BOONE, N.C. - App State Volleyball earned an automatic bid to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) on Selection Sunday. It will be the third time in program history that the Mountaineers will appear in the tournament and first appearance in the NIVC since 2018. App State's first appearance in the tournament was in 1991, two years after the tournament was established.
The Black and Gold will take on Northern Colorado (25-7, 14-2 Big Sky) on Friday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. in Statesboro, Ga. Southeast Missouri State (19-13, 15-3 OVC) will take on Georgia Southern (21-6, 10-4 SBC) at 6 p.