Find sites with the Volleyball Voices Search Engine
Volleyball Voices is the doorway to the Volleyball web. Our search engine focuses on volleyball web sites. Can't find what you are looking for? Just use the search box to find what you need on the volleyball web.
As a service to Volleyball Voices readers, we will provide verbatim texts of selected press releases issued by volleyball-related organizations, federations, schools and universities, businesses and sponsors.
These press releases will appear as sent to Volleyball Voices and are not edited for spelling, grammar or punctuation.
Blog Directory www.free-seo.jp free SEO guide & Free SEO techniques about various Search Engine Optimization resources available around us on the internet. Submit your url, Add reciprocal link exchange directory.
Crimson Tide to appear on Fox SportSouth and CSS this season
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – With the announcement of the 2012 Southeastern Conference volleyball television schedule, the Alabama Crimson Tide will make two television appearances during the upcoming season, with one home match and one away match being televised.
Alabama will make its first television appearance on Sunday, Oct. 28, when it travels to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Lady Vols. The match will begin at noon central time and will be televised on Fox SportSouth (SPSO).
UA’s final home match of the season has been picked up by Comcast Sports South (CSS). That match has the Tide hosting rival Auburn on Sunday, Nov. 18, at Foster Auditorium. The match, which was originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m., will now begin at 1 p.m. CT to accommodate the CSS broadcast schedule.
Areas covered by Comcast will see matches on CSS while areas covered by Cox will see matches on CST. Every ESPNU match will be streamed at WatchESPN. ESPNU reaches over 73 million homes. The SportSouth telecasts will be distributed to over 30 million homes in the FOX regional footprint and the CSS package will be available in more than 10 million homes.
BATON ROUGE – The seven-time defending SEC Western Division champion LSU volleyball team unveiled its 2012 schedule Thursday highlighted by 16 matches versus 2011 NCAA Tournament opponents.
The Tigers also are scheduled to play 13 matches inside the Maravich Center where LSU has put together an impressive 71-15 record going back to the 2005 season. For the second straight season, fans will have the opportunity to “Geaux Free” to all 2012 home matches compliments of The Advocate.
Before entering SEC action, LSU will compete in three non-conference tournaments starting with the Burnt Orange Classic on Aug. 24-25 hosted by the University of Texas. The Tigers will meet NCAA Elite 8 qualifier and host Texas (Aug. 24) before taking on NCAA Tournament participant San Diego (Aug. 25) and Cal Poly (Aug. 25).
LSU returns home and faces an elite field at the Tiger Classic on Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The Tigers face Rice (Aug. 31) along with NCAA Tournament members Washington (Aug. 31) and Purdue (Sept. 1).
LSU concludes its challenging non-conference slate at the Carolina Classic on Sept. 7-8 hosted by the University of North Carolina. There, the Tigers will square off with a trio of NCAA Tournament participants in North Carolina (Sept. 7), Middle Tennessee (Sept. 8) and Western Michigan (Sept. 8).
“We know we’re going to have to play with a high level of execution and intensity every time we take the floor if we want to continue to build on LSU volleyball’s championship tradition,” head coach Fran Flory said. “Matching up against the likes of Texas, San Diego, Purdue, Washington and North Carolina will prepare us for the rigors of the SEC.”
SEC volleyball will have 13 teams with Texas A&M set to join LSU in the Western Division, while Missouri will participate in the Eastern Division.
For the seventh straight season, the Tigers will play 20 conference matches. The SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will go to the league's regular season champion.
Released in mid-March, the 2012 SEC volleyball schedule is not based on any other previous or future scheduling formats. The SEC Athletics Directors are currently in the process of formulating scheduling principles for the 2013 season and beyond.
LSU will play a home-and-home series with eight teams which include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee. The Tigers have single matches slated against Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
LSU heads to Alabama (Sept. 14) and South Carolina (Sept. 16) on SEC opening weekend. The Tigers start the home portion of league play versus a pair of NCAA Tournament squads Kentucky (Sept. 21) and Missouri (Sept. 23).
LSU also faces Georgia (Oct. 5), South Carolina (Oct. 7), defending SEC champion Tennessee (Oct. 12), Alabama (Oct. 14), Texas A&M (Oct. 26), Mississippi State (Oct. 28), Ole Miss (Nov. 4) and Arkansas (Nov. 21) at the Maravich Center.
“As a whole, the SEC is going to be extremely tough especially with the addition of quality programs like Missouri and Texas A&M,” Flory said. “Our players know how hard they’ll have to work and what it takes to be successful at a championship level. As a coaching staff, we’ll have to manage each challenge and put every player into a situation where they can be successful on a consistent basis. We have a lot of work to do before taking the floor on August 24, but it will be exciting to see how this group develops.”
LSU’s seven consecutive SEC Western Division titles highlighted by the overall league championship in 2009 is the second longest streak in SEC history. The Tigers are only behind Florida’s 14-year run on top of the SEC's Eastern Division from 1995-2008 LSU also has garnered a 159-55 record, secured six NCAA Tournament appearances and notched 24 All-SEC selections since 2005.
