Canes Volleyball Announces 2011 Fall Schedule
July 1, 2011
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Coral Gables, Fla. – The University of Miami volleyball team announced its 2011 fall schedule on Friday. The Hurricanes will play a total seven teams that participated in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
Under the direction of head coach Nicole Lantagne Welch, the University of Miami volleyball team will participate in its 11th season since the return of the program in 2001. The Hurricanes, participants in two consecutive NCAA Tournaments, will take part in 29 regular season matches.
A season ago, the Canes finished with a 23-9 overall record (13-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), and finished third in the league standings. UM went to Bloomington, Ind. for its match against the second-seeded and host Indiana Hoosiers.
UMiami takes part in three regular season tournaments to open the year, including the Hurricane Invitational at the James L. Knight Sports Complex in Coral Gables.
Miami will begin the year at the Tiger Classic, hosted by LSU, where Miami will first meet Jacksonville State in the season-opener on Friday, Aug. 26. The following day, the Canes will face Louisiana-Lafayette and host LSU. The LSU Tigers went to last year’s NCAA Tournament, falling to Tulsa in the opening round.
The following weekend, the Canes travel across the country to Malibu, Calif., participating in the Pepperdine Asics Classic hosted by the Pepperdine Waves. Once there, UMiami will take on UC Santa Barbara, Georgia and the host Waves in a two-day affair, Sept. 2-3.
The Canes conclude the regular season tournament schedule at home with the Hurricane Invitational. UM has won two of the last three invitational tournaments, including last season with wins over San Francisco, Bethune-Cookman and FIU. The Hurricane Invitational for 2011 features teams from Florida A&M, Auburn and Oklahoma. Miami opens with FAMU (Sept. 8) and then faces Auburn (Sept. 9) and Oklahoma (Sept. 10).
Both Auburn and Oklahoma advanced to last year’s NCAA Tournament, with the Sooners going to the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual champion Penn State. Auburn advanced to the second round.
The ACC season opens with Miami traveling to in-state rival Florida State (Sept. 14), followed by a trip to Virginia Tech (Sept. 23) and Virginia (Sept. 25). In fact, five of the first seven ACC matches for the Hurricanes will be away from the James L. Knight Sports Complex.
Wake Forest (Sept. 30) and Duke (Oct. 2) visit Coral Gables a week later. And UMiami gets back on the road the following weekend with a two-match swing along venerable Tobacco Road as the Canes face NC State (Oct. 7) and North Carolina (Oct. 9).
Clemson and Georgia Tech travel to Coral Gables on Oct. 14 and 16, and UM gets back to the road for its northern-most road trip at Boston College (Oct. 21) and Maryland (Oct. 23) a week later.
The Hurricanes have their longest home stand of the year to close October and begin November. UM welcomes the UVa Cavaliers (Oct. 28), Virginia Tech Hokies (Oct. 30), UNC Tar Heels (Nov. 4) and NC State Wolfpack (Nov. 6).
A four-match road trek ensues, with UMiami traveling in order to Duke (Nov. 10), Wake Forest (Nov. 12), Georgia Tech (Nov. 18) and closing out against Clemson (Nov. 19). The Canes conclude the regular season at home against the FSU Seminoles on Saturday, Nov. 26.
This season’s NCAA Tournament begins Dec. 1, running through Dec. 4, at campus sites to be determined. The championships will be held in San Antonio, Texas on Dec. 15 (semifinals) and Dec. 17 (finals).
A complete 2011 Hurricanes volleyball schedule can be accessed by clicking here.
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