2013 Women's Volleyball Schedule

[darell1976]

Post your school's schedule for the upcoming season.

North Dakota

Sat, Aug 24 Alumni Match Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 4:00 p.m.

UND Classic

Fri, Aug 30 Iowa State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Aug 31 South Dakota State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1:00 p.m.

Sat, Aug 31 Texas A&M Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.



Middle Tennesee State Invitational

Fri, Sep 06 UAB at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 12:30 p.m.

Fri, Sep 06 Austin Peay at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 5:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 07 Virginia Tech at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 12:30 p.m.

Sat, Sep 07 Middle Tennessee State at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 8:00 p.m.



Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic

Fri, Sep 13 Florida A&M at New Orleans, La. 10:00 a.m.

Fri, Sep 13 Texas Southern at New Orleans, La. 5:30 p.m.

Sat, Sep 14 Tulane at New Orleans, La. 3:00 p.m.



Mon, Sep 16 South Dakota at Vermillion, S.D. 7:00 p.m.

Fri, Sep 20 Montana State * at Bozeman, Mont. 8:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 21 Montana * at Missoula, Mont. 8:00 p.m.

Thu, Sep 26 Weber State * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Sep 28 Idaho State * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Mon, Sep 30 North Dakota State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 05 Sacramento State * at Sacramento, Calif. TBA

Mon, Oct 07 Northern Colorado * at Greeley, Colo. 8:00 p.m.

Thu, Oct 10 Eastern Washington * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 12 Portland State * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 12:00 p.m.

Thu, Oct 17 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, Utah 8:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 19 Northern Arizona * at Flagstaff, Ariz. 9:30 p.m.

Thu, Oct 24 Montana * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Oct 26 Montana State * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 4:00 p.m.

Fri, Nov 01 Idaho State * at Pocatello, Idaho 8:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 02 Weber State * at Ogden, Utah 8:00 p.m.

Fri, Nov 08 Northern Colorado * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 09 Sacramento State * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Thu, Nov 14 Portland State * at Portland, Ore. 9:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 16 Eastern Washington * at Cheney, Wash. 8:00 p.m.

Thu, Nov 21 Northern Arizona * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 23 Southern Utah * Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 4:00 p.m.

Big Sky Conference Tournament

Fri, Nov 29 -
Sat, Nov 30 TBA at Portland, Ore. TBA

[bonarae]

Harvard:

(Last season we finished 10-15, 7-7 Ivy. Yale was the Ivy representative in the NCAA Tournament last season.)

Harvard Invitational at home:
September 6 - Holy Cross, 7 pm (Home Opener)
September 7 - UMES (Maryland-Eastern Shore), 2 pm and Hofstra, 7 pm

Aztec Invitational at San Diego State:
September 13 - San Diego State
September 14 - SMU and U. San Francisco

September 18 - UMass Lowell

New England Challenge (road):
September 21 - Northeastern
September 22 - Boston College

September 24 - UNH
September 27 - Ivy home opener (Dartmouth)

October 4 - at Yale
October 5 - at Brown

October 11 - Cornell
October 12 - Columbia

October 18 - at Penn
October 19 - at Princeton

October 25 - at Dartmouth

November 1 - Yale
November 2 - Brown

November 8 - Princeton
November 9 - Penn

November 15 - at Columbia
November 16 - at Cornell

[bkrownd]

Hawaii-Hilo always has very "interesting" opponents ;)

8/29/2013 University of Alaska Fairbanks Hilo, HI
8/31/2013 University of Alaska Anchorage Hilo, HI
9/5/2013 East Central University Hilo, HI
9/7/2013 East Central University Hilo, HI
9/9/2013 Fort Hays State University Hilo, HI
9/20/2013 * Hawaii Pacific University Honolulu, HI
9/21/2013 * Brigham Young University-Hawaii Laie, HI
9/26/2013 * Chaminade University Hilo, HI
9/28/2013 * Hawaii Pacific University Hilo, HI
10/2/2013 * Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA
10/4/2013 * Dominican University San Rafael, CA
10/5/2013 * Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont, CA
10/7/2013 * Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA
10/12/2013 * Brigham Young University-Hawaii Hilo, HI
10/16/2013 * Azusa Pacific University Hilo, HI
10/19/2013 * Point Loma Nazarene University Hilo, HI
10/24/2013 * Dixie State University Hilo, HI
10/26/2013 * Academy of Art University Hilo, HI
10/28/2013 * Fresno Pacific University Hilo, HI
10/30/2013 * Notre Dame de Namur University Hilo, HI
11/3/2013 * Holy Names College Oakland, CA
11/6/2013 * Dixie State College St. George, UT
11/8/2013 * Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA
11/9/2013 * California Baptist University Riverside, CA
11/16/2013 * Chaminade University Honolulu, HI

