Men’s Volleyball Earns #12 Seed in NECVA Tournament

The North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) has announced the field of 16 which will compete for the 2009 NECVA Championship. SUNY New Paltz (22-12) received an at-large bid into the tournament as the #12 seed and will face fifth seeded Endicott (20-11) on Friday, April 3 at 6pm. The Hawks made their last NECVA tournament appearance in 2007, where they were eliminated in the second round.

The 2009 tournament will take place from Friday, April 3 through Sunday, April 5 at Rockwell Cage and Dupont Gym, 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.

Overall, the top two teams in each of the conference’s five divisions, plus six at-large selections from among the 32 other eligible schools in the league, will battle for the 15th NECVA championship. The Metro, New England and Western Divisions each received two at-large bids.

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 25-0 against NECVA schools this season.