Women's Volleyball | 11/17/2019 6:20:00 PM

    BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The West Liberty University women's volleyball team will be the No. 5 seed on Thursday when the Mountain East Conference Tournament begins its three-day run at the McDonough Center in Wheeling.
    Coach Kayla Mull's Hilltoppers won a three-way tiebreaker with Notre Dame and Fairmont State for fifth place in the final standings and will take on No. 4 seed Davis & Elkins in Thursday's 5 p.m. quarterfinal.
    Tournament action tips off at noon with No. 3 seed West Virginia State taking on No. 6 seed Notre Dame followed by a 2:30 p.m. match between No. 2 seed Urbana and No. 7 seed Fairmont State.
    The Hilltoppers and Senators get the evening session under way at 5 p.m. before top-seeded and defending champion Wheeling closes out the quarterfinal round with a 7:30 p.m. match against No. 8 seeded Charleston.
    The West Virginia State/Notre Dame winner opens Friday's semifinal session with a 5 p.m. match against the Urbana/Fairmont State survivor. If the Black and Gold get past Davis & Elkins on Thursday, they will advance to Friday's 7:30 p.m. semifinal against the Wheeling/Charleston winner.
    Friday's semifinal victors return to the McDonough Center Saturday at 7 p.m. to play for the MEC Tournament championship and the league's automatic bid to next week's NCAA D2 Atlantic Regional.
  No. 3 W.Va. State vs. No. 6 Notre Dame, Noon
No. 2 Urbana vs. No. 7 Fairmont State, 2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Davis & Elkins vs. No. 5 WEST LIBERTY, 5 p.m.
No. 1 Wheeling Jesuit vs. No. 8 Charleston, 7:30 p.m. W.Va. State/Notre Dame winner vs. Urbana/Fairmont State winner, 5 pm
Davis & Elkins/WEST LIBERTY winner vs. Wheeling Jesuit/Charleston winner, 7:30 pm Friday's winners, 7 p.m.