[darell1976]

Big Sky Conference Standings



School

Big Sky

Overall



North Dakota (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=487)

7-0

12-7



Portland State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=483)

6-1

9-8



Northern Arizona (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=484)

5-1

11-4



Idaho State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=482)

5-2

11-7



Sacramento State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=478)

3-3

8-9



Montana (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=480)

3-3

6-9



Eastern Washington (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=477)

3-4

6-12



Montana State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=479)

1-5

3-14



Southern Utah (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=485)

1-5

2-14



Northern Colorado (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=486)

1-6

5-12



Weber State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=481)

1-6

5-16




13 games left for UND who is looking for its first ever BSC title in their 2nd year in the conference.

[darell1976]

UND has clinched a playoff berth!!!

BSC Standings:



North Dakota (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=487)
13-1
18-8


Portland State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=483)
11-3
14-10


Northern Arizona (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=484)
10-3
16-6


Idaho State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=482)
9-5
15-10


Sacramento State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=478)
8-6
13-12


Montana (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=480)
8-6
11-12


Northern Colorado (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=486)
5-9
9-15


Eastern Washington (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=477)
5-9
8-17


Weber State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=481)
3-11
7-21


Montana State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=479)
3-11
5-20


Southern Utah (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=485)
1-12
2-22

[JayJ79]

UND has clinched a playoff berth!!!

I take it that you're referring to a spot in the Big Sky conference tourney?

UNI vb had a bit of a slow start due to having a very young and inexperienced team (graduated 5 seniors last year, all of whome played big roles; plus lost their starting setter and two others over the offseason due to other reasons). They lost more matches in the non-conference than is the norm for them, plus dropped a couple matches in the first half of conference play. But they've made their way back to the top of the MVC standings as the season progressed.

UNI is kind of in a similar situation as UND, sitting at the top of the conference standings (for now), but will have to travel to the tough second place team's home court for the conference tournament (Wichita State for the MVC, Portland State for the BSC). Both conferences have the same type format for conference tournament (6 teams, top 2 get a bye), held on the same weekend. Though the MVC plays its quarterfinals on the evening of Thanksgiving, while it looks like the BSC plays theirs on Friday morning, with the semis that evening.

Unfortunately, the MVC is down this year (in terms of RPI and Pablo), due in part to UNI's slow start, but probably more due to Creighton leaving (and replacing them with a not-as-good Loyola-Chicago program), and none of the other schools garnering any "spotlight" non-conference wins either. So instead of 3 or 4 NCAA bids as has been the case the past few years, it will likely be a 1-bid conference, with a slight chance of 2 bids.

[Twentysix]

Lol, NDSU changed coaches and the Volleyball team went to ****. We won like crazy pretty much every single season since we first went DI, and I'm not even sure we won a single game this year.

2007: 20-8
2008: 24-4
2009: 23-4
2010: 20-11
2011: 26-9

4-19 (4 to go) this year, lol.

[darell1976]

I take it that you're referring to a spot in the Big Sky conference tourney?

UNI vb had a bit of a slow start due to having a very young and inexperienced team (graduated 5 seniors last year, all of whome played big roles; plus lost their starting setter and two others over the offseason due to other reasons). They lost more matches in the non-conference than is the norm for them, plus dropped a couple matches in the first half of conference play. But they've made their way back to the top of the MVC standings as the season progressed.

UNI is kind of in a similar situation as UND, sitting at the top of the conference standings (for now), but will have to travel to the tough second place team's home court for the conference tournament (Wichita State for the MVC, Portland State for the BSC). Both conferences have the same type format for conference tournament (6 teams, top 2 get a bye), held on the same weekend. Though the MVC plays its quarterfinals on the evening of Thanksgiving, while it looks like the BSC plays theirs on Friday morning, with the semis that evening.

