Volleyball Announces 2015 Schedule
Blue Devils will host 13 contests, including the season-opening CCSU Blue Devil Classic.
The Central Connecticut volleyball program has announced its 2015 slate featuring 27 contests, including 13 home matches. For the first time, head coach Linda Sagnelli's squad will host a pair of tournaments, including the season-opening CCSU Blue Devil Classic on August 28.
"We are excited to host two home tournaments featuring schools from various conferences coming to our campus," said Sagnelli. "We are also going to the University of Illinois-Chicago and St. John's tournaments to face teams that will test us and prepare us for NEC play."
Central will host the CCSU Blue Devil Classic featuring six games on August 28-29. The Blue Devils host Fairfield on the first day and will then play Bucknell and NJIT on day two.
The next two weekends will feature the Blue Devils playing on the road. CCSU will play in the UIC Invitational in Chicago on September 4 and 5. CCSU will face the hosts, Illinois-Chicago, on Friday afternoon before playing Chicago State that evening. The second day will feature a matchup with Morgan State.
Central will then play in the Jack Kaiser Volleyball Classic hosted by St. John's University on September 11 and 12. The Blue Devils will play Cornell and St. John's on the first day. The second day's matchups will be against San Francisco and George Mason.
The Blue Devils will return to Detrick Gym for the CCSU Invitational and play Hartford on the opening day, September 18. The second day will feature contests against Brown and Holy Cross on September 19.
CCSU will open Northeast Conference play against defending champion, LIU Brooklyn, in Detrick Gym on September 26. The Blue Devils will also host St. Francis Brooklyn (9/27) on the opening weekend of league play.
"The non-conference schedule we are playing will help prepare us to compete in the Northeast Conference when league play begins at the end of September," added Sagnelli.
The NEC home slate will feature home contests against St. Francis U. (10/17), Robert Morris (10/18), Sacred Heart (10/31), Fairleigh Dickinson (11/1) and Bryant (11/6).
The Blue Devils will play NEC road contests at Sacred Heart (10/3), Fairleigh Dickinson (10/4), Bryant (10/10), LIU Brooklyn (10/24), St. Francis Brooklyn (10/25), St. Francis U. (11/14) and Robert Morris (11/16).
The NEC Tournament will be hosted by the regular season champion. The top four teams will qualify for the single-elimination tournament to be played on November 21-22.