The 2024 American Athletic Conference women's volleyball tournament is the third postseason women's volleyball tournament for the American Athletic Conference, and first since 2020–2021 season, during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. It was held November 22 through November 24, 2024 at the Charles Koch Arena in Witchita, Kansas. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament.
Seeds The top eight teams will be eligible for the postseason, which consists of three round, single elimination style bracket. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. (see Tie-Breaking Policies on page 7)
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 South Florida 14-2 – 2 Rice 13-3 – 3 East Carolina 11–5 – 4 Wichita State 10–6 2–0 record against Tulsa 5 Tulsa 10–6 0–2 record against Wichita State 6 Florida Atlantic 8–8 - 7 North Texas 7–9 - 8 UAB 6–10 (see Tie Break)
Tie Break UAB, Memphis, Tulane and Temple all finished with a 6–10 record and a tied 8th place. The tie goes to UAB, here's a breakdown.
SeedSchoolhead to head among tied teamsdetail 8 UAB 3–2 (1–1 against Memphis)(1–1 against Tulane)(1–0 against Temple) - Memphis 2-2 (1–1 against UAB)(0–1 against Tulane)(1–0 against Temple) - Tulane 2–2 (1–1 against UAB)(1–0 against Memphis)(0–1 against Temple) - Temple 1-2 (0–1 against UAB)(1–0 against Memphis)(0–1 against Tulane) If head to head record in insufficient to break the tie, the following stats will be used: 2. Number of sets won between all the tied teams 3. Number of points scored between all the tied teams 4. Number of sets won in all Conference matches 5. Number of points scored in all Conference matches 6. Coin toss conducted by the Conference administrator
Schedule and results All the matches are televised on ESPN+. TimeMatchupScoreAttendance Quarterfinals – Friday, November 2211:00 amNo. 3 East Carolina vs. No. 6 Florida Atlantic2-3(22–25,27-25,25-21,12-25,14-16)4401:30 pm(delay start at 2:30)No. 2 Rice vs. No. 7 North Texas3-1(25–18, 22–25, 25–17, 25–19)1545:00 pmNo. 1 South Florida vs. No. 8 UAB3-1(25–13, 25–23, 13–25, 25–22)7907:30 pmNo. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 5 Tulsa3-0(25–20, 25–22, 25–22)1001 Semifinals – Saturday, November 2311:00 amNo. 2 Rice vs. No. 6 Florida Atlantic2-3(25–23,25-14,22-25,20-25,10-15)2582:00 pmNo. 1 South Florida vs. No. 4 Wichita State3-0(21–25,24-26,22-25)1,245 Championship – Sunday, November 2412:00 pmNo. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 6 Florida Atlantic3-0(25–22, 25–19, 25–19)1,439 Game times are CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
All Tournament Team PlayerGradePositionSchoolValeria RosadoSeniorOutside Hitter/Right-side Florida AtlanticKatelynn RobineSeniorOutside Hitter/Right-sideFlorida AtlanticAlyssa GonzalesRedshirt-FreshmanOutside HitterWichita StateMorgan Stout^Redshirt-SeniorMiddle BlockerWichita StateIzzi Strand5th year Setter Wichita StateNia McCardell5th yearLibero RiceCaroline DykesSeniorSetterSouth Florida ^Most Outstanding Player of the tournament
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