Fans can follow LSU volleyball on its social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/lsuvolleyball along with @lsuvolleyball and @lsucoachfran on Twitter.
DURHAM, N.C. – Eleven matches against 2011 NCAA Championship teams highlight the 2012 Duke volleyball schedule as announced by head coach Jolene Nagel Tuesday, June 5.
Duke’s 2012 opponents had a combined record of 419-206 (.578) last season with 13 of those teams posting 20 or more wins. Nine of Duke’s opponents, including ACC rivals Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina, concluded last season in the top-64 of the final RPI standings.
In addition, the Blue Devils’ non-conference foes went 232-145 (.615) in2011 as Milwaukee won the Horizon League, Samford won the Southern Conference and Western Kentucky won the Sun Belt, while Louisville captured the Big East regular season title.
“Our 2012 schedule gives us the opportunity to play several strong opponents in the early part of the year as we prepare for the always challenging ACC season,” said head coach Jolene Nagel. “After losing four outstanding seniors to graduation, this past spring gave the team a chance to gel together as a group. They set new standards and levels of accountability for themselves and they focused on really developing both their game and the team’s culture. I think this will be an important step as we welcome five new freshmen to our Blue Devil family.”
Coming off its 17th NCAA Championship appearance, Duke adds five freshmen to its core of nine returning letterwinners from last season’s 20-9 squad. The 2011 Blue Devils also finished 15-5 in the conference and secured a bid to the NCAA Tournament for an ACC record seventh consecutive year.
Duke begins the 2012 campaign with four consecutive tournaments, including the Duke Invitational August 24-25 and the Duke Classic September 7-8, both in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils will also compete at the Louisville Tournament August 31-September 1 and the Coke/Michigan Invitational September 14-15.
The 15th annual Duke Invitational pits the Blue Devils against Colonial Athletic Association member William & Mary in the season opener Friday, August 24. Duke will also face 2011 MAAC Runner-up Fairfield and 2011 Horizon League champion Milwaukee on Saturday, August 25. The Blue Devils posted a 14-2 record at home last season and own a 143-24 (.856) record in Cameron since 2000.
Duke then travels to Kentucky the following weekend to face host Louisville, which has made the NCAA Championship field in 13 straight seasons, Friday August 31. The second day of the Louisville Tournament will see the Blue Devils against Marshall out of Conference USA and Southern Conference champion Samford on Saturday, September 1.
The Blue Devils then return home for the Duke Classic, facing in-state foes Elon and East Carolina along with Northeastern from the CAA, before heading up to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the Coke/Michigan Invitational. Duke takes on Western Kentucky, the 2011 Sun Belt champion, in first of two bouts on Friday, September 14, followed by a match against Eastern Michigan that evening. The Blue Devils close out the non-conference slate Saturday, September 15 against host Michigan, a team which has advanced to the NCAA Tournament round of 16 in four of the past five seasons.
Following the Coke/Michigan Invitational, Duke kicks off the ACC slate against in-state rivals N.C. State and North Carolina. The Blue Devils and the Wolfpack meet Friday, September 21 in Raleigh before Duke takes on the Tar Heels Sunday, September 23 in Chapel Hill.
The Blue Devils head off to Florida the next weekend to face Florida State and Miami, two teams that finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the conference a season ago. Duke battles the Hurricanes, a top-20 team in last season’s final RPI rankings, Friday Sept. 28 then goes up against 2011 NCAA semifinalist FSU Sunday, September 30.
The Blue Devils return home for two straight weeks with a Friday/Saturday showdown with Boston College and Maryland October 5-6. Duke plays host to Clemson Friday, October 12 before welcoming Georgia Tech to Cameron Saturday, October 13.
A weekday match-up with Wake Forest Tuesday, October 16 ends the home stretch as the Blue Devils head to Virginia and Virginia Tech October 19-20. The Blue Devils close out October with home contests against North Carolina (Oct. 26) and N.C. State (Oct. 27).
November begins with a road trip to Boston College for a match against the Eagles November 2. Duke will face Maryland in College Park on November 4 prior to returning to Durham to face Florida State (Nov. 8) and Miami (Nov. 10).
Duke closes out the regular season with three straight road contests, beginning at Georgia Tech on Thursday, November 15. The Blue Devils travel to Clemson Friday, November 16 before facing Wake Forest Tuesday, November 20 to close out the regular season.
IRVINE, Calif. --- Paula Weishoff’s UC Irvine women’s volleyball team will face eight 2010 NCAA Tournament qualifying teams in the 2011 campaign.
Playing their first nine matches on the road, the Anteaters open the calendar at the Aztec Invitational (Aug. 26-27) against host San Diego State. The team then takes on Nevada from the Western Athletic Conference and Portland from the Big Sky Conference.
UCI then travels to Delaware to compete in the Delaware Invitational (Sept. 2-3). The Anteaters meet the Blue Hens, who advanced to the NCAA post-season last year and then take on Northern Iowa. UCI then faces its first NCAA Tournament team, Florida State, to conclude action in Newark.
