INDIANAPOLIS - For the third straight season, the 20th-ranked Puget Sound Loggers have earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship and for the second straight season, they will face off against Cal Lutheran in the first round.

The Loggers (18-6, 12-4 Northwest Conference) meet the Regals (20-11, 11-3 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) at 2:00 p.m. PST on Thursday in the first round of the tournament for the second straight season.  In 2008, Cal Lutheran collected a three-set sweep in a match played at the University of La Verne.

Facing the winner of the match between Puget Sound and Cal Lutheran will be top-seed Colorado College.  The Tigers (33-4, 12-2 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) earned the lone bye in the region.

On the other side of the regional bracket, Pacific Lutheran (20-6, 16-0 NWC) will face off against La Verne (21-13, 10-4 SCIAC) at 4:00 p.m. PST.  The winner of that match will play the winner of the final match between Chapman (18-13) and host Redlands (22-5, 12-2 SCIAC), which is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PST.

Admission to the matches is $5 for adults, $4 for students with current school identification, $3 for children ages 3-12, and free for kids 2 and under.

The winner of the West Regional will meet the winner of the Central Regional on November 19 in University Heights, Ohio.

2009 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship Bracket