UB Volleyball Set To Host ECC Championship Tournament For The Fourth Straight Season
Purple Knights Looking For Fourth Consecutive ECC Championship Tournament Title
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 2015 East Coast Conference Championship Tournament in UB's Hubbell Gymnasium. This is the fourth straight year that UB will host the tournament; the matches will take place on Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21.
Bridgeport comes into the ECC Championship with a 23-8 overall record and a 15-1 conference mark. The top-seeded Purple Knights will take on the number four-seeded LIU Post Pioneers (23-9 overall, 10-6 ECC) in the opening match of the tournament at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening. The Purple Knights are looking to four-peat as the East Coast Conference champions as they defeated NYIT, 3-2, in 2013 and LIU Post twice, 3-1, in 2012 and 3-0, last season . UB won their only other ECC title in 2009. Bridgeport won both matches against LIU Post this season, each by a 3-1 score.
In Friday's other semifinal match, the number two seed Dowling College Golden Lions (25-6 overall, 13-3 ECC) will face the number three seed NYIT Bears (24-6 overall, 12-4 ECC) at 8:30 p.m. The Golden Lions won both regular season matches against NYIT by 3-0 scores. Bridgeport handed Dowling two of their three conferences losses this year, winning 3-0 at home and 3-2, in Oakdale on November. The Purple Knights split two matches with NYIT, wining 3-1 at home and suffering their only conference loss this season, 3-2, in Old Westbury on October 22.
Friday's winners will meet for the 2015 East Coast Conference Women's Volleyball Championship at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and the winner of that match will receive an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament that will begin on Thursday, December 3.
The University of Bridgeport volleyball team is looking for its eighth 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 2015 East Coast Conference Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament Schedule-All Matches Hosted By The University of Bridgeport
Friday, November 20
6:00 pm No. 1 Bridgeport vs. No. 4 LIU Post
7:30 pm No. 2 Dowling vs. No. 3 NYIT
Saturday, November 21
7:30 pm Friday's winners meet in Finals