against fellow conference opponent the No. 6 seed Anderson.

Eight eight-team regionals will be played at on-campus sites. Regional competition will be single-elimination, best three-of-five-set matches and will not include a third-place match. The winners of each of the eight regionals will advance to the finals, Dec. 12-14, at the Auraria Event Center in Denver. Metropolitan State University of Denver will serve as the host. Competition at the finals site will be single-elimination; best three-of-five-set matches.

To see the full 64-team bracket visit: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d2/2019

2019 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship Southeast Regional

GM 1: Wingate (29-2) vs. No. 8 Emmanuel (Georgia) (20-12)

GM 2: Queens (North Carolina) (24-6) vs. No. 7 Flagler (23-8)

GM 3: Carson-Newman (25-7) vs. No. 6 Anderson (South Carolina) (22-7)

GM 4: Augusta (27-8) vs. No. 5 South Carolina Aiken (25-5)

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