(11-25-2018 11:02 PM)ETSUfan#2 Wrote:  Looks like Purdue was good enough to make the tournament, but not good enough to get ranked in the tournament. I'm not really that knowledgeable about women's volleyball, but here's hoping that they do well. I don't expect a championship banner anywhere, but a 1st round upset would be pretty cool.

The previous two times ETSU went to the tournament they faced a ranked/seeded opponent. So I think it bodes well for an upset that they are not facing a ranked team. Like you I don't know a lot about volleyball but the Big 10 does seem to be one of the stronger if not the strongest conference. I still like their chances though since they beat two top 25 teams in the tournament, including Washington State who got a ranked/seed in the tournament.

Impressive that they are the first Socon team to ever receive an at-large, but they got it by playing a tough schedule and winning some of those tough games.