Reigning CACC Champion Volleyball Sits atop Preseason Coaches' Poll
Purple Knights went 26-8 last season, including a 15-1 championship season in the CACC.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Coming off a dominant run through the conference a year ago, the University of Bridgeport's volleyball team has once again been voted first in the North Division of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) according to the preseason coaches' poll released on Wednesday.
The Purple Knights received 11 of the 12 first-place votes while Jefferson University was selected to win the South Division for the second straight year. Bridgeport beat the Rams twice last season, including in the championship of the conference tournament.
Coach Mullin's latest squad brings back a plethora of experience and accolades from a team that went 26-8 overall last season and 15-1 in the CACC. In fact, the Purple Knights' roster features a total of 11 returners and seven upperclassmen.
Remarkably, UB's experience features the reigning CACC Rookie of the Year (Hailey Jessen) and Setter of the Year (Jaden Drollinger). Not to mention, the 2023 CACC Coach of the Year, Gary Mullin.
Junior Lucia Tomiello is also back for the Purple and White after being named to last year's CACC All-Conference First Team.
The battle-tested Purple Knights will begin the new campaign with a pair of matches on Sept. 6. Bridgeport visits Pelz Gymnasium in New Haven, Conn. to take on Southern Connecticut State and Queens College.
2024 CACC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL
North Division
1. University of Bridgeport 66 (11)
2. Dominican University 49
3. Felician University 46
4. Post University 40 (1)
5. Caldwell University 25
6. Bloomfield College 20
South Division
1. Thomas Jefferson University 65 (10)
2. Wilmington University 46 (1)
3. Georgian Court University 41
4. Holy Family University 40
5. Chestnut Hill College 38 (1)
6. Goldey-Beacom College 16
() - First-Place Votes
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