2012 Volleyball Season Begins Friday
MAAC Sports
Edison, N.J. - The 2012 MAAC
volleyball season begins on Friday, August 24.
Fans
can follow along online via the MAAC Scoreboard and on MAAC.TV.
Canisius
College opens the season in Amherst, N.Y. at the UB Invitational. The Griffs
have two matches on their slate Friday - Buffalo at 1:30 p.m. and Oral Roberts
at 5 p.m. - followed by one contest on Saturday against San Jose State at 2:30
p.m.
Preseason
favorite Fairfield University is scheduled to play in the Duke Invitational
down in Durham, N.C. The Stags will take on tournament host Duke at 10 a.m. and
Wisconsin Milwaukee at 5 p.m. on Friday, and William & Mary at 5 p.m. on
Saturday.
Iona College's
season will begin in Los Angeles, Calif., at the LMU Invitational. The Gaels
face UC Santa Barbara on Friday at 7 p.m., and then Loyola Marymount on
Saturday at 3 p.m. and Connecticut on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Loyola
University Maryland heads to Morgantown, W. Va., to play in the Mountaineer
Invitational. The Greyhounds are set to face Central Conn. St. on Friday at
4:30 p.m., St. Francis (Pa.) at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and tournament host West
Virginia on Sunday at 5 p.m.
Manhattan
College opens their 2012 campaign at the La Salle Invitational in Philadelphia,
Pa. The Jaspers take on Loyola Chicago at 9 a.m., Bucknell at 5 p.m. on
Saturday, and host La Salle on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Marist
College starts their season in Hempstead, N.Y. at the Hofstra Asics
Invitational. The Red Foxes match up against Providence at 4 p.m. on Friday. On
Saturday, Marist plays tournament host Hofstra at 12:30 p.m. and Fairleigh
Dickerson at 5:30 p.m.
Three-time
defending MAAC champion Niagara University is slated to also play in the La
Salle Invitational in Philadelphia, Pa. The Purple Eagles take on host La Salle
at 1 p.m., Loyola Chicago at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and Bucknell on Sunday at 11
a.m.
Rider
University begins their 2012 season on the road. The Broncs open up their
season on Friday against St. Francis (N.Y.) in Brooklyn, N.Y. at 10:30 a.m.
They then will travel back home to host Howard on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Broncs head back on the road Sunday to
take on Lafayette in Easton, Pa. at 1 p.m.
Saint
Peter's University is set to play in Cullowhee, N.C. at the Western Carolina
Tournament. The Peacocks' 2012 season opens against Northern Kentucky at noon
and North Carolina A&T at 4 p.m. on Friday. They will then take on host
Western Carolina at noon on Saturday.
Siena
College opens up play in the Boston College Tournament at Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The Saints are scheduled to take on Fordham at 2 p.m. and host Boston College
at 7 p.m. on Friday, and Texas Tech at 10 a.m. and Binghamton at 5 p.m. on
Saturday.
The 2012 MAAC
Volleyball Championship will be held November 17 and 18 at Alumni Hall on the
campus of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.