National results can be found here . Some of Thursday's results are posted.

(West Virginia is playing D-I, Pittsburgh D-IAA, and Duquesne, Grove City, John Carroll and Robert Morris are D-II)

 

2008 POVL Champs - West Virginia

West Virginia was 1st place out of Pool A, 1st place out of Pool B, then defeated Case Western before taking
out the defending champ s, Pittsburgh, in the finals.

 

*Pool play was 2 games to 25, playoffs were best of 3

Pool A

WVU vs Case (25-20, 25-23)

WVU vs GCC (24-26, 25-23)

GCC vs Case (25-18, 17-25)

Pool B

Pitt vs Behrend (25-19, 25-18)

Pitt vs SRU (19-25, 25-23)

SRU vs Behrend (25-19, 20-25)

Pool C

IUP vs Duq (26-24, 24-26)

Duq vs RMU (20-25, 25-22)

RMU vs IUP (25-21, 22-25)

After the first round of pool play, teams were re-seeded into Gold, Silver and Bronze pools. Pool A finished
1. WVU, 2. GCC, 3. Case Western. Pool B finished 1. Pittsburgh, 2. Slippery Rock, 3. PSU. Pool C finished
1. Robert Morris, 2. IUP, 3. Duquesne

 

Gold Pool

WVU vs Pitt (25-15, 22-25)

RMU vs WVU (20-25, 25-22)

Pitt vs RMU (25-18, 25-16)

Silver Pool

GCC vs IUP (19-25, 27-25)

GCC vs SRU (25-22, 25-22)

IUP vs SRU (25-21, 25-18)

Bronze Pool

Case vs Duq (25-15, 25-21)

Case vs Behrend (28-26, 25-17)

Behrend vs Duq (10-25, 25-21)

6 teams advanced to the playoff bracket, with the top 2 teams from the Gold bracket receiving byes. Gold Pool finished 1. WVU, 2. Pittsburgh, 3. Robert Morris. Silver Pool finished 1. IUP, 2. GCC, 3. SRU. Bronze pool finished 1. Case Western, 2. Duquesne, 3. PSU

Quarterfinals

RMU def. GCC (25-16, 25-16)

Case def. IUP (25-23, 19-25, 17-15)

Semifinals

Pitt def. RMU (25-16, 25-22)

WVU def. Case (25-14, 19-25, 15-13)

Finals

WVU def. Pitt (18-25, 25-23, 17-15)

 

The NIRSA national tournament is April 10-12 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas