The 2017 National Invitational Volleyball Championship began on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 and concluded on Tuesday, December 12. The first 15 automatic qualifying teams were announced on Sunday, November 21, and the full field was announced after the NCAA Tournament selection show on the night of Sunday, November 26. All games were played at on-campus sites, and the finals were streamed live on ESPN3.

Originally announced as featuring 64 teams, the inaugural tournament was limited to 32 teams.

The University of Mississippi's "Ole Miss" Rebels hosted one of the eight regional tournaments, where they defeated Stephen F. Austin 3–0 and Arkansas State 3–1. While remaining a host team through the rest of the tournament, Ole Miss downed Georgia 3–0 in the quarterfinals, West Virginia 3–0 in the semifinals, and Texas Tech 3–0 in the championship match.

Qualifying Teams Automatic qualifications (AQ) were granted to the best team from each of the 32 conferences that was not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament. An automatic qualifier from any conference that declined a bid vacated the qualifier for that conference. Invitations were declined by nine teams and/or their conferences. Three conferences were given at-large bids but no AQs, based on criteria set by Triple Crown Sports. Vacancies were filled by at-large bids offered to the teams with the highest RPI, regardless of conference or geographic location. Teams were assigned to four-team geographic regionals that met at on-campus sites.

Automatic qualifiers

RPISchoolConferenceRecordRPISchoolConferenceRecord 47 North Texas C-USA 28–3 57 Georgia SEC 19–1065 Charleston *Towson Colonial 27–526–5 69 Texas State Sun Belt 24–9 72 West Virginia Big 12 16–12 76 Temple American 17–9 78 Sacramento State Big Sky 26–9 79 UC Irvine Big West 21–7 87 Wyoming Mountain West 17–13 88 Illinois State MVC 20–11 90 SIU Edwardsville Ohio Valley 23–6 98 Pacific West Coast 16–13 100 Syracuse ACC 19–12 101 Stephen F. Austin Southland 26–7 107 Oral Roberts Summit 15–13 123 Bowling Green MAC 17–11 157 Campbell Big South 20–11 160 Albany America East 11–14 220 Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC 27–8 312 Alabama A&M SWAC 14–19 — No AQ, 2 At-Large bids Horizon — No AQ, 1 At-Large bid Patriot — No AQ, 1 At-Large bid Patriot — Conference and/or teamdeclined invitation ASUN—— Conference and/or teamdeclined invitation A10 — Big East Big Ten Ivy MAAC NEC Pac-12 WAC * = College of Charleston, one of the first 15 announced AQs received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament and was replaced by Towson.

At-large bids RPISchoolConferenceRecordRPISchoolConferenceRecord 73Rice C-USA 21–8 77SMU American 20–9 80TCU Big 12 11–16 82Ole Miss SEC 17–14 86UCF American 17–13 89Boise State Mountain West 17–13 96Arkansas State Sun Belt 20–11 104Green Bay Horizon 15–15 108Colgate Patriot 18–10 110IUPUI Horizon 16–14 118Texas Tech Big 12 15–13 127UNC Greensboro SoCon 19-11

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All games were played at campus sites. The sixteen first and eight second round regional tournament games were played November 28–December 1, 2017. Four quarterfinal games were played December 3–6. The two semifinal games were played December 7–9. The final game was played at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 12 and live-streamed on ESPN3.

Regions († = host) Stockton, CANovember 28–29 Athens, GANovember 28–29 Morgantown, WVNovember 28–29 Oxford, MSNovember 29–30 Pacific Tigers (16–13) † Georgia Lady Bulldogs (19–10) † West Virginia Mountaineers (16–12) † Ole Miss Rebels (17–14) † Boise State Broncos (17–13) Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs (14–19) Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (27–8) Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (26–7) Sacramento State Hornets (26–9) UNC Greensboro Spartans (19–11) Campbell Lady Camels (20–11) Arkansas State Red Wolves (20–11) UC Irvine Anteaters (21–7) UCF Knights (17–13) Temple Owls (17–9) SIU Edwardsville Cougars (23–6) Denton, TXNovember 30–December 1 Green Bay, WINovember 30–December 1 San Marcos, TXNovember 30–December 1 Hamilton, NYNovember 30–December 1 North Texas Mean Green (28–3) † Green Bay Phoenix (15–15) † Texas State Bobcats (24–9) † Colgate Raiders (18–10) † Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (15–13) Bowling Green Falcons (17–11) Rice Owls (21–8) Towson Tigers (26–5) Wyoming Cowgirls (17–13) IUPUI Jaguars (16–14) Texas Tech Red Raiders (15–13) Albany Great Danes (11–14) TCU Horned Frogs (11–16) Illinois State Redbirds (20–11) SMU Mustangs (20–9) Syracuse Orange (19–12) Quarterfinal Sites Semifinal sites Final site Oxford, MSSunday, December 31 PM CST Morgantown, WVMonday, December 46 PM EST Fort Worth, TX (2 games)Wednesday, December 64 PM & 7 PM CST Fort Worth, TXThursday, December 77 PM CST Oxford, MSSaturday, December 94:30 PM CST Oxford, MSTuesday, December 127 PM EST

H = host; h = home team; v = visitor

All-tournament team Source = Player School Class Hometown (High school) Emily Stroup (MVP) Ole Miss Sophomore Fargo, ND (Fargo South) Kate Gibson Ole Miss Senior Sedalia, CO (Valor Christian) Caroline Adams Ole Miss Junior Lafayette, LA (St. Thomas More Catholic) Missy Owens Texas Tech RS Junior Yorba Linda, CA (Yorba Linda) Kate Klepetka Texas Tech RS Senior Allen, TX (Allen) Mia Swanegan West Virginia Senior Blue Springs, MO (Blue Springs South) Anna Walsh TCU Junior Grapevine, TX (Colleyville Heritage)

References

External links NIVC website