2009 NECVA TOURNAMENT FIELD ANNOUNCED; RIVIER IS #1
After nearly three months of
volleyball have been played, the North East Collegiate Volleyball
Association has announced the field of 16 which will compete for
the 2009 NECVA Championship from Friday, April 3 through Sunday,
April 5 at Rockwell Cage and duPont Gymnasium, on the campus of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA. The
NECVA Tournament Selection Committee announced the 2009 bracket on
March 30, with the NECVA champion receiving the league’s
automatic bid to the Molten Division III Men’s Invitational
Volleyball Championship, to be held at Ramapo College. If Ramapo
wins the 2009 conference title, the NECVA runner-up will also
receive an automatic bid.
Rivier and Emmanuel, by virtue of being the top two teams in the
GNAC, earned automatic qualification into the NECVA Tournament.
Rivier College (31-1), the #1 ranked team in the NECVA Top 10 poll
for the last six weeks, is riding a remarkable 28-match winning
streak and went a perfect 27-0 against NECVA schools this season.
The 2006 NECVA champions, the Raiders have earned the #1 seed in
the conference tournament for the first time in its history.
Rivier, the GNAC Division champions, will make its ninth
consecutive NECVA Tournament appearance since 2001. The Raiders
will face #16 Hunter College, the runners up in the CUNYAC
Division. The Hawks (23-15) will play in the tournament for the
12th consecutive year since 1998.
Emmanuel College (18-12) earned the 15th seed in the tournament.
The Saints were GNAC Division runners-up and make their third
tournament appearance and first since 2007. Emmanuel will face the
#2 seed Nazareth College (25-4). The Golden Flyers won the Western
Division title and will make their fourth straight NECVA Tournament
appearance.
The NECVA Championship will be decided on Sunday, April 5 at 1
p.m. A live video webcast of the final will be available on the
conference website.
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2009 NORTH EAST COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT | ||
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April 3-5, 2009; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA | ||
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First Round (Friday, April 3) | ||
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MATCH #1: (1) Rivier College (31-1) vs. (16) Hunter College (23-15), 2 p.m. |
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MATCH #2: (2) Nazareth College (25-4) vs. (15) Emmanuel College (18-12), 2 p.m. |
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MATCH #3: (3) Ramapo College (23-6) vs. (14) Elms College (18-12), 4 p.m. |
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MATCH #4: (4) Stevens Institute of Technology (21-6) vs. (13) Eastern Mennonite University (13-15), 4 p.m. |
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MATCH #5: (5) Endicott College (20-11) vs. (12) SUNY New Paltz (22-12), 6 p.m. |
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MATCH #6: (6) Vassar College (17-7) vs. (11) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (25-11), 6 p.m. |
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MATCH #7: (7) Newbury College (23-11) vs. (10) Philadelphia Biblical University (20-11), 8 p.m. |
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MATCH #8: (8) Baruch College (33-9) vs. (9) Medaille College (15-14), 8 p.m. |
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Quarterfinals (Saturday, April 4) | ||
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MATCH #9: Winner of Match #1 vs. Winner of Match #8, 11 a.m. |
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MATCH #10: Winner of Match #2 vs. Winner of Match #7, 11 a.m. |
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MATCH #11: Winner of Match #3 vs. Winner of Match #6, 1 p.m. |
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MATCH #12: Winner of Match #4 vs. Winner of Match #5, 1 p.m. |
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Semifinals (Saturday, April 4) | ||
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MATCH #13: Winner of Match #9 vs. Winner of Match #12, 4 p.m. |
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MATCH #14: Winner of Match #10 vs. Winner of Match #11, 4 p.m. |
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Finals (Sunday, April 5) | ||
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MATCH #15: Winner of Match #13 vs. Winner of Match #14, 1 p.m. (and live at www.necva.org) | ||
For more information on the NECVA Tournament, click here.
