Cowgirls selected to NIVC and will play South Dakota
* University of Wyoming press release
LARAMIE -- For the first time since 2019, the Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team will be participating in postseason play. Wyoming was selected to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) announced Sunday night.
The Cowgirls will travel to Greeley, Colo., to face South Dakota in the first round of the tournament as Northern Colorado will be the host site for rounds one and two in UW’s four-team pod. Wyoming and the Coyotes play at 3 p.m., Thursday, November 30. This will mark the fourth time UW will be playing in the NIVC. The Cowgirls made three consecutive trips to the tournament from 2017-19.
UNC and Valparaiso comprise the rest of the four-team pod. The tournament is a single-elimination format with all games being played at host-school sites. Eight teams host rounds one and two in four-team pods and then single matches in the final three rounds.