NEWARK, NJ -- Rutgers-Newark will be at Princeton on Wednesday night to start its quest for an EIVA Championship.
EIVA Tournament Bracket (PDF)
The seventh-seeded Scarlet Raiders (9-13, EIVA Hay 6-2) will square off against the sixth-seeded Tigers (10-11, EIVA Tait 4-8) at 7 p.m. in Dillon Gym.
Eighth-seeded Harvard, which fell in straight sets to Rutgers-Newark in The Golden Dome on Friday night to give up the Hay Division's top seeding, will travel to No. 5 George Mason on Wednesday night in the other first round contest.
Princeton owns a 3-1 Valentine's Day win in Dillon Gym over the Raiders this season. Veteran head coach Glen Nelson -- winner of 1,109 men's and women's volleyball matches at Princeton -- has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. This match will mark his final home contest.
The winner of Wednesday night's battle will advance to play No. 3 Saint Francis in Loretto, PA, on Saturday in the quarterfinal round. The semifinals and finals will be hosted on April 30 and May 1 at top-seeded Penn State.