Road play continues for UCI at the Comcast/Sheraton Lobo Invitational (Sept. 9-10) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Anteaters take on the Lobos, also a post-season qualifying team, before meeting the University of Montreal for the first time. The team wraps up tournament play against Portland State, which faced future Big West member Hawai’i in the NCAA first round last year.
UCI welcomes a pair of former Big West members at the UC Irvine Active Ankle Challenge to open the home portion of the schedule. The Anteaters are slated to entertain Utah State (Sept. 16), which reached the NCAA first round last season and Idaho (Sept. 17).
Weishoff’s Anteaters then travel to Pacific and UC Davis (Sept. 23-24) to open Big West Conference play before breaking for a non-conference match against San Diego, which advanced to the NCAA second-round in 2010.
Long Beach State, which fell to San Diego in the opening round of post-season play, travels to the Bren Center (Oct. 4) for a mid-week contest and the Anteaters continue the three-match homestand against Cal Poly (Oct. 7) and UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 8).
Following a pair of road trips to UC Riverside (Oct. 13) and Cal State Northridge (Oct. 15), UCI returns for four straight home games. The team hosts UC Davis and Pacific (Oct. 21-22) and takes on Seattle University in a non-conference match before facing Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 1), which reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time last year.
The Anteaters travel to UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly (Nov. 4-5) before hosting UC Riverside (Nov. 9) and Cal State Northridge (Nov. 11) in the final Big West home matches.
UCI closes out conference play at Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State (Nov. 18-19) and will wrap up the regular season against Central Michigan (Nov. 26) over the Thanksgiving weekend at Crawford Court.
Weishoff is in her third season at the helm of the Anteater squad and will continue to serve as an assistant to Hugh McCutcheon on the U.S Women’s Indoor Volleyball National Team. In his third season is assistant coach Ben Bodipo-Memba and joining the staff in his first season is assistant coach Eric Perrine.
Southern Miss Volleyball Announces 2011 Volleyball Schedule Four in-season tournaments and 12 home matches highlight the 2011 slate
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss volleyball head coach Abbey Sutherland announced the release the 2011 schedule that will feature four tournaments and a total of 12 home dates for the Golden Eagles.
"I’m very happy with this schedule because we are starting out at home," Sutherland said. “This is going to be a challenging schedule for us. We have added some high caliber teams with high RPIs and they come from good conferences. I expect us to have some challenges, but I also believe we will be successful.”
Southern Miss opens the 2011 campaign by hosting Jackson State, Northwestern State and Chattanooga in the Southern Miss Invitational, Aug. 26-27, before traveling to Iowa State for a tournament, Sept. 2-3, which includes Iowa State, Arizona State and Iowa. Iowa State participated in the NCAA Tournament last season.
The Golden Eagles also will play in the Milwaukee Invitational, Sept. 9-10, with teams Milwaukee, Marquette and Akron, then travel to the Houston Baptist Invitational, Sept. 16-17, that include teams Houston Baptist, Southeastern Louisiana and Louisiana Tech.
The league will continue to use the same format for the upcoming season, playing a 20-match conference schedule instead of the 16-match slate in the past. The Golden Eagles will play every member twice with the exception of UTEP and UCF.
"Conference USA is really interesting because there hasn’t been a back-to-back champion for the past eight years," Sutherland said. “You don’t know what to expect and every match is going to be tough. All of the coaches in the league have worked hard together with the common goal to increase the RPI and getting more teams in the NCAA Tournament. We adopted a non-conference scheduling philosophy and that is something I believe will help Conference USA. Not only do I want to schedule tougher teams to help our RPI, but also want to help the conference’s overall RPI as well.”
Southern Miss opens C-USA play at Houston (Sept. 23) and Rice (Sept. 25). After playing 11 consecutive matches on the road, the Eagles return home to host Memphis (Sept. 30) and UAB (Oct. 2).
From there, Southern Miss travels to C-USA reigning champion and NCAA participant Tulsa for two matches (Oct. 8-9) then returns home for a weekend series against East Carolina (Oct. 14) and Marshall (Oct. 16).
The Black and Gold head to Tulane for a mid-week match (Oct. 19) and continue to UTEP (Oct. 21) before returning to Reed Green Coliseum to host UCF (Oct. 23).
Southern Miss returns to the road for a weekend series at Marshall (Oct. 28) and East Carolina (Oct. 30), before hosting SMU in two matches (Nov. 4-5).
The Golden Eagles conclude their road schedule at UAB (Nov. 11) and Memphis (Nov. 12) before returning home to close out the regular season against Rice (Nov. 18), Houston (Nov. 20) and Tulane (Nov. 22).
There will not be a Conference USA Tournament under the new conference format as the regular season champion will earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Southern Miss returns nine letterwinners that include nine of the top 10 players from a year ago that helped the Golden Eagles finish with a 19-12 overall record and 12-8 in league play. Six starters are among the nine letterwinners. Sutherland welcomes five newcomers to this year’s squad.
BATON ROUGE – The six-time defending SEC Western Division champion LSU volleyball team announced its 2011 schedule Thursday highlighted by 12 matches versus 2010 NCAA Tournament foes.
LSU is scheduled to play 14 matches inside the Maravich Center where the Tigers have posted a dominating 62-10 record since the 2005 season.
