DANBURY, Conn. – The Penn State Altoona women's volleyball team has been selected to compete in the 2019 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament, it was announced on Monday afternoon.

This marks the seventh time in Penn State Altoona women's volleyball program history that it has earned a berth into an ECAC postseason tournament. The team's most recent ECAC Tournament appearance was at the end of the 2017 season.

The 2019 tournament bracket consists of a 12-team field, with matchups divided into four pods. Penn State Altoona took the No. 4 seed in Pod 4, and the Lady Lions will travel to play the pod's No. 1 seed, Grove City College, this Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. for a first round match.

The winner of that evening's match will advance to face either Misericordia University or Brooklyn College in the quarterfinals on Saturday, November 16 at 2:00 p.m.

Penn State Altoona women's volleyball holds a 12-12 overall record that includes a 7-3 mark in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. The Lady Lions secured the fourth seed in the AMCC Tournament and posted a win over Franciscan University in the opening round before losing to top-seeded Penn State Behrend in the semifinal round.

Grove City is 19-10 overall and went 8-8 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference this season. The Wolverines earned the sixth seed in the PAC Tournament, knocking off No. 3 seed Bethany College in the first round before bowing out with a loss to No. 2 seed Geneva College in the semifinals.

Penn State Altoona and Grove City have already met once this season, when the Wolverines posted a 3-1 (25-16, 25-22, 21-25, 25-16) victory over the Lady Lions.

To view the complete 2019 ECAC Division III Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament bracket, click HERE.

To read the ECAC Tournament release, click HERE.