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NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana will play Voorhees at 10 a.m. Friday at XU's Convocation Center to begin its quest for a fourth consecutive Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship in women's volleyball.
The GCAC announced seedings, pairings and match times Monday for the eight-team, single-elimination event. The Convocation Center will be the site of four of the seven matches.
The Gold Nuggets (18-5) are the No. 1 seed for the fourth straight year. They are 57-0 against GCAC opponents since a five-set loss to SUNO in semifinals of the 2010 conference tournament.
Voorhees (4-21) is seeded eighth. Xavier defeated the Lady Tigers 25-8, 25-9, 25-7 Sept. 29 at XU and 25-5, 25-12, 25-13 Oct. 26 at Voorhees.
On Friday, XU will play host to a noon quarterfinal -- No. 4 Philander Smith vs. No. 5 Talladega -- and a 3 p.m. semifinal matching the XU-Voorhees winner and the Philander Smith-Talladega winner. SUNO will be the site of two quarterfinals and one semifinal Friday.
The quarterfinals at SUNO will be No. 2 SUNO vs. No. 7 Edward Waters at 10 a.m. and No. 3 Dillard vs. No. 6 Tougaloo at noon. Those winners will meet at 3 p.m.
The championship match will start at noon Saturday at XU. The Gold Nuggets defeated SUNO 25-23, 25-18, 25-15 in the 2013 final at Little Rock, Ark.
Tickets will cost $5 for ages 13 and older. There will be free admission for children 12 and younger and GCAC-member students with valid school identification cards.
The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship, which will begin Nov. 22 with 12 first-round matches on campus sites. The NAIA will announce the 36-team field for nationals on Nov. 16.
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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