Gophers Earn No. 4 Seed in NCAA Tournament

MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 18 University of Minnesota volleyball program has earned an at-large bid within the 2025 NCAA Division I Volleyball Tournament. The Golden Gophers (22-9, 12-8 Big Ten) had been positioned within the Pittsburgh area and can tackle Fairfield in spherical one. The first two rounds will happen on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6, it was introduced tonight through the choice present on ESPN.

Minnesota acquired a No. 4 seed and can tackle Fairfield (25-5, 17-1 MAAC) within the second match of the night, set for 7 p.m. The match will likely be preceded by No. 5 seeded Iowa State (22-7, 12-6 Big 12) in opposition to St. Thomas (21-9, 11-5 Summit League). The winner of every match will advance to the Second Round, set for 7 p.m. CT on Saturday night. All matches will likely be performed at Maturi Pavilion.

Should the Gophers advance out of the primary two rounds, Minnesota is in the Pittsburgh Region and can journey to Pittsburgh, Pa., for the NCAA Regionals from Dec. 11-13. The Panthers (26-4, 18-2 ACC) are the event’s No. 4 total seed.

Kansas City, Mo., is the host metropolis for the NCAA Championships. The Final Four will take place Dec. 18-21 because the nationwide semifinals and championship match will likely be performed on the T-Mobile Center.

The 2025 season marks the thirtieth 12 months the Golden Gophers have superior to the NCAA event. Receiving an at-large bid this 12 months, the Gophers have now superior to the event in 11 straight seasons and 26 of the final 27 total. As a program, Minnesota has had 30 straight profitable seasons, courting again to the 1995 season.

Minnesota is one among eight Big Ten groups to make the 2025 NCAA event. Nebraska holds the No. 1 total seed, the one Big Ten staff set two hosts the primary 4 rounds of the event.

In addition to the Gophers, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Penn State, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, UCLA and USC made the event.

In all, the Gophers confronted 15 groups that make up the sphere of 64. Along with the different Big Ten groups Minnesota confronted this season, the Gophers additionally competed in opposition to Cal Poly, Loyola Chicago, Marquette, St. Thomas, South Florida, South Dakota State and Texas A&M made the event.

The Gophers enter the NCAA event with a 22-9 (12-8 Big Ten) total file. They positioned in a tie for sixth within the Big Ten behind solely Nebraska (20-0), Wisconsin (17-3), Purdue (15-5) and USC (15-5).

TV and Tickets:

All first and second spherical matches will likely be streamed on ESPN+. Tickets for most people will be bought at gophersports.com beginning Monday morning at 10 a.m. CT.

First and Second Round Schedule (at Maturi Pavilion):

Friday, Dec. 5:

4:30 p.m. CT – No. 5 Iowa State vs. St. Thomas

7 p.m. CT (or half-hour following the primary match) – No. 4 Minnesota vs. Fairfield

Saturday, Dec. 6:

7 p.m. CT –  Game One Winner vs. Game Two Winner