STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point volleyball team found out its first round opponent in the NCAA Tournament on Monday (Nov. 11) after winning the WIAC Tournament and earning the conference's automatic bid.  The Pointers travel to Saint Paul, Minn., to play Augsburg University.  The eight-team regional will be hosted by the University of St. Thomas.
 
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UWSP makes its ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the first since 2015.  This season, the Pointers went 6-4 against teams in the field.
 
The Pointers (26-8) are led by senior April Gehl (Hilbert, Wis./Hilbert), the 2019 WIAC Offensive Player of the Year.  Gehl holds the program record for single-season and career kills.  She is third in league history with 1,833 career kills and has been named to the All-WIAC team in each of the last three seasons.  Gehl was one of three Pointers (Ellie Adams (Racine, Wis./William Horlick) and Tara Emme (St. Nazianz, Wis./Valders)) to earn All-WIAC honors.
 
Augsburg (23-6) enters the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid after falling in five sets in the MIAC Tournament final on Saturday.  It will be Augsburg's second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and fifth overall. The Auggies had three players selected to the All-MIAC team.