Baylor VB Going Dancing, Hosting NCAA First and Second Rounds

[Allen, Madelon]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Dec. 1, 2024
Baylor VB Going Dancing, Hosting NCAA First and Second Rounds
Bears named fourth seed in lower right regional
For more information contact: Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168, madelon_allen at baylor.edu

WACO, Texas – The Baylor volleyball team was chosen as the No. 4 seed for the Lower Right Regional in the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Championship.

The team gathered at head coach Ryan McGuyre’s home for dinner, worship and fellowship, and to watch the bracket be unveiled.

This is the ninth-straight appearance for the Bears in the big dance, all under McGuyre.

BU (22-7, 14-4) will host (5) Dayton, South Carolina and Wofford in Waco at the Ferrell Center for the first and second rounds. The Bears will face Wofford on Thursday at 7 p.m. South Carolina and Dayton will play first at 4:30 p.m.

Baylor is 13-8 in the NCAA tournament under McGuyre and 16-12 overall going into the first and second rounds.

The Bears made it to the national semifinal in 2019 and the regional semifinal in three of the last four seasons.

The other four teams in Baylor's portion of the bottom-left, lower quadrant include national seeds (1) Nebraska and (8) Miami (FL), as well as South Dakota State and Florida A&M.

Thirty-two teams receive automatic qualification, with the remaining 32 teams selected as at-large by the Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee. The tournament consists of four regions with 16 teams in each region. Regional play will be hosted by the top-16 seeds in the tournament. The winners of both the first and second rounds will move on to the regionals portion of the tournament.

The Bears are one of six teams representing the Big 12 in this season's tournament. Also playing in postseason are Arizona State, BYU, Kansas, TCU and Utah. Four institutions are hosting on their campuses – BU, ASU, KU and Utah.

The full bracket can be viewed here<https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d1/2024>.

2024 Tournament Schedule
First and Second Rounds: Thursday, Dec. 5 through Friday, Dec. 6
Regionals: Thursday, Dec. 12 through Sunday, Dec. 15
Semifinals: Begin at 5:30 p.m. CT Thursday, Dec. 19 on ESPN [Louisville, Ky.]
National Championship: 2 p.m. CT Sunday, Dec. 22 on ABC [Louisville, Ky.]

Baylor Selection History
Baylor NCAA Tournament History
1999
at-large
Second Round
1-1
2001
at-large
First Round
0-1
2009
at-large
Regional Semifinal
2-1
2011
at-large
First Round
0-1
2016
at-large
Second Round
1-1
2017
12th seed
Second Round
1-1
2018
at-large
Second Round
1-1
2019
1st seed
National Semifinal
4-1
2020
12th seed
Regional Semifinal
1-1
2021
5th seed
Regional Semifinal
2-1
2022
15th seed
Regional Semifinal
2-1
2023
at-large
Second Round
1-1
2024
4th seed
12 Appearances
16-12


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Madelon Allen | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
A&T, EQ, VB, BaylorBears.com
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-252-7168

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