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Nov. 30, 2008

The University of Louisville volleyball team drew Purdue in the first round of the NCAAs and will play Friday at 6:30 p.m. in West Lafayette.

It is the 19th NCAA Appearance and the 11th straight for the 19-10 Cardinals, who will face the No. 10 ranked Boilermakers, who post a 24-8 record.

The winner will advance to play the winner of the Miami (OH) (21-11) /Middle Tennessee (26-7) matchup at 5 p.m. Saturday.

"We are happy to be going to the Dance. We have overcome injuries and other obstacles to get here," said U of L head coach Leonid Yelin. "I am happy to be playing only three or four hours away so our fans can travel and support us."

U of L fell to Purdue 3-0 earlier this season at the Dayton Flyer Classic. While there, the Cardinals beat Miami of Ohio 3-2. The Cardinals have lost to Middle Tennessee in the first round of the NCAAs in 2006 and 2007 both in the KICC.

2008 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship

LEFT SIDE OF BRACKET
UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL
December 5-6 at University Park, Pennsylvania
*No. 1 Penn St. (32-0) vs. Long Island (19-11)
Yale (20-5) vs. Ohio (24-7)
December 5-6 at Dayton, Ohio
Western Mich. (26-6) vs. Dayton* (21-12)
Tennessee Tech (19-12) vs. No. 16 Tulane (27-5)
December 5-6 at Champaign, Illinois
*No. 9 Illinois (24-7) vs. Milwaukee (23-8)
Cincinnati (26-6) vs. Western Ky. (26-9)
December 5-6 at Berkeley, California
New Mexico St. (25-8) vs. St. Mary's (Cal.) (20-7)
Siena (20-12) vs. *No. 8 California (23-6)

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON REGIONAL
December 5-6 at Seattle, Washington
*No. 5 Washington (24-4) vs. Portland St. (20-8)
Santa Clara (17-9) vs. Kansas St. (24-7)
December 5-6 at Clemson, South Carolina
Tennessee (22-9) vs. Clemson* (22-9)
Furman (21-13) vs. No. 12 Utah (24-5)
December 4-5 at Lexington, Kentucky
No. 13 St. Louis (28-4) vs. Alabama A&M (12-14)
*Kentucky (26-5) vs. Michigan (24-8)
December 5-6 at Lincoln, Nebraska
UAB (26-7) vs. Missouri St. (23-12)
Liberty (25-8) vs. *No. 4 Nebraska (27-2)

RIGHT SIDE OF BRACKET
AUSTIN, TEXAS REGIONAL
December 5-6 at Austin, Texas
*No. 3 Texas (25-3) vs. Lamar (17-11)
Wichita St. (29-1) vs. Rice (23-7)
December 5-6 at Los Angeles, California
San Francisco (22-7) vs. Duke (24-8)
LSU (18-9) vs. *No. 14 UCLA (20-10)
December 5-6 at Washington, DC
No. 11 Oregon (23-8) vs. Delaware (19-15)
*American (24-8) vs. North Carolina (21-10)
December 5-6 at Minneapolis, Minnesota
UNI (25-8) vs. Iowa St. (19-12)
North Dakota St. (24-3) vs. *No. 6 Minnesota (26-6)

FORT COLLINS, COLORADO REGIONAL
December 5-6 at Los Angeles, California
No. 7 Hawaii (28-3) vs. Belmont (25-7)
San Diego (23-4) vs. *Southern California (16-11)
December 5-6 at West Lafayette, Indiana
Middle Tenn. (26-7) vs. Miami (Ohio) (21-11)
Louisville (19-10) vs. *No. 10 Purdue (24-8)
December 5-6 at Gainesville, Florida
*No. 15 Florida (25-3) vs. Florida A&M (14-12)
Florida Int'l (28-6) vs. Colorado St. (22-6)
December 5-6 at Stanford, California
Pepperdine (20-7) vs. Long Beach St. (25-5)
Albany (N.Y.) (23-8) vs. *No. 2 Stanford (26-3)