Unfortunately, the MVC is down this year (in terms of RPI and Pablo), due in part to UNI's slow start, but probably more due to Creighton leaving (and replacing them with a not-as-good Loyola-Chicago program), and none of the other schools garnering any "spotlight" non-conference wins either. So instead of 3 or 4 NCAA bids as has been the case the past few years, it will likely be a 1-bid conference, with a slight chance of 2 bids.

Yep the BSC tournament in Portland.

[darell1976]

School

Big Sky

Overall



North Dakota (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=487) *

16-3

21-10



Portland State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=483) *

16-3

19-10



Idaho State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=482) *

14-5

20-10



Northern Arizona (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=484) *

13-6

19-9



Montana (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=480) *

10-8

13-14



Sacramento State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=478)

10-9

15-15



Northern Colorado (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=486)

9-10

13-16



Eastern Washington (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=477)

6-13

9-21



Montana State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=479)

4-15

6-24



Weber State (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=481)

3-16

7-26



Southern Utah (http://www.bigskyconf.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=485)

3-16

4-26



*Clinched Postseson Berth








Games left:

Saturday:

SUU @ UND
PSU @ ISU
Sac St @ UM
NAU @ UNC
EWU @ WSU

Monday:

UM @ MSU

[JayJ79]

at the risk of sounding like a mockingbird (or mockingJay, for those Hunger Games fans. har har), I'm gonna copy your format and do the MVC.






School

MVC

Overall



#1 Wichita State @
15-3
26-6


#2 UNI
15-3

23-7



#3 Southern Illinois
13-5

18-12



#4 Missouri State
12-6
21-10


#5 Illinois State
11-7

18-12



#6 Bradley

7-11

13-14



Loyola (Chicago)

7-11

13-18



Indiana State

6-12

13-17



Evansville
4-14

9-20



Drake
0-18

2-28






# = conf. tourney seed
@ = WSU is hosting the tourney, Nov. 28-30





Conference tournament format:
#2 UNI vs. winner of [#3 SIU v. #6 BU]
#1 WSU vs. winner of [#4 MSU v. #5 ILS]

[darell1976]

Big Sky Conference Champions.....UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA!!!!!!!!

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[darell1976]

Big Sky Tournament from Portland, OR:

Friday:

#3 Idaho State vs #6 Northern Colorado 10am PT
#4 Northern Arizona vs #5 Montana St 12:05pm PT

ISU/UNC winner vs #1 North Dakota 5pm PT
NAU/MSU winner vs #2 Portland State 7pm PT

[BisonBohl]

Big Sky Tournament from Portland, OR:

Friday:

#3 Idaho State vs #6 Northern Colorado 10am PT
#4 Northern Arizona vs #5 Montana St 12:05pm PT

ISU/UNC winner vs #1 North Dakota 5pm PT
NAU/MSU winner vs #2 Portland State 7pm PT

Did you guys win?

[darell1976]

Did you guys win?

Nope, UND fell to Idaho St.

[BisonBohl]

Nope, UND fell to Idaho St.


Hey Darrel, for all that pimping you have done about the UND volleyball coach what in the hell happened out in Portland??? Placed on adminstration leave??? Thought UND didnt run like that.???

[darell1976]

UND has just hired their new HC:

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=209387115


GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Athletics director Brian Faison announced on Monday that Mark Pryor has been named the head volleyball coach at the University of North Dakota. The 15-year collegiate coaching veteran arrives in Grand Forks following a four-year stint as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Baylor.
“We are excited to have Coach Pryor lead our volleyball program,” Faison said. “He is the real deal and brings a tremendous mix of coaching experience and enthusiasm for the sport. He is an exceptional recruiter, develops great players, connects well with people and is firmly committed to the academic success of the student-athletes.”
In his first three seasons with the Big XII program, Pryor helped the Bears increase their win total from 16 in 2010, to 18 in 2011 and 20 in 2012. Pryor’s 2012 and 2013 recruiting classes at Baylor were both ranked in the top 20 nationally.

[Bisonoline]

UND has just hired their new HC:

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=209387115

Looks like a good get.