Dodge City volleyball season continues at the NJCAA Division I National Tournament after winning the Region 6 and Plains District titles to earn an automatic bid to Hutchinson. 
 
The Conquistadors learned they will be the #4 seed in a 16-team field bracket for the national tournament, and they will take on #13 seed Northeastern Junior College in the first round. 
 
The National Tournament is set for November 18^th-21^st in Hutchinson, Kansas at the Sports Arena, and the Conqs will play in one of the final first-round games on Wednesday, November 18^th at 7:00 pm. The action Wednesday, November 18th through Friday, November 20th will all be live-streamed on NJCAA Network, with the final day of competition to be featured on ESPN+.
 
The Conqs enter the National Tournament 29-5, having won the program's first-ever KJCCC title by going 15-1 in conference and taking the Region 6 and Plains District titles. The 15 conference wins are a program record for a single season, and the Conqs take a 14-match win streak into the national tournament. As a team, the Conqs lead the KJCCC in blocks (286), blocks per set (2.36), aces (251), and aces per set (2.07), while averaging 11.42 kills per set, along with 10.46 assists and 13.45 digs per set. 
 
The trip to nationals is just the second time in school history, with the lone other time happening in 2004 when the Conqs finished national runner-up at the NJCAA DII level.
 
The Conqs look to make a run at the National Tournament as they compete at the highest level, starting the tournament on Wednesday, November 18^th against Northeastern at 7:00 pm.