The road to DeVos Fieldhouse for the Hope volleyball team will take the Flying Dutch to the Chicago area.
The Flying Dutch will play in a NCAA Division III regional at Elmhurst (Ill.) College this week.
Hope (29-2 overall) will face Webster (Mo.) from the Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. CST Webster is 26-8 on the season.
Other first-round matchups at Elmhurst feature DePauw, Ind. (25-6) vs. Otterbein, Ohio (26-7) at 3 p.m. CST, Washington-St. Louis (26-7) vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater (27-11) at 5:30 p.m. CST, and Dominican (Ill.) vs. Elmhurst (35-4) at 8 p.m. CST.
The semifinals will be on Friday and 4:30 and 7 p.m. CST, while the regional final is Saturday at 7 p.m. CST.
Tickets cost $6 for adults and $4 for students and seniors.
Tickets will be sold at the door only each day. Sales, which are cash only, will begin at 11:30 a.m. CST on Thursday.
Tickets will be sold Friday at 3:30 p.m. CST and Saturday at 6 p.m. CST.
Click here to see Elmhurst's regional volleyball website.
Hope is hosting the Division III Women's Volleyball Championship on Nov. 21-23 at DeVos Fieldhouse.
This is the Flying Dutch's sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 11th overall.
Hope has gone to the NCAA Tournament seven times during coach Becky Schmidt's 10-year tenure, including a national semifinal appearance in 2009.
Tickets for the Nov. 21-23 national championships are on sale.
Three-day, all-session tickets are available for purchase now. Cost is $20 for adults and $15 for students/children.
Single-day prices are $8 for adults and $6 for students/children also are available for purchase now.
Seating will be general within designated sections.
To ask questions regarding tickets for the Volleyball Championships, please call (616) 395.7890 or email tickets@hope.edu. The DeVos Fieldhouse ticket office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