The Tiger Classic features Alcorn State (Aug. 26), Louisiana-Lafayette (Aug. 26), Jacksonville State (Aug. 27) and NCAA Tournament participant Miami, Fla. (Aug. 27). The last time LSU opened its season at home was in 2007.
“We’re extremely thrilled to be the first team to start the 2011-12 LSU athletic season at home,” head coach Fran Flory said. “Our young team led by All-SEC performers Desiree Elliott and Michele Williams will play an up-tempo, exciting brand of volleyball. This group is looking forward to the opportunity to uphold LSU volleyball’s championship tradition. We still have a lot of work to do before taking the floor on August 26, but it will be exciting to see how this group develops.”
Before entering SEC action, LSU hits the road for back-to-back tournaments hosted by New Mexico State and Western Kentucky. The Tigers square off with Arkansas-Little Rock (Sept. 2), Grambling (Sept. 2) and New Mexico State (Sept. 3) before taking on Wake Forest (Sept. 9), Xavier (Sept. 9) and NCAA participant Western Kentucky (Sept. 10).
The SEC schedule will have a home-and-home series with each league school in leau of a conference tournament for the sixth straight season.
LSU heads to Ole Miss (Sept. 16) and Alabama (Sept. 18) for SEC opening weekend. The Tigers open a three-match home stand as Mississippi State (Sept. 25) along with NCAA participants Tennessee (Sept. 30) and Kentucky (Oct. 2) visit the PMAC.
LSU also faces Georgia (Oct. 14), NCAA Second Round foe Auburn (Oct. 16), Alabama (Oct. 21), NCAA participant Ole Miss (Oct. 23), NCAA Sweet 16 qualifier Florida (Nov. 11), South Carolina (Nov. 13) and Arkansas (Nov. 26) at home.
“The SEC made a statement by sending six teams to the NCAA’s last season,” Flory said. “We know that any team can win on any given day. Each team has talented players, and the coaches in this league challenge you to be ready every single match.”
LSU heads into the 2011 campaign as one of only 18 programs nationally to qualify for the last six NCAA Tournaments.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The 2011 Mountain West volleyball television schedule was released today and features 17 matches on national television. The Mtn. – MountainWest Sports Network will broadcast 14 matches, while three will air on CBS Sports Network (CBSSN).
The Mtn.’s first television broadcast of 2011 will feature the Tuesday, September 20 non-conference match-up between Texas and TCU, live from Fort Worth at 6:30 p.m. CT. The first broadcast of the year on CBS Sports Network will showcase Colorado State at San Diego State at 12 p.m. PT on Sunday, October 2. Also, every match of the 2011 Mountain West Championship Tournament will be televised. The Mtn. will carry the quarterfinals and semifinals on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19 with the championship match set to air on CBSSN on Sunday, Nov. 20.
The Mtn. is carried nationally by DIRECTV (Channel 616) and available on cable systems in 25 states across the nation. CBS Sports Network also is widely available on cable systems and video providers across the country, and via satellite on DIRECTV (Channel 613) and Dish Network (Channel 152).
The MW anticipates additional non-conference road matches will be televised during the season. Information will be available once those conferences announce their television schedules, and Conference television partners release their re-broadcast program slates. TheMWC.com will provide the most up-to-date television broadcast schedule.
Below is a listing of the 2011 volleyball television matches:
DateMatchTimeBroadcast NetworkBroadcast Date/Time
Tue., Sept. 20 Texas at TCU 6:30 p.m. CT The Mtn.* Live
Sun., Oct. 2 Colorado State at San Diego State 12:00 p.m. PT CBSSN Live
Thur., Oct. 6 San Diego State at TCU 7:00 p.m. CT The Mtn.* Live
Sat., Oct. 8 Boise State at Air Force 7:00 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Sun., Oct. 9 San Diego State at New Mexico 12:00 p.m. MT CBSSN Live
Thur., Oct. 13 New Mexico at Colorado State 6:00 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Fri., Oct. 21 UNLV at San Diego State 6:00 p.m. PT The Mtn. Live
Thur., Oct. 27 Air Force at TCU 7:00 p.m. CT The Mtn.* Live
Thur., Nov. 10 Wyoming at New Mexico 6:00 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Thur., Nov. 10 Colorado State at TCU 7:00 p.m. CT The Mtn.* Thur., Nov. 10/9:00 pm. CT
Fri., Nov. 18 MW Tournament – QF #1 12:00 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Fri., Nov. 18 MW Tournament – QF #2 2:30 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Fri., Nov. 18 MW Tournament – QF #3 6:00 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Fri., Nov. 18 MW Tournament – QF #4 8:30 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Sat., Nov. 19 MW Tournament – SF #1 5:00 p.m. MT The Mtn. Sat., Nov. 19/11:00 p.m. MT
Sat., Nov. 19 MW Tournament – SF #2 7:30 p.m. MT The Mtn. Live
Sun., Nov. 20 MW Tournament - Final 6:00 p.m. MT CBSSN Live
Broadcast schedules are subject to change.
