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NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The 2017 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Volleyball Tournament field was set in place after Tuesday’s slate of contests closed out the regular season.
 
No. 3 seed Illinois Wesleyan (22-6, 6-2) will face No. 2 seed Carthage (23-8, 6-2) at 4:30 p.m., followed by No. 4 seed Elmhurst (10-18, 5-3) facing No. 1 seed Millikin (27-6, 8-0) at 7 p.m. Both matches will take place at Millikin’s Griswold Center.
 
The one-seeded Big Blue, coming off their seventh CCIW regular season title in program history, are in the conference tournament for the ninth-straight season. Millikin is the defending tournament champion, having won this event four times in program history. The fourth-seeded Bluejays will make their 10th-straight tournament appearance.
 
The second-seeded Lady Reds have won the CCIW Tournament nine times and have qualified for every tournament ever held. The third-seeded Titans are back in the tournament for the first time since 2015 and are looking for their first title since 1997.
 
The semifinal winners will advance to the tournament championship on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Millikin. The winner will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship.
 
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.