GREENVILLE, S.C. – Francis Marion University has claimed the top seed in the 2025 Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Championship which begins on Saturday, November 15.
The Patriots, who posted an 18-2 record in Conference Carolinas play won the east division and own an overall record of 21-9. Francis Marion earned the top spot with a KPI of .188, and advances to the tournament semifinals at The Student Center Complex in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday, November 22 at 5:00 p.m.
Southwest division champion, Converse University also advances to the semifinals as they earned the second seed with a KPI of .169. The Valkyries own an overall record of 21-7 and went 16-4 in Conference Carolinas contests. They will play in the second semifinal on Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Emmanuel University earned the third seed with a KPI of .136 as they advance to the quarterfinals on Friday, November 21. The Lions own an overall record of 18-9 while going 15-5 in league play and will play the winner of the UNC Pembroke (16-14, 13-7), Shorter University (15-13, 12-8), and Barton College (10-17, 7-13) preliminary round. That quarterfinal match will be on Friday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m.
UNC Pembroke earned the sixth seed and will host No. 7 Shorter and No. 12 Barton on Sunday, November 16 in Pembroke, North Carolina. The Hawks will take on Barton at 11:00 a.m. with the winner taking on UNC Pembroke at 1:30 p.m.
The fourth and fifth seeds are North Greenville University and Lees-McRae College. North Greenville will be the fourth seed with a KPI of .085 while the Bobcats take the fifth seed with a .071 KPI.
North Greenville (14-13, 12-8) will host ninth seed King University (12-15, 10-10) and 10th University of Mount Olive (12-16, 10-10) in Tigerville, South Carolina on Saturday, November 15. The Tornado will face Mount Olive at 5:00 p.m. with the winner taking on North Greenville at 7:30 p.m.
Lees-McRae (13-17, 12-8) will host eighth seed Southern Wesleyan University (13-12, 11-9) and 11th seed Belmont Abbey College (11-16, 11-13) on Saturday, November 15 in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Southern Wesleyan will face Belmont Abbey at 1:00 p.m. with the winner taking on Lees-McRae at 4:00 p.m.
All KPI comparisons within .002 are considered ties for the purpose of seeding and the conference's tiebreakers are used to resolve those comparisons. As a result, Lees-McRae (.071) received the fifth seed over UNC Pembroke (.069) by virtue of a head-to-head win. Similarly, Southern Wesleyan (.026) received the eighth seed over King (.026) by virtue of a head-to-head win in their lone meeting of the regular season.
Southern Wesleyan advances to the Conference Carolinas Tournament for the second time in as many years. The Warriors concluded the regular season with a 13-12 overall recorded and were 11-9 in conference action. They picked up key wins against Young Harris, North Greenville, the University of Mount Olive and Emmanuel to help propel them to their eighth seed selection.
Fans can watch every game of the tournament live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network powered by Hudl at ConferenceCarolinas.com/watch. Fans can purchase an all-tournament pass for $25 or a daily pass for $10.
Information regarding the championship schedule and bracket are available at the links below.
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2025 Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Championship
First Round – Saturday, November 15 (Nos. 4, 5 & 6 Host)
No. 8 Southern Wesleyan vs. No. 11 Belmont Abbey at Lees-McRae, 1:00 p.m.
No. 9 King vs. No. 10 Mount Olive at North Greenville, 5:00 p.m.
First Round – Sunday, November 16 (Nos. 4, 5 & 6 Host)
No. 7 Shorter vs. No. 12 Barton at UNC Pembroke, 11:00 a.m.
Second Round – Saturday, November 15 (Higher Seed Hosts)
Winner of 9-10 at No. 4 North Greenville, 7:30 p.m.
Winner of 8-11 at No. 5 Lees-McRae, 4:00 p.m.
Second Round – Sunday, November 16 (Higher Seed Hosts)
Winner of 7-12 at No. 6 UNC Pembroke, 1:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals – Friday, November 21 (Student Center Complex – Bristol, Tenn.)
Winner of 5-8-11 vs. Winner of 4-9-10, 5:00 p.m.
Winner of 6-7-12 vs. No. 3 Emmanuel, 7:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Saturday, November 22 (Student Center Complex – Bristol, Tenn.)
Winner of 4-5-8-9-10-11 vs. No. 1 Francis Marion, 5:00 p.m.
Winner of 3-6-7-12 vs. No. 2 Converse, 7:30 p.m.
Final – Sunday, November 23 (Student Center Complex – Bristol, Tenn.)
Winner of Semifinal No. 1 vs. Winner of Semifinal No. 2, 3:00 p.m.
