WASHINGTON (November 26, 2017) – The NCAA Volleyball Committee announced its 64-team bracket where Coach Shaun Kupferberg and the Howard University Women's Volleyball team drew the top-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions in the opening round. The announcement came Sunday night.
 
Howard, the 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) volleyball champion, will take on No. 1 Penn State Friday, Dec. 1 in State College, Pa. The match is set for 7:30 p.m.
 
Sunday (Nov. 19), HU (16-15) won its third consecutive MEAC tournament championship with a straight-set win over Florida A&M (FAMU). Howard made its fourth straight appearance in the title match while becoming the first program since FAMU won nine straight from 2001-09, to win three straight MEAC titles.
 
Overall, this will be Howard's fourth NCAA appearance.
 
Penn State (29-1) won the Big Ten championship and currently rides a 19-match winning streak. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 1 in the latest Top 25 poll from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
 
VCU-Pittsburgh is the other first-round match-up on Friday in State College. The winners of the two first-round matches will square off on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com. For media inquiries, contact Derek Bryant - Assistant Athletic for Media Relations (derek.bryant@howard.edu).