VOLLEYBALL ANNOUNCES 2014 SCHEDULE
After two straight trips to the New England Collegiate Conference Championship match, the Regis College women’s volleyball team hopes to break through in 2014 when their season begins on Friday, August 29.
WESTON, Mass. – After two straight trips to the New England Collegiate Conference Championship match, the Regis College women's volleyball team hopes to break through in 2014 when their season begins on Friday, August 29.
The team's annual Pride Invite begins the season with WPI, MIT, Becker, Regis, Gordon, and Eastern Nazarene making up the six team field. Regis will take on Becker in a non-league game to start the Invite followed by a matchup with WPI in the final match of the Friday slate of games. On Saturday afternoon, five other matches will take place with the Championship match taking place at 2:00 p.m.
Regis travels to Eastern Nazarene on September 3 for a non-league match after splitting two matches last season. Regis then participates in the UMass Dartmouth Invitational over the weekend of September 5 and 6, where they will take on Norwich University, UMass Dartmouth, Eastern Nazarene, and Framingham State University.
The Pride return home for two matches on September 9 and 11 when they host Anna Maria and Lasell College. Regis fell to Lasell 3-0 last season and take on AMC for the first time since 2012. The Pride are 20-1 all-time against the AMCATS dating back to the 1994 season.
A seven game road-stretch greets the Pride midway through September starting with a tri-match at Rivier University between the Pride, Raiders, and Emerson College on September 13. Regis travels to Gordon (September 16) and Southern Maine (September 18) before taking on Simmons and Framingham State in a tri-match at Simmons on September 20. The seven-game road run ends on September 22 with a 6:00 p.m. match at Mount Ida.
The Pride wrap up September with a home tri-match against Pine Manor and St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) on September 27 as a part of Pride Fest 2014. The following weekend, Regis begins its NECC schedule with a match against Southern Vermont that will be a part of a tri-match with Worcester State. The Pride and Mountaineers have met in the past two NECC Championship matches and the Pride are searching for their first ever win over SVC this season.
Regis takes its next two conference games on the road when they travel to Bay Path (October 7), and Elms (October 15), before hosting Daniel Webster on October 18. Regis hits the road again on October 21 with a match at Becker and takes on Mitchell at home on October 25. The Pride went 4-1 against these five teams a year ago, with the only setback a 3-2 decision to the Eagles of DWC. The Pride wrap up October with a match at Lesley, whom the Pride defeated 3-0 in 2013.
Regis closes out the regular season with a tri-match at home against Newbury and Wentworth. The Pride take on Newbury in an NECC match that day, as Regis went 2-0 against the Nighthawks last season including a 3-2 win in the NECC Semifinals.
The NECC Tournament begins on Tuesday, November 4 with the NECC Semifinals taking place on Friday, November 7, and the NECC Championship on Saturday, November 8.