The defending conference champion Lewis-Clark State volleyball team opens the 2008 Frontier Conference Tournament at home this weekend. All eight league teams have gathered in Lewiston for the single-elimination tournament which pits the higher seeds up against the lower seeds.
Warrior head coach Jen Greeny says the team couldn’t be more excited to begin the post season portion of the schedule at home.
Warrior Head Coach Jen Greeny comments
The Warriors, (25-2), are ranked 14th in the latest NAIA National Poll, but with only nine at-large berths available for the national tournament and only one poll left, LC is approaching this weekend with a “must win” attitude.
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The tournament will feature two sessions and four matches total Friday.
Second seeded Rocky Mountain will meet #7 seeded MSU-Northern at noon PST, to be followed by #3 seeded Great Falls taking on 6th seeded Montana Tech at 2pm PST.
The top seeded Warriors will open the evening session against #8 seeded Montana Western at 6pm PST, and at 8pm PST, #4 seeded Carroll will face 5th seeded Westminster.
Matches resume Saturday with action scheduled for 11am PST, 1pm PST and the conference championship match is slated for 7pm PST. Single game tickets, session passes and tournament passes are all available at the ticket booth located at the LCSC Activity Center.
Under the NAIA’s new direct qualification model, conference winners across the country along with the nine at-large qualifiers will meet in the 36-team national tournament beginning November 22nd in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Lewis-Clark State volleyball team will hold a fund-raiser on Saturday October 11 at Macullen’s restaurant in Lewiston. Head coach Jen Greeny says the event will serve as a way for fans and players to interact in a non-sports environment.
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Proceeds from the dinner will go to the program’s booster group, also known as the VClub.
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The Vclub dinner is open to the public and will run from 4 – 8pm PDT at Macullen’s, located at 1516 Main Street in Lewiston. For more information contact coach Greeny at (208) 792-2258 or via e-mail at jagreeny@lcsc.edu.
The Lewis-Clark State College volleyball program will conduct “Little Spikers” volleyball clinics on four Saturdays this fall for boys and girls ages 5-12 at the LCSC Activity Center. Warrior head volleyball coach Jen Greeny says the clinics are designed to inaugurate area youngsters into the ever-growing sport.
Warrior head volleyball coach Jen Greeny comments
While coaches coordinate the clinics, the players themselves take on the main roles of instructors.
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The clinics will run from 9am to 10am on September 13, October 4, October 25, and November 1. The total fee for the four clinics is $25, which along with free admission to all home volleyball matches, includes a T-shirt.
Pre-registration is encouraged but parents and guardians can also register kids at the door beginning at 8:30am September 13. For more information or to pre-register, contact the LCSC volleyball office at (208) 792-2258.
The 16th ranked Lewis-Clark State volleyball team will take its unblemished 8-0 record to Spokane this weekend to take part in the five-team Whitworth Tournament. While the Warriors swept the field last weekend in the Concordia Tournament in Portland, head coach Jen Greeny says the team respnded well to some tense moments, including a 5-game come-from-behind win over the host Concordia.
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The Warriors will open the tournament at 11am Friday against Menlo College before facing Whitman College at 5pm. LC will then play twice on Saturday facing fellow Frontier Conference foe Montana-Western and capping the tournament against the host team Whitworth at 6pm.
The Warriors open Frontier Conference play Thursday, September 11 at home against Montana Tech.
The Lewis-Clark State volleyball team opens the 2008 season this weekend hosting the five team Holiday Inn Express tournament at the Activity Center. After a somewhat surprising 26-8 campaign last year, the Warriors have been picked by the Frontier Conference coaches as the league favorite and are ranked 16th in the NAIA pre-season national poll. 2nd year head coach Jen Greeny says there is more pressure on the program to succeed this year, but most of it comes from within the team itself.
Head coach Jen Greeny comments
With nine returning players and a highly touted recruiting class, expectations are running high for a return trip to the NAIA National Tournament in November.
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The Warriors play twice Friday, opening the tournament with Corban College of Oregon at 2pm, followed by a 6pm contest against Concordia University of Oregon. Other teams in the field include Westmont College of California and Northwest University of Washington. The tournament runs through Saturday with four matches per day.
