Western Kentucky volleyball will be the No. 2 seed when the 2018 Conference USA Volleyball Tournament begins later this week in Huntington, W. Va.
The Lady Toppers will meet No. 7 seed Southern Mississippi at 4 p.m. CST Friday in a quarterfinal match. The event's bracket was finalized Sunday.
Coach Travis Hudson's squad takes a 20-9 record into the tournament. The Lady Toppers are seeking a fifth straight C-USA tourney title, which would bring with it a fifth straight automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
All seven postseason matches will be streamed live on ESPN+, which requires a separate subscription than ESPN3 or CUSA.