A.I.I. News
11.18.2008 - [Volleyball]
St. Thomas claimed the inaugural Association of Independent Institutions Championship this past weekend, outlasting the competition to advance to the NAIA National Championships.
- recap courtesy Embry-Riddle (AZ)
It was a great weekend of volleyball in Prescott between four NAIA A.I.I (Association of Independent Institutions) teams, who for the first time in each schools' history, had the opportunity to qualify for Nationals. The tournament kicked off Friday the 14th at ten o'clock with # 1 seed University of St. Thomas out of Houston beating # 4 seed Embry Riddle Aeronautical University of Prescott in a competitive start, and finished the four game match (20-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-23).
Taking place at the same time on court two, # 2 seed Lambuth (TN) defeated # 3 seeded Our Lady of the Lake (TX) in another close four game match (25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19). Match 3 and 4 took place at two o'clock with Lambuth defeating Embry Riddle in three (25-12, 25-17, 25-20) and St. Thomas beating Our Lady of the Lake, also in three (26-24, 25-23, 25-10). The final matches of the day took place at five o'clock with each team gearing up to play the only team they hadn't played yet that day. On court one, Our Lady of the Lake fought for a win over Embry Riddle in a tight four game match (25-20, 26-24, 20-25, 25-19). St. Thomas defeated Lambuth in a straight three game match on court two (25-20, 25-23, 25-18) to finish off the first day of the AII tournament, with all teams seeded as they were initially.
Day two of the A.I.I. tournament took place on Saturday the 15th and was single elimination with all matches played on one main court. Starting at nine o'clock, University of St. Thomas (1) took Embry Riddle (4) out of the tournament in three games (25-21, 25-13, 25-21) and thus advanced on to the finals. Match two for the day started at eleven o'clock between Lambuth (2) and Our Lady of the Lake (3).
Lambuth had already defeated Our Lady in a tight four game match the day before but Our Lady of the Lake pulled off the win in an upset against Lambuth to advance to the finals (25-17, 27-25, 25-21). The A.I.I. tournament championship game started at five o'clock that night between #1 St. Thomas and # 3 Our Lady of the Lake. Our Lady fought hard in this three game match but couldn't stand up to St. Thomas' aggressive, quick offense and scrappy defense (26-24, 25-22, 25-19).
University of St. Thomas now advances to the first round of the National Tournament as they head to San Diego, California to compete with the #13 seeded Point Loma Nazarene University. The winner of this first round match will then travel to Sioux City, Iowa as a top 24 team vying for the 2008 NAIA Volleyball Championship title.
- recap courtesy Embry-Riddle (AZ)
It was a great weekend of volleyball in Prescott between four NAIA A.I.I (Association of Independent Institutions) teams, who for the first time in each schools' history, had the opportunity to qualify for Nationals. The tournament kicked off Friday the 14th at ten o'clock with # 1 seed University of St. Thomas out of Houston beating # 4 seed Embry Riddle Aeronautical University of Prescott in a competitive start, and finished the four game match (20-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-23).
Taking place at the same time on court two, # 2 seed Lambuth (TN) defeated # 3 seeded Our Lady of the Lake (TX) in another close four game match (25-19, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19). Match 3 and 4 took place at two o'clock with Lambuth defeating Embry Riddle in three (25-12, 25-17, 25-20) and St. Thomas beating Our Lady of the Lake, also in three (26-24, 25-23, 25-10). The final matches of the day took place at five o'clock with each team gearing up to play the only team they hadn't played yet that day. On court one, Our Lady of the Lake fought for a win over Embry Riddle in a tight four game match (25-20, 26-24, 20-25, 25-19). St. Thomas defeated Lambuth in a straight three game match on court two (25-20, 25-23, 25-18) to finish off the first day of the AII tournament, with all teams seeded as they were initially.
Day two of the A.I.I. tournament took place on Saturday the 15th and was single elimination with all matches played on one main court. Starting at nine o'clock, University of St. Thomas (1) took Embry Riddle (4) out of the tournament in three games (25-21, 25-13, 25-21) and thus advanced on to the finals. Match two for the day started at eleven o'clock between Lambuth (2) and Our Lady of the Lake (3).
Lambuth had already defeated Our Lady in a tight four game match the day before but Our Lady of the Lake pulled off the win in an upset against Lambuth to advance to the finals (25-17, 27-25, 25-21). The A.I.I. tournament championship game started at five o'clock that night between #1 St. Thomas and # 3 Our Lady of the Lake. Our Lady fought hard in this three game match but couldn't stand up to St. Thomas' aggressive, quick offense and scrappy defense (26-24, 25-22, 25-19).
University of St. Thomas now advances to the first round of the National Tournament as they head to San Diego, California to compete with the #13 seeded Point Loma Nazarene University. The winner of this first round match will then travel to Sioux City, Iowa as a top 24 team vying for the 2008 NAIA Volleyball Championship title.
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