Thursday, July 09, 2009

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 9, 2009) - A six-game road stretch to start the season along with 11 home games are on tap for the Bucs as ETSU volleyball head coach Lindsey Devine announced the 2009 schedule Thursday.

The Bucs start the season Aug. 28-29 on the road in Morehead, Ky. as they will take on UT Chattanooga, Morehead State and James Madison in the Morehead State Tournament. ETSU then heads to Lynchburg, Va. on Sept. 4-5 for the Liberty Tournament where they will face the host Flames, Elon and Howard.

Other non-conference games include hosting in-state rival UT Chattanooga (Sept. 15), and road games at Appalachian State (Sept. 22) and UNC Asheville (Oct. 20).

The Bucs open conference play on Sept. 8 as they will host USC Upstate. The conference home games include Stetson (Sept. 11), Florida Gulf Coast (Sept. 12), Campbell (Sept. 26), Lipscomb (Oct. 2), Belmont (Oct. 3), Mercer (Oct. 23), Kennesaw State (Oct. 24), North Florida (Nov. 6) and Jacksonville (Nov. 7).

Conference road games include Kennesaw State (Sept. 18), Mercer (Sept. 19), Jacksonville (Oct. 9), North Florida (Oct. 10), USC Upstate (Oct. 13), Campbell (Oct. 16), Florida Gulf Coast (Oct. 30), Stetson (Oct. 31), Belmont (Nov. 13) and Lipscomb (Nov. 14).

The Atlantic Sun conference tournament will be held from Nov. 19-21 in Fort Myers, Fla. at Florida Gulf Coast University.

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