GREENVILLE, Pa. – Thiel College will host the 2012 Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) Championship Tournament this Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14, at Beeghly Gymnasium. The event will feature three of the top five programs in Division III, including top-ranked Carthage College, with the winner earning a spot in the first-ever Division III Men's Volleyball Championship.

On Friday, Thiel (#3 East) will open play as they take on third-ranked University of California-Santa Cruz (#2 West) at 4 p.m. Stevenson University (#2 East) faces Milwaukee School of Engineering (#3 West) at 7 p.m. to close out the opening day of action.

On Saturday, fourth-ranked Juniata College (#1 East) will take on the winner of the UC-Santa Cruz / Thiel winner at 11 a.m., followed by top-ranked Carthage (#1 West) facing the winner of the Stevenson / MSOE at 2 p.m. Saturday's championship contest is slated to get underway at 7 p.m.

The CVC intends on all five tournament matches being streamed live, as well as in-game statistics being available for each match.

Links for these broadcasts and statistics will be available via the Thiel College athletics home page, www.thielathletics.com, the CVC home page, www.thecvc.org as well as on the Thiel College Athletics Facebook page, www.facebook.com/thielathletics.