HUTCHINSON, Kan.-The opening round of the 2023 NJCAA D1 Women's Volleyball Championship went about as predicted on Wednesday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena with the exception of No. 9 seed College of Southern Idaho edging No. 8 seed Odessa College in 5 sets 3 games to 2.
All the other higher seeds advanced to today's quarterfinals which gets under way at the Sports arena at 10am.
Those teams that lost in the first round will play on in the consolation bracket for 9th place and become a single elimination bracket with four of the sixteen teams in the National field being eliminated today.
WEDNESDAY RESULTS:
#6 Weatherford (TX) defeated #11 Blinn College (TX) 25-16, 25-19, 25-21
#3 Miami Dade (FL) defeated #14 Casper (WY) 25-23, 25-14, 25-19
#2 Northeastern (CO) defeated #15 Mineral Area (MO) 25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 19-25, 15-5
#7 Navarro (TX) defeated #10 New Mexico (NM) 25-18. 25-20. 25-13
#1 Florida Southwestern (FL) defeated #16 Colby (KS) 25-14. 25-18, 25-18
#9 College of Southern Idaho (ID) defeated #8 Odessa (TX) 25-19, 18-25, 25-18, 21-25, 16-14
#5 Trinity Valley (TX) defeated #12 Daytona State (FL) 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21
#4 Salt Lake (UT) defeated #13 Indian Hills (IA) 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-7