TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati volleyball continues its historic NCAA Tournament run as it travels to Stanford for Regional action this weekend.
The Bearcats will face No. 11 seed Penn State on Friday night at 8 p.m. EST in the Regional Semifinal. The winner of that match and the winner of the No. 3 Stanford/No. 17 Utah match will face off for a spot in the finals on Saturday at 10 p.m. EST.
// COVERAGE
• Friday's first match will stream live on ESPN3
• The Regional Final will air on ESPNU
• The host Cardinal will provide live stats at GoStanford.com
// TICKETS
• Tickets for the Stanford Regional are $40 for reserved seating and $30 for general admission for all sessions
• Fans can purchase tickets at GoStanford.com
• All matches will be played at Maples Pavilion
// BEARCATS VERSUS THE REGION
• UC is 0-5 all-time against Penn State
• The last meeting was in 2003 when the Bearcats fell 3-1 at No. 11 Penn State
• The two teams faced off in UC's first NCAA postseason appearance in 1981
• The Nittany Lions are 26-5 this season, the No. 11 national seed and ranked No. 8 in the most recent AVCA poll
• They hosted first and second round matches, beating Princeton 3-0 and Towson 3-1
• UC and Stanford have met just once before, back in 2007 when the Bearcats lost 3-0 at home to the No. 2 Cardinal
• Stanford is 26-4 this season and ranked No. 3 in the nation in both NCAA seeding and the AVCA poll
• The Cardinal swept both Denver and Cal Poly in the first and second rounds
• UC is 0-2 all-time against Utah and faced the Utes as recently as 2017
• In the 2017 season-opener, the Bearcats fell 0-3 at a neutral site to the No. 23 team
• UC took Utah to five sets in the other meeting in 2009 when Utah was No. 19, but UC fell 3-2
• The No. 17 Utes are 24-9 entering Regional play
• They beat Illinois 3-2 and BYU 3-0 in first and second round matches hosted by BYU
// PREVIOUS NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The Bearcats are the only team in American Athletic Conference history to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and have now done so in three of the past four seasons
1981: at Penn State, L 0-3
1999: vs Santa Clara, L 1-3
2000: vs No. 20 Notre Dame, L 0-3
2001: vs Xavier, W 3-1; at No. 10 Ohio State, L 1-3
2002: vs Arizona State, L 2-3
2003: vs UCF, L 2-3
2008: vs WKU, W 3-2; at No. 9 Illinois, L 0-3
2009: at Ohio State, L 1-3
2010: vs WKU, W 0-3; at No. 14 Illinois, L 1-3
2011: vs Samford, W 3-2; vs Florida State, L 2-3
2016: vs No. 16 Florida State, L 1-3
2018: vs Illinois State, W 3-0; at No. 15 Marquette, L 0-3
2019: vs VCU, W 3-1; vs No. 6 Pitt, W 3-2
// AWARD WINNERS
• Jordan Thompson has begun her storied postseason awards haul as she continues to break program records
• As a CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American she is just the second UC player to earn both athletic and academic All-America honors in her career
• Earlier this week she was named AVCA North Region Player of the Year, becoming the first Region Player of the Year in program history
• Thompson leads the nation in kills, points, kills per set and points per set for the second-straight season
• She ranks seventh all-time in kills in NCAA career history and is one of seven players to record 50 kills or more in a single match
• She is the UC and AAC leader in career kills, single-season kills and single-match kills, with room to still reset those records this year
• Thompson is the most decorated athlete in Bearcats history and is on pace to be the only to average more than 5.00 kills per set in her career
• Sophomore Maria Mallon joined her with All-Region honors, landing a well-deserved spot on the Honorable Mention list
• Mallon is also a two-time First Team All-AAC honoree
• Head Coach Molly Alvey has also reached a new milestone during the postseason
• The team's first round win versus VCU was the 200th in her head coaching career
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Follow the Bearcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.
The Bearcats will face No. 11 seed Penn State on Friday night at 8 p.m. EST in the Regional Semifinal. The winner of that match and the winner of the No. 3 Stanford/No. 17 Utah match will face off for a spot in the finals on Saturday at 10 p.m. EST.
// COVERAGE
• Friday's first match will stream live on ESPN3
• The Regional Final will air on ESPNU
• The host Cardinal will provide live stats at GoStanford.com
// TICKETS
• Tickets for the Stanford Regional are $40 for reserved seating and $30 for general admission for all sessions
• Fans can purchase tickets at GoStanford.com
• All matches will be played at Maples Pavilion
// BEARCATS VERSUS THE REGION
• UC is 0-5 all-time against Penn State
• The last meeting was in 2003 when the Bearcats fell 3-1 at No. 11 Penn State
• The two teams faced off in UC's first NCAA postseason appearance in 1981
• The Nittany Lions are 26-5 this season, the No. 11 national seed and ranked No. 8 in the most recent AVCA poll
• They hosted first and second round matches, beating Princeton 3-0 and Towson 3-1
• UC and Stanford have met just once before, back in 2007 when the Bearcats lost 3-0 at home to the No. 2 Cardinal
• Stanford is 26-4 this season and ranked No. 3 in the nation in both NCAA seeding and the AVCA poll
• The Cardinal swept both Denver and Cal Poly in the first and second rounds
• UC is 0-2 all-time against Utah and faced the Utes as recently as 2017
• In the 2017 season-opener, the Bearcats fell 0-3 at a neutral site to the No. 23 team
• UC took Utah to five sets in the other meeting in 2009 when Utah was No. 19, but UC fell 3-2
• The No. 17 Utes are 24-9 entering Regional play
• They beat Illinois 3-2 and BYU 3-0 in first and second round matches hosted by BYU
// PREVIOUS NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The Bearcats are the only team in American Athletic Conference history to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and have now done so in three of the past four seasons
1981: at Penn State, L 0-3
1999: vs Santa Clara, L 1-3
2000: vs No. 20 Notre Dame, L 0-3
2001: vs Xavier, W 3-1; at No. 10 Ohio State, L 1-3
2002: vs Arizona State, L 2-3
2003: vs UCF, L 2-3
2008: vs WKU, W 3-2; at No. 9 Illinois, L 0-3
2009: at Ohio State, L 1-3
2010: vs WKU, W 0-3; at No. 14 Illinois, L 1-3
2011: vs Samford, W 3-2; vs Florida State, L 2-3
2016: vs No. 16 Florida State, L 1-3
2018: vs Illinois State, W 3-0; at No. 15 Marquette, L 0-3
2019: vs VCU, W 3-1; vs No. 6 Pitt, W 3-2
// AWARD WINNERS
• Jordan Thompson has begun her storied postseason awards haul as she continues to break program records
• As a CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American she is just the second UC player to earn both athletic and academic All-America honors in her career
• Earlier this week she was named AVCA North Region Player of the Year, becoming the first Region Player of the Year in program history
• Thompson leads the nation in kills, points, kills per set and points per set for the second-straight season
• She ranks seventh all-time in kills in NCAA career history and is one of seven players to record 50 kills or more in a single match
• She is the UC and AAC leader in career kills, single-season kills and single-match kills, with room to still reset those records this year
• Thompson is the most decorated athlete in Bearcats history and is on pace to be the only to average more than 5.00 kills per set in her career
• Sophomore Maria Mallon joined her with All-Region honors, landing a well-deserved spot on the Honorable Mention list
• Mallon is also a two-time First Team All-AAC honoree
• Head Coach Molly Alvey has also reached a new milestone during the postseason
• The team's first round win versus VCU was the 200th in her head coaching career
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Follow the Bearcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow Head Coach Molly Alvey on Twitter.