* TCU Film/Television/Digital Media Dept. Production
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Seven matches versus 2010 NCAA Tournament teams that advanced to the Sweet 16 or further, including Final Four participant Texas and national power Minnesota, highlight the 2011 Kansas volleyball schedule. In all, KU will play 10 matches against foes that appeared in the postseason last year.
Four of those contests will take place in Lawrence at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center as part of KU’s 11 scheduled home matches. The Jayhawks’ home slate opens Sept. 2-3 for the Jayhawk Invitational as Kansas welcomes Belmont, Appalachian State and the Summit League Player of the Year Kelli Fiegen with South Dakota State.
Prior to its home tournament, Kansas makes its season debut at the Georgia Bulldog Invitational Aug. 26-27 in Athens, Ga. The tournament opens Friday when KU faces Florida A&M. One day later, the Jayhawks take on last year’s Big South regular-season champion Liberty before going up against the SEC’s Georgia.
The following weekend KU will face one of its toughest stretches of schedule when it participates in the Northern Iowa Invitational, Sept. 9-10 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Jayhawks begin the tournament taking on host UNI as they look to avenge a five-set heartbreaking loss to the Panthers last season in Lawrence. UNI ended the 2010 season ranked No. 14 in the nation despite losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
On Sept. 10 Kansas faces the No. 10 overall seed from last year’s tournament and Sweet 16 participant Minnesota. The weekend concludes with a match versus St. Louis later that day.
Kansas then makes a stop in Chicago, Ill., for the DePaul Invitational, Sept. 16-17, in its last action before Big 12 Conference play. There, the Jayhawks will play matches versus San Diego State, DePaul and Valparaiso, which returns last year’s national digs leader in Taylor Root.
“We face some strong teams during our early season tournaments that will really prepare us for another competitive year in the Big 12,” said head coach Ray Bechard, who will begin his 14th season with the Jayhawks this fall. “It is a demanding schedule but I know our players are up for the challenge.”
With the departure of Colorado and Nebraska from the Big 12, a new eight team, 16-match conference format begins Sept. 24 as KU travels to perennial power Texas. Last season the Longhorns made their second-straight Final Four appearance and finished with a No. 4 national ranking in the AVCA coaches’ poll.
KU’s Big 12 home slate begins Sept. 28 versus Iowa State, another NCAA Tournament participant a year ago and top 25 team. Other notable home matches include in-state rival Kansas State (Oct. 19), border rival and Sweet 16 team Missouri (Nov. 2), Texas (Nov. 5) and Sweet 16 opponent Oklahoma (Nov. 16).
The final match of the year will also mark Senior Night when Kansas welcomes Baylor on Nov. 26.
Kansas returns 14 letterwinners, including five starters and its libero, from its 2010 squad that finished 17-14 overall.
FIU Volleyball Head Coach DanijelaTomic Unveils 2011 Volleyball Slate
MIAMI (July 8, 2011) – Head Coach Danijela Tomic has announced the 2011 FIU volleyball schedule, a competitive slate which includes 10 home matches and an opportunity to host the Sun Belt Conference Championship in the friendly confines of the U.S. Century Bank Arena. In addition, FIU will play eight matches against six NCAA Tournament squads from a season ago, including 2010 Final Four participant California.
Prior to the start of regular season tournaments, FIU will play the first annual Blue & Gold Match on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at a time to be determined. Stay tuned to www.FIUSports.com for more information.
The official start to the 2011 campaign will come at the Cal Molten Classic held Aug. 26-27, in Berkeley, Calif., as the Panthers go up against Fairfield in the season-opener before taking on UC-Riverside and host California.
FIU continues tournament play the following weekend, Sept. 2-4, at the Blue Raider Bash in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where the Panthers will face stiff competition, playing three matches in two days versus 2010 NCAA Tournament squads (Austin Peay, Auburn and Missouri), as well as East Tennessee State.
FIU will host Tulane in its home-opener on Sept. 9 and the Panthers remain at home that weekend for a match versus Florida A&M on Sept. 11. The Panthers will wrap up their tournament schedule in Orlando, Fla., at the Towne Place Suites/UCF Challenge (Sept. 16-17) with matches against Jacksonville and UCF or UTEP, before beginning SBC play on the road at North Texas (Sept. 23) and Denver (Sept. 25).
Conference play continues the following weekend, as FIU returns home to host 2010 NCAA Tournament participant WKU and reigning SBC Champion Middle Tennessee, on Sept. 30 and Oct. 2, respectively. FIU will then travel to Boca Raton, Fla., to face SBC and local rival Florida Atlantic on Oct. 7 before taking on rivals WKU (Oct. 14 in Bowling Green, Ky.) and MT (Oct. 16 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.) for the second time in three weeks.
FIU will kick off a five-match home swing on Oct. 21 and Oct. 23 with SBC matches against Arkansas State and UALR, respectively. The Panthers’ second contest with FAU will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 26, while Troy (Oct. 28) and South Alabama (Oct. 30) are set to visit the U.S. Century Bank Arena that weekend.
