INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Flagler College volleyball team received the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional which will be held Nov. 18-20 at Cuddy Arena on the campus of Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina. The winners of the eight regionals will advance to the national finals Dec. 1-3 at the Royal Brougham Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

Flagler (18-9) opens play in the tournament against No. 3 seed Carson-Newman University (27-5). The Saints have split two matches against the Eagles in regional play. In 2010, Flagler swept Carson-Newman in a semifinal match at Wingate. The Eagles won in four sets in 2019, also a semifinal match at Wingate. Flagler leads the all-time series 2-1. The Saints are making their 11^th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and is the only team from the region to win a match in the elite eight portion of the tournament.

Flagler earned the Peach Belt Conference's automatic berth when it won the league's tournament title for the seventh time since joining the PBC in 2009. The Saints defeated USC Aiken in five sets in the championship match. Jordan Berglin was selected as the tournament's most valuable player, and she joined Edie Lamoreaux on the all-tournament team. Berglin earned first-team All-PBC honors for the second year in a row as she led the Saints with 3.02 kills per set and her 2.20 digs per set were second only to Lamoreaux's 4.07. Kennedy Muff was the PBC's Setter of the Year for the third time, which has never happened before in the league's history. She averaged 8.89 assists per set, but also averaged 1.20 kills, 2.06 digs and 0.61 blocks per set. Logan Garcia was selected to the All-PBC second team after averaging 1.89 kills and 0.93 blocks per set. She also hit .285.  

Carson-Newman had its seven-match winning streak snapped in a 3-0 loss to Wingate University in a South Atlantic Conference Tournament championship match. The Eagles are led by first team All-SAC outside hitter Julia Wheeler. She led the conference with 4.43 kills per set. Wheeler made the SAC All-Tournament Team with Abby Hildenbrand, who earned second team all-conference honors. The senior setter averaged 6.88 assists and 1.25 kills per set. Blake Cherry and Emmagrace Cobb earned third team all-conference honors. Carson-Newman is 3-1 against PBC competition this year. Th only loss for the Eagles came against Augusta University.  

The regional schedule is listed below:
   
Southeast Regional
Hosted by Wingate University, Wingate, N.C. – Nov. 17-19
No. 3 Carson-Newman University (27-5) vs. No. 6 Flagler College (18-9), noon   
No. 2 Augusta University (24-7) vs. No. 7 UNC Pembroke (21-13), 2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Anderson University (21-7) vs. No. 5 Lander University (20-9), 5 p.m.
No. 1 Wingate University (29-2) vs. No. 8 USC Aiken (19-13), 7:30 p.m.

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Flagler's history in the NCAA Southeast Regional

2009 (at Wingate, N.C.)
def. Lees-McRae, 3-2
def. Armstrong Atlantic, 3-1
def. Wingate, 3-1

2010 (at Wingate, N.C.)
def. Armstrong Atlantic, 3-1
def. Carson-Newman, 3-0
lost to Wingate, 0-3

2011 (at Wingate, N.C.)
def. Newberry, 3-0
def. Armstrong, 3-0
def. Wingate, 3-2

2012 (at Savannah, Ga.)
lost to Newberry, 1-3

2013 (at Wingate, N.C.)
def. Queens, 3-0
lost to Armstrong, 2-3

2015 (at Aiken, S.C.)
lost to Lenoir-Rhyne, 1-3

2016 (at Aiken, S.C.)
def. Lander, 3-0
lost to Queens, 2-3

2017 (at St. Augustine, Fla.)
def. Barton, 3-0
def. Anderson, 3-2
def. Wingate, 3-0

2019 (at Wingate, N.C.)
def. Queens, 3-0
lost to Carson-Newman, 1-3

2021 (at Anderson, S.C.)
lost to Wingate. 0-3