Knights Volleyball draws 14 seed at national tournament, opens against Century

Haverhill, MA (October 31^st, 2023) – The Northern Essex women's volleyball team has been announced as the #14 seed in the upcoming NJCAA National Tournament slated to begin on Thursday November 9^th at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse Arena in Cedar Rapids, IA.

The Knights will open up national tournament play on November 9^th at 9:00am CT/10:00am ET as they will play #3 seed Century College of Minnesota.

With a win, the Knights would send advance to a winner's bracket match on Thursday evening at 5:30pm, a loss and the Knights will move into Friday morning's elimination bracket at 10:00am.

The NECC and Century match winner will get the winner of Finger Lakes Community College (NY) and College of Dupage (IL).

The tournament will conclude with the national championship match and placement matches on Saturday November 11^th.

Northern Essex is making its first ever appearance in the national tournament and as a team currently lead the nation in aces per set with 5.86 while Vielka Sanchez (Lawrence) ranks second nationally contributing 1.87 aces per set. Abigail Heredia (Lawrence) ranks second nationally in hitting percentage at .421.

Tournament Seeding:

1. Dallas-Eastfield
2. Owens (OH)
3. Century
4. Monroe-Bronx
5. Fulton-Montgomery (NY)
6. Finger Lakes (NY)
7. Caldwell Tech (NC)
8. Harper College (IL)
9. Delta College (MI)
10. Dallas-Brookhaven
11. DuPage (IL)
12. Alexandria Tech (MN)
13. Northampton (PA)
14. Northern Essex
15. Raritan Valley (NJ)
16. Dutchess (NY)