The Panthers will then travel to Louisiana for league matchups with ULM (Nov. 4 in Monroe, La.) and UL (Nov. 6 in Lafayette, La.) before wrapping up the regular season home schedule and non-conference slate versus intra-state rival FGCU on Nov. 8. FIU will close out the regular season on the road with re-matches against South Alabama and Troy, on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, respectively.
FIU will host the 2011 SBC Championship at the U.S. Century Bank Arena on Nov. 17-19 in Miami, Fla. The 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship will get underway on Dec. 1-4 with regional competition set to take place on Dec. 8-11 at campus sites to be determined. The Final Four is slated for Dec. 15 & 17 and will be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Tigers to play 12 matches against 2010 NCAA Tournament Teams.
June 29, 2011
CLEMSON, SC – Head Coach Jolene Jordan Hoover announced the 2011 Clemson Volleyball schedule on Wednesday. The Tigers’ slate features 12 matches against teams who participated in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
The Tigers will open with an intrasquad Orange and White scrimmage on Aug. 19 at 5:00 pm in Jervey Gym, the final exhibition before regular season play.
Collegiate volleyball schedules typically feature four tournaments at the beginning of the year before the ACC’s 20-match schedule kicks in. This year, Clemson will open the season with the 21st annual Big Orange Bash, which takes place August 26-27 in Jervey Gym, and features Clemson, Loyola (MD), Tennessee State, and South Carolina State.
The Tigers then gear up for a tough trip to Florida, as they take on the Gators, who were the top overall seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, and take on Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville in that round-robin from Sept. 2-3. The Tigers will then travel to Orlando on Sept. 4 to take on 2010 Final Four participant Southern Cal.
“We definitely have a challenging schedule and hopefully it will be a good year for a tough schedule with everyone returning,” said Jolene Jordan Hoover, who has guided Clemson to eight NCAA Tournaments. “It is important for us to try to get our RPI as high as possible in order to make the NCAA tournament, and it is a pretty exciting opportunity to play both Florida and Southern California. They are both very well-respected programs with rich volleyball history and those matches will make us a better team.”
The Tigers then head to Charleston, SC for the unofficial state tournament, featuring the College of Charleston, Winthrop, and South Carolina, from Sept. 9-10.
Clemson then holds the Clemson Classic from Sept. 14-16. This year, the group includes Furman and ACC foe Georgia Tech.
Clemson gets in to full conference play on Sept. 23 at Wake Forest and takes on Sweet 16 participant Duke on the 24th in Durham. Clemson plays four at home before heading on the road for eight of the next ten, including trips to NCAA Participants Miami, Florida State, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina.
“The conference has so much parity that every match is a battle,” said Hoover. “The stretch of eight out of ten on the road for us is a tough draw, we'll just have to keep our bags packed and keep moving. We must take it one match at a time, be in every match, and give ourselves opportunities- I am proud of how competitive we are as a team.”
The ACC sent five teams to the Big Dance in 2010, tied for the most all time. Four of the teams advanced in the tournament, also a record. Clemson finished sixth in a tight ACC race, snapping a streak of three straight tournament appearances.
The Tigers host Florida State and Miami on Nov. 18-19 before closing the regular season on Nov. 23 against Georgia Tech.
Clemson was 18-13 and 9-11 in league play in 2010, but returns 96.0 percent of its kills and 93.4 percent of its blocking. Clemson led the ACC and was 11th nationally in blocking, led by rising junior Alexa Rand, the ACC’s individual leader, who averaged 1.45 per set last season, good for 8th nationally, and 23 teams’ totals.
Two-time All-ACC selection Sandra Adeleye is also back for her junior season, as she ranked in the top ten in the ACC in kills per set and blocks per set. ACC All-Freshman selections Mo Simmons and Hannah Brenner also return. Simmons will play with USA Volleyball’s Junior National Championships this summer.
The Tigers also add three freshmen, all of whom are considered top-250 prospects nationally. Kamryn Sherman enrolled in January, and was a prepvolleyball.com All-American. She will compete for the A-2 Junior National Team in Croatia this summer as well. Karis Watson of Rock Hill, SC and Kristin Faust of Orlando, FL are the other incoming prepvolleyball.com honorable mention All-Americans.
University of Miami Hurricanes Volleyball Team Announces 2011 Fall Schedule Miami to play seven NCAA Tournament teams from 2010 campaign.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami volleyball team announced its 2011 fall schedule on Friday. The Hurricanes will play a total seven teams that participated in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
Under the direction of head coach Nicole Lantagne Welch, the University of Miami volleyball team will participate in its 11th season since the return of the program in 2001. The Hurricanes, participants in two consecutive NCAA Tournaments, will take part in 29 regular season matches.
A season ago, the Canes finished with a 23-9 overall record (13-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), and finished third in the league standings. UM went to Bloomington, Ind. for its match against the second-seeded and host Indiana Hoosiers.
UMiami takes part in three regular season tournaments to open the year, including the Hurricane Invitational at the James L. Knight Sports Complex in Coral Gables.
Miami will begin the year at the Tiger Classic, hosted by LSU, where Miami will first meet Jacksonville State in the season-opener on Friday, Aug. 26. The following day, the Canes will face Louisiana-Lafayette and host LSU. The LSU Tigers went to last year’s NCAA Tournament, falling to Tulsa in the opening round.
