Bridgeport Volleyball Set To Host Third Consecutive ECC Championship Tournament This Friday And Saturday
Top-Seeded Purple Knights Head Into Conference Championship At 22-2 Overall And Went 16-0 In The ECC During Regular Season
Bridgeport, Conn.-By virtue of the squad's first place finish in the East Coast Conference regular season standings, the University of Bridgeport volleyball team will be hosting this weekend's 2014 East Coast Conference Championship Tournament in UB's Hubbell Gymnasium. This is the third straight year that UB will host the tournament; the matches will take place on Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15.
Bridgeport comes into the ECC Championship undefeated this year in conference play, as UB has won all sixteen of their matches. The top-seeded Purple Knights, who are 22-2 overall and 16-0 in conference play this season, will take on the number four-seeded Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (16-10 overall, 10-6 ECC) in the opening match of the tournament at 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening. The Purple Knights are looking to three-peat as the East Coast Conference champions as they defeated NYIT, 3-2, in 2013 and LIU Post, 3-1, in 2012. UB won their only other ECC title in 2009. Bridgeport won both matches with Roberts Wesleyan this season, winning 3-1 in Rochester and 3-2 at home.
In Friday's other semifinal match, the number two seed Dowling College Golden Lions (21-8 overall, 13-3 ECC) will face the number three seed LIU Post Pioneers (18-12 overall, 11-5 ECC) at 7:30 p.m. The Golden Lions and the Pioneers split their two regular season matches with each team picking up a home win. Bridgeport handed Dowling two of their three conferences losses this year, winning 3-0 at home and 3-1 in Oakdale on October 14. The Purple Knights swept LIU Post with a 3-0 home victory and a 3-2 road victory in which the Pioneers led 2-1 but came back to win 16-14 in the fifth set.
Friday's winners will meet for the 2014 East Coast Conference Women's Volleyball Championship at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, and the winner of that match will receive an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament that will begin on Thursday, November 20.
The University of Bridgeport volleyball team is looking for its seventh consecutive trip to the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament.
Ticket Information
Adults: $5
Students: $2 (with ID)
Seniors/Children under 12: $2
UB students, faculty and staff will be free with current ID
Complete 2014 East Coast Conference Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament Schedule-All Matches Hosted By The University of Bridgeport
Friday, November 14
5:00 pm No. 1 Bridgeport vs. No. 4 Roberts Wesleyan
7:30 pm No. 2 Dowling vs. No. 3 LIU Post
Saturday, November 15
8:00 pm Friday's winners meet in Finals