Pentagon to host Summit League Volleyball Championship
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League Volleyball Championship is slated for the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and will be held April 2-3.
Summit League officials announced Wednesday its scheduling plan for volleyball, who had its regular season pushed to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The schedule will allow for student-athletes to compete in a meaningful league schedule in the spring while focusing on the health and safety of all those involved.
The regular season in volleyball will precede a Championship event, which will feature the top four teams from the regular season competing for a chance to earn the league’s automatic bid to the subsequent NCAA Championship.
The schedule is subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volleyball
- 16-match regular season beginning Sunday, Jan. 31 and going through Saturday, March 27.
- The league’s nine members will play a double-round robin format with each team receiving one bye during the spring season. Teams will play the same opponent twice at one site.
- A four-team Championship will take place April 2-3 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.
- South Dakota, the 2019 regular season champion, will retain the right to host the 2021 Championship.