The following weekend, the Canes travel across the country to Malibu, Calif., participating in the Pepperdine Asics Classic hosted by the Pepperdine Waves. Once there, UMiami will take on UC Santa Barbara, Georgia and the host Waves in a two-day affair, Sept. 2-3.
The Canes conclude the regular season tournament schedule at home with the Hurricane Invitational. UM has won two of the last three invitational tournaments, including last season with wins over San Francisco, Bethune-Cookman and FIU. The Hurricane Invitational for 2011 features teams from Florida A&M, Auburn and Oklahoma. Miami opens with FAMU (Sept. 8) and then faces Auburn (Sept. 9) and Oklahoma (Sept. 10).
Both Auburn and Oklahoma advanced to last year’s NCAA Tournament, with the Sooners going to the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual champion Penn State. Auburn advanced to the second round.
The ACC season opens with Miami traveling to in-state rival Florida State (Sept. 14), followed by a trip to Virginia Tech (Sept. 23) and Virginia (Sept. 25). In fact, five of the first seven ACC matches for the Hurricanes will be away from the James L. Knight Sports Complex.
Wake Forest (Sept. 30) and Duke (Oct. 2) visit Coral Gables a week later. And UMiami gets back on the road the following weekend with a two-match swing along venerable Tobacco Road as the Canes face NC State (Oct. 7) and North Carolina (Oct. 9).
Clemson and Georgia Tech travel to Coral Gables on Oct. 14 and 16, and UM gets back to the road for its northern-most road trip at Boston College (Oct. 21) and Maryland (Oct. 23) a week later.
The Hurricanes have their longest home stand of the year to close October and begin November. UM welcomes the UVa Cavaliers (Oct. 28), Virginia Tech Hokies (Oct. 30), UNC Tar Heels (Nov. 4) and NC State Wolfpack (Nov. 6).
A four-match road trek ensues, with UMiami traveling in order to Duke (Nov. 10), Wake Forest (Nov. 12), Georgia Tech (Nov. 18) and closing out against Clemson (Nov. 19). The Canes conclude the regular season at home against the FSU Seminoles on Saturday, Nov. 26.
This season’s NCAA Tournament begins Dec. 1, running through Dec. 4, at campus sites to be determined. The championships will be held in San Antonio, Texas on Dec. 15 (semifinals) and Dec. 17 (finals).
For more information on the University of Miami volleyball team, please log on to HurricaneSports.com<http://www.hurricanesports.com/>. Once there, you will find up-to-date news, stats and information regarding the Hurricanes volleyball program.
Long Island University Volleyball Team Unveils 2011 Campaign
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Head coach Kyle Robinson and the Long Island University women’s volleyball team have released the Blackbirds’ 2011 schedule. Long Island is slated to play 32 regular-season matches, including four in-season tournaments, as the team seeks to return to the top of the Northeast Conference standings.
The season opens with a visit to California for the Fresno State Classic. Long Island will square off with San Diego on Friday, Aug. 26 to kick off play before meeting Cal Poly and host Fresno State on Aug. 27. The Blackbirds will then head to Charlottesville, Va., for the Holiday Inn Jefferson Cup with East Carolina, California and host Virginia on Sept. 2-3 before a visit to Seton Hall on Sept. 6.
Long Island will open the home portion of its schedule on Sept. 9 with this year’s installment of the two-day Blackbird Invitational. The Blackbirds will host Syracuse on the first day of action before closing out the tournament with matches against Lehigh and Temple. After a home date with St. John’s on Sept. 13, Long Island will conclude tournament play with a visit to defending national champion Penn State for the Penn State Classic. The Blackbirds will meet the Nittany Lions on Sept. 17 before taking on Rutgers and Florida Gulf Coast the next day.
NEC play kicks off on Sept. 24 when Long Island hosts Robert Morris. The Blackbirds will play home-and-home matches with each of their eight league opponents while sprinkling in non-conference home matches with Hofstra and Stony Brook. A home date with Central Connecticut State on Nov. 13 will wrap up the regular season. The four-team NEC Tournament is scheduled for Nov. 19-20 at the home of the highest seed.
Northern Illinois University Volleyball Team Releases 2011 Schedule
Season-opening NIU Invitational to feature three top-40 teams from 2010
DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois volleyball team released its 2011 schedule on Friday. The 31-match fall slate features the season- and home-opener against IUPUI on August 26th along with 14 other home dates. Providing a welcomed challenge, head coach Ray Gooden’s 2011 campaign also includes contests versus seven 2010 top-50 teams, five 2010 NCAA Tournament teams and four 2010 conference champions.
The 2011 Huskies return all players but their libero from a team that was just a few sets away from claiming NIU’s first Mid-American Conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001. With the highly-competitive slate lined up for the fall, Gooden is pushing his team to take the next step by proving themselves against stout opponents.
“I really feel that this is a fun schedule,” said Gooden, who had his Huskies face two 2009 NCAA Tournament teams last season. “I say fun not because I think it’s going to be easy, though. I think we’ve always tried to put together a competitive schedule, especially in our non-conference matches, to help us prepare for the conference season. For the second year in a row, we were able to put ourselves up against some of the better teams in the country.”
