DALLAS – The field is set for the 2019 Conference USA Volleyball Championship as eight teams travel to Houston, Texas, to compete for the league crown and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The three-day event, hosted by No. 21 Rice, will be played Nov. 22-24 at Tudor Fieldhouse. All matches will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Championship Bracket
Championship Central

Top-seeded No. 19 WKU (28-1, 14-0 C-USA) clinched a share of the regular-season title on Thursday before securing the crown outright with a Senior Day sweep on Sunday. The regular-season championship marks the Lady Toppers’ fifth since joining C-USA in 2014. WKU became just the fifth team in league history to hang a perfect 14-0 mark in C-USA play, the last undefeated season coming in 2016 when the Toppers rattled off 14-straight on their way to the C-USA Championship, also hosted by Rice. WKU will face No. 8 Middle Tennessee, who’s appearing in the C-USA tournament for the first time since 2013, in Friday's first quarterfinal at 12 p.m. CT.
 
The tournament host No. 21 Rice (24-2, 13-1) earned the second seed with its 19^th sweep of the season on Sunday. The Owls’ 13 C-USA wins are the most in school history and their 11-straight wins on the road mark the country’s third-longest active streak. The Owls will be pitted against seventh-seeded UTEP (13-14, 6-8) in the third quarterfinal at 5 p.m. Friday, marking a rematch of Sunday's regular-season finale between the two. The Miners more than doubled their overall and conference win totals from last season and will see C-USA tournament action for the first time since 2012.
 
North Texas (16-10, 10-4) is slotted third for its seventh-straight championship appearance since joining the league in 2013. The Mean Green will open tournament action against No. 6 UTSA in the 7 p.m. quarterfinal (15-12, 8-6) as the Roadrunners look to avenge an early first-round exit after being swept as the third seed in 2018. No. 4 Marshall (18-9, 9-5) will make the trip to Houston after falling short of a championship bid in 2018. The Thundering Herd takes on No. 5 Florida Atlantic (15-10, 9-5) at 2 p.m. Friday. With a pair of wins on the weekend, the Owls will carry their sixth winning season in a row, the longest such streak in program history. 

2019 C-USA Volleyball Championship Schedule
Friday, November 6 – Quarterfinals
Match 1: No. 1 WKU vs. No. 8 Middle Tennessee (ESPN+) 12 PM
Match 2: No. 4 Marshall vs. No. 5 Florida Atlantic (ESPN+) 2 PM
Match 3: No. 2 Rice vs. No. 7 UTEP (ESPN+) 5 PM
Match 4: No. 3 North Texas vs. No. 6 UTSA (ESPN+) 7 PM

Saturday, November 7 – Quarterfinals
Match 5: Match #1 Winner vs. Match #2 Winner (ESPN+) 12 PM
Match 6: Match #3 Winner vs. Match #4 Winner (ESPN+) 2:30 PM
 
Sunday, November 8 – Final
Match 7: Match #4 Winner vs. Match #5 Winner (ESPN+) 12 PM