CHARLOTTE, NC - The Northampton women's volleyball team earned the #12 seed for the upcoming NJCAA Division III National Tournament and will face 5th seeded Finger Lakes Community College (NY) in the opening round on November 12th.  The Lakers are currently 34-1 overall and defeated the Spartans back on October 10th, 3-1 (25-19, 26-24, 18-25, 25-23).

The Spartans, 16-6, captured the automatic bid to the national tournament with a victory over Raritan Valley Community College in the East District A championship on Saturday October 31st, sweeping the Lions, 25-12, 27-25, 25-17. 

The NJCAA National Tournament includes 16 teams, 12 of which earned automatic bids and 4 at-large selections. 

Click on the National Tournament Link for the tournament bracket and match-ups.

Northampton is the only team from Pennsylvania in the field of 16.

Tournament Seeding 
#1 Dallas-Eastfield (TX)
#2 Sandhills (NC)
#3 Rochester (MN)
#4 Dallas-Brookhaven (TX)
#5 Finger Lakes (NY)
#6 Lorain County (OH)
#7 Minnesota West (MN)
#8 DuPage (IL)
#9 Minnesota State (MN)
#10 Caldwell Tech (NC)
#11 Fashion Institute (NY)
#12 Northampton (PA)
#13 Jefferson (NY)
#14 SUNY Orange (NY)
#15 Bergen (NJ)
#16 Bunker Hill (MA)