Before hitting the MAC grind, which starts at home on September 23 against Central Michigan, NIU will face four 2010 NCAA Tournament participants and 2010 top-35 teams. The Huskies will matchup with three of those teams in the opening weekend as part of a robust NIU Invitational on August 26-27 at Victor E. Court.
A yearly component of the schedule, this year’s invitational participants are IUPUI, Cincinnati (NCAA Tournament qualifier, ranked 16th), Iowa State (NCAA Tournament qualifier, ranked 33rd) and Northern Iowa (NCAA Tournament qualifier, ranked eighth). The high level of competition in the first weekend of the season will give the Huskies a solid foundation and understanding of where they are at both mentally and physically.
“I think our group, in this cycle, is working really hard to help put the volleyball program at a significant level,” Gooden said. “In order to do that, you need to not only find success but find it against successful programs. We are excited to play those four teams in our first home weekend.”
The next two weekends (Sept. 2-3 and Sept. 10), NIU hits the road to take part in a pair of invitationals. The first is in Omaha, Neb., for the Creighton Invitational, where NIU will face host Creighton (NCAA Tournament qualifier, ranked 32nd), Marquette (ranked 47th) and South Dakota. The second is in Nacogdoches, Texas, for the Stephen F. Austin Invitational, where the Huskies will take on Texas A&M and host Stephen F. Austin. The two journeys will give the Huskies a chance to get comfortable on the road before a four-match home stand that includes their first two MAC tilts.
“We are always excited to host at the beginning of the year but we know we have to find success against teams on the road,” said Gooden. “We are excited to play teams with different styles from different parts of the country.”
The home stand starts with a regional foe in Illinois-Chicago (Sept. 16) and then South Florida (Sept. 18) comes to town before NIU kicks off MAC play against Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan (Sept. 24).
NIU’s MAC slate is equally split with four home and road weekends apiece. As opposed to the past few years, the Huskies will not have any prolonged home or road stretches as their weekends alternate during league play. NIU’s eight MAC home matches are against CMU, EMU, Western Michigan (Oct. 6), Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 8), Kent State (Oct. 21), 2010 conference champion Ohio (Oct. 22), Toledo (Nov. 4) and 2010 MAC West Division champion Ball State (Nov. 5).
“We all know that once we get into MAC play the gloves fully come off and teams work their hardest to give their best efforts,” said Gooden. “We think it’s nice schedule-wise to have balance as far as home and away matches are concerned. I’ve always thought that it’s hard to have extended trips in your schedule, whether it be home or away. It’s nice not to have anything like that this year.”
For the second year in a row, NIU will close its season with a post-MAC Tournament matchup against Marquette, this time in DeKalb (Nov. 26). Gooden scheduled a post-MAC Tournament match for the first time last year hoping to use it as preparation for an NCAA Tournament appearance. Although his hope did not come to fruition, as NIU was one of the last teams off the bubble, Gooden knows it’s a necessary match to plan for teams that have NCAA aspirations.
“Our program continues to strive to be one of the top teams in the country,” said Gooden. “The top teams play on Thanksgiving weekend to get prepared for the NCAA Tournament. We thought it was a good learning experience for our team last year. That should help us with our understanding of it for this season."
Falcon Volleyball Opens Inaugural Season in Stroh against Michigan State—Tickets On Sale Now
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team will host the first official sporting event in Stroh Center history on Sept. 9 and tickets are now on sale. The Falcons will host Michigan State at 6 pm in the first match of the Best Western Falcon Plaza Invitational to kick off a new era in Bowling Green athletics.
“Playing Michigan State for the home opener will be a great match,” Denise Van De Walle, in her 29th and final season as the BGSU volleyball coach, said. “Our fans will get to see the beautiful Stroh Center for the first time and will see our young Falcons against a Big Ten team that returns nearly its entire starting line-up.”
Season tickets for 11 home matches are on sale for just $35 and single game tickets are also on sale for this historic event. Fans who purchase 2011 season tickets will get two free additional tickets for the home opener.
There are also numerous special rates for the first volleyball match in the Stroh Center as tickets for that contest will be just $4. Fans who purchase three single-game tickets to that match will get another free, while groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for the home opener for just $2. Also, fans who purchase football tickets for the Sept. 10 game against Morgan State can purchase volleyball tickets for just $2.
“Playing in the Stroh Center marks the beginning of a new era for BGSU Volleyball,” Van De Walle said. “I want to invite all of our fans to get their season tickets soon. This is going to be an exciting season and our fans can be a part of BGSU Athletics history.”
In all, Bowling Green volleyball will play three home matches in the Best Western Falcon Plaza Invitational Sept. 9-10 and will host eight Mid-American Conference matches, concluding with a Nov. 12 match against Northern Illinois, which will serve as Senior Day and the final regular season match in Coach Van De Walle’s distinguished career.
Tickets are now available by calling the BGSU ticket office at 877-BGSU TICKET. Fans can view the entire schedule by visiting the volleyball website at BGSUFalcons.com.
