LIU Volleyball Awaits NCAA Tournament Seeding

11/25/05 -- After winning the 2006 Northeast Conference Championship, the Long Island University volleyball team will find out its seeding the in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 26. The 64-team bracket will be announced between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. on ESPNEWS. The Blackbirds will view the announcement on the fourth floor of the Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center.

Long Island claimed their third-straight NEC Championship with a 3-0 (30-12, 30-22, 30-22) win over Robert Morris on Nov. 19. Junior Martina Wagner (Friedrichshafen, Germany) was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Wagner, who was also named the conference’s player of the year, is ranked second in the nation in service aces, averaging 0.97 per game. As a team, the Blackbirds lead the country in that category with an average of 2.81 aces per game. Wagner is 13th in the nation in kills per game, averaging 4.98.