Bowling Green To Host First Two Rounds Of NIVC; Falcons To Face Purdue Fort-Wayne Thursday

Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team on Sunday night (Dec. 1) accepted an invitation to compete in the 2019 National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC). The Falcons will host the first two rounds, facing Purdue Fort-Wayne at Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7:00 p.m at the Stroh Center. Bowling Green will also serve as the host of the Miami (Ohio) versus Texas Christian match on Dec. 5 with a 4:30 p.m. start. The winners of the two matches will play Friday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m.

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This will mark the fifth time in program history that the Falcons will partake in the postseason tournament. The Falcons were runner-ups in 1992, finished third in 1993, and made a first round appearance in 2017 and in 2018. Play for this year's tournament will begin on Thursday, December 1. A full schedule can be found below.

On the year, the Falcons are 19-12 and 11-5 within the MAC. The Orange and Brown advanced as far as the MAC Championship during the tournament, being the team's first appearance since 2012.

As for Purdue Fort-Wayne, they enter having an 18-14 record on the season while having lost both regular season matches against MAC opponents, falling to Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan. In their last match, the Mastodons fell to Denver in the Summit League Semifinals.

NIVC Schedule
Rounds 1 & 2: Dec. 5-7
Round 3: Dec. 9-12
Semifinals: Dec. 13-15
Championship: Tuesday, Dec. 17

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