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2024 SU Volleyball Team

Women's Volleyball Rodney Kirschner Deputy Athletics Director | Director of Strategic Communications | Sports Information Director

Southern Earns #7 Seed, Will Face Jackson State In The 2024 SWAC Volleyball Tournament Quarterfinals Matchup

BIRMINGHAM, Ala | The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its 2024 SWAC Volleyball Tournament seedings following the conclusion of regular season play.
 
Florida A&M (16-0 SWAC) enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed.
 
Jackson State claimed the No. 2 seed (13-3 SWAC), while Prairie View A&M claimed the No. 3 seed (13-3 SWAC) followed by No. 4 seed Bethune-Cookman (12-4 SWAC).
 
Texas Southern (9-7 SWAC) enters the tournament as the No. 5 seed.
 
Alabama State claimed the No. 6 seed (8-8 SWAC), while Southern claimed the No. 7 seed (8-8 SWAC) followed by No. 8 seed Grambling State (6-10 SWAC).

This will be the Jaguars first appearance in the SWAC Tournament since the 2021 season. Also, the 11 wins are tied for most wins since the 2019 season. 

In the event of a tie in conference records the league's tiebreaker policy was used to determine final seedings.

Tournament Bracket
  
The tournament will be played in a single-elimination format with action set to start at 11:00 a.m. CST on Friday, Nov. 22nd with matches slated to run through Sunday, Nov. 24th at the Hobdy Assembly Center located on the campus of Grambling State University.
 
Quarterfinals and semifinals matches will be available live on the SWAC Digital Network.
 
The complete tournament bracket can be found at the link above. Please click here to purchase tickets for the event.
 
Friday, November 22
Match 1 – No. 1 Florida A&M vs. No. 8 Grambling State- 11:00 am
Match 2 – No. 4 Bethune-Cookman vs. No. 5 Texas Southern- 1:30 pm
Match 3 – No. 2 Jackson State vs. No. 7 Southern- 4:00 pm
Match 4 – No. 3 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 6 Alabama State- 6:30 pm

Saturday, November 23
Match 5 – Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2 - 2:00 pm  
Match 6 – Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4 - 4:30 pm 
 
Sunday, November 24
Match 7 – Championship- 2:30 pm
 
All times listed Central Standard Time (CST)
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.

Women's competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
 
 
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