Western Washington Draws 5th Seed in West Regional
Western Washington earned an automatic bid by winning the GNAC title (Photo by Nick Gonzales)
Western Washington earned an automatic bid by winning the GNAC title (Photo by Nick Gonzales)

Monday, November 25, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. - Western Washington drew the No. 5 seed and will take on fourth-seed Sonoma State in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Volleyball West Regional tournament.

The regional will be held Dec. 5-7.  Top-seed Cal State San Bernardino will be the host.

The Vikings will be joined in the regional by two other GNAC teams - Alaska Anchorage and Central Washington.

The Seawolves are the No. 7 seed and will play second-seed and defending champion BYU-Hawaii in the quarterfinals.  Central Washington drew the No. 8 seed and will take on the host Coyotes in the quarterfinals.

NCAA Division II West Regional (Dec. 5-7 at San Bernardino): Thursday - #3 UC San Diego (25-5) vs. #6 Dixie State (17-9), noon; #2 BYU-Hawaii (24-1) vs. #7 Alaska Anchorage (21-9), 2:30 p.m.; #4 Sonoma State (25-5) vs. #5 Western Washington (23-3), 5 p.m.; #1 CSU San Bernardino (25-5) vs. #8 Central Washington (15-11), 7:30 p.m.  Friday - Semifinals st 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m..  Saturday - Championship at 7 p.m.