KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Watch Video Announcement) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the qualifying teams and opening-round matchups for the 2025 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship presented by Marriott South Sioux City Riverfront and Explore Siouxland. The 48-team event will begin with 24 championship opening round matches at campus locations on Saturday, November 22.

This year’s championship field includes 33 automatic qualifiers and 15 at-large selections. Automatic berths were given to teams that either won their respective conference tournament title, the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, regular-season championship, or finished runner-up at the conference tournament, as determined by each conference qualification plan. At-large bids were determined by the NAIA Women’s Volleyball Selection Committee. The selection committee consists of coaches and administrators from around the country.

All championship opening round matches will be broadcast by each host and can be viewed for free on the NAIA Channel of the Urban Edge Network.

Following the opening rounds, the final site pools will be announced on Sunday, November 23, at 1 p.m. CT. 

Action at the final site will take place inside the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, and will commence with three days of pool play from December 3 to 5. At the conclusion of pool play, the top team in each three-team pool will advance to the elimination bracket, starting with the quarterfinals, on Saturday, December 6. The semifinals will be played on Monday, December 8 and the Battle for the Red Banner will end Tuesday, December 9.

The 2025 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship final site in Sioux City, Iowa will be broadcast FREE on the NAIA Channel of the Urban Edge Network and the NAIA Network. 

 Quick Scroll: Opening Round Match-Ups

2025 Qualifiers

	INSTITUTION	CONFERENCE	HOW THEY QUALIFIED:
	Aquinas (Mich.)	Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference	Regular-Season and Tournament Champion
	Bellevue (Neb.)	Frontier Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Bethel (Kan.)	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	At-Large
	Bushnell (Ore.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
	College of Idaho	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
	Columbia (Mo.)	American Midwest Conference	Regular Season and Tournament Champion
	Columbia International (S.C.)	Appalachian Athletic Conference	Regular Season and Tournament Champion
	Concordia (Neb.)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Corban (Ore.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Cornerstone (Mich.)	Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	Tournament Champion
	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	At-Large
	Dillard (La.)	HBCU Athletic Conference	Tournament Champions
	Eastern Oregon	Cascade Collegiate Conference	Regular Season and Tournament Champion
	Fisk (Tenn.)	HBCU Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Florida National	Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)	Tournament Runner-Up
	Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion
	Huntington (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
	Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads League	Regular Season and Tournament Champion
	IU Kokomo (Ind.)	River States Conference	Tournament Champion
	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	At-Large
	Loyola (La.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
	Marian (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
	McPherson (Kan.)	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion
	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	At-Large
	Midland (Neb.)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	At-Large
	Missouri Baptist	Heart of America Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
	Mobile (Ala.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	At-Large
	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	Crossroads League	Tournament Runner-Up
	Nelson (Texas)	Sooner Athletic Conference	Regular-Season and Tournament Champion
	Northwest (Wash.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
	Northwestern (Iowa)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	Regular Season and Tournament Champion
	Oklahoma Wesleyan	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
	Park (Mo.)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	At-Large
	Providence (Mont.)	Frontier Conference	Tournament Regular Season and Tournament Champion
	Reinhardt (Ga.)	Appalachian Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Rio Grande (Ohio)	River States Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Simpson (Calif.)	Continental Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
	St. Thomas (Fla.)	The Sun Conference	Tournament Champion
	Stephens (Mo.)	American Midwest Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	Taylor (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
	Texas A&M - Texarkana	Red River Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
	Texas Wesleyan	Sooner Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
	The Master's (Calif.)	Great Southwest Athletic Conference	Regular-Season and Tournament Champion
	Viterbo (Wis.)	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
	Walla Walla (Wash.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large

Opening Round Match-Ups

					HOST CITY
	1 Eastern Oregon	vs		Simpson (Calif.)	La Grande, Ore.
	2 Northwestern (Iowa)	vs		Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Orange City, Iowa
	3 Concordia (Neb.)	vs		Florida National	Seward, Neb.
	4 Indiana Wesleyan	vs		Stephens (Mo.)	Marion, Ind.
	5 Corban (Ore.)	vs		Fisk (Tenn.)	Salem, Ore.
	6 Providence (Mont.)	vs		Northwest (Wash.)	Great Falls, Mont.
	7 Bellevue (Neb.)	vs		Columbia (Mo.)	Bellevue, Neb.
	8 McPherson (Kan.)	vs		Texas Wesleyan	McPherson, Kan.
	9 Cumberlands (Ky.)	vs		Columbia International (S.C.)	Williamsburg, Ky.
	10 Oklahoma Wesleyan	vs		Nelson (Texas)	Bartlesville, Okla.
	11 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	vs		Rio Grande (Ohio)	Mount Vernon, Ohio
	12 Missouri Baptist	vs		Dillard (La.)	St. Louis, Mo.
	13 IU Kokomo (Ind.)	vs		Reinhardt (Ga.)	Kokomo, Ind.
	14 The Master's (Calif.)	vs		Texas A&M-Texarkana	Santa Clarita, Calif.
	15 Aquinas (Mich.)	vs		Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Grand Rapids, Mich.
	16 St. Thomas (Fla.)	vs		Loyola (La.)	Miami Gardens, Fla.
	17 Midland (Neb.)	vs		Grand View (Iowa)	Fremont, Neb.
	18 Bushnell (Ore.)	vs		MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Eugene, Ore.
	19 Viterbo (Wis.)	vs		Huntington (Ind.)	La Crosse, Wis.
	20 College of Idhao	vs		Bethel (Kan.)	Caldwell, Idaho
	21 Mobile (Ala.)	vs		Marian (Ind.)	Indianapolis, Ind.
	22 Taylor (Ind.)	vs		Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Upland, Ind.
	23 Park (Mo.)	vs		Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Parkville, Mo.
	24 Cornerstone (Mich.)	vs		Walla Walla (Wash.)	Grand Rapids, Mich.