2022 NCAA Division 1 Volleyball Championship Bracket
 
DALLAS - Rice, the Conference USA champion, and WKU will represent C-USA in the 2022 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship, announced by the NCAA on Sunday.

The Owls (26-3) will face Colorado (20-10) in the first-round game at Baylor’s Waco Ferrell Center on December 1^st at 4:30 p.m. CT. The winner will advance to the second round on December 2^nd against the winner of Baylor/Stephen F. Austin match at 7 p.m. CT. 
 
WKU (28-3) will face Bowling Green (22-9) on December 1^st at Kentucky’s Lexington Memorial Center at 3:30 p.m. CT.  The winner will advance to play the winner of Kentucky/Loyola Chicago on December 2^nd at 6 p.m. CT.
 
Rice heads into the tournament coming off its first C-USA Championship since 2018. During the championship, the Owls defeated FIU 3-0 in the quarterfinals and won against UTEP 3-0 in the semifinals to advance to the title game versus WKU. 
 
WKU, the C-USA regular season champion will be appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight time and 15^th under head coach Travis Hudson. This comes after their fourth consecutive appearance in the conference championship match following a 14-0 record in conference play. Both the Hilltoppers and Owls have each appeared in the NCAA Tournament in the last three seasons. 
 
The 2022 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship will take place at CHI Heath Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The national semifinals will be held on December 15, followed by the final on December 17 on ESPN2.