2012 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time/Score AUGUST (0-4 Overall | 0-0 NEC) 24 (Fri.) vs. New Hampshire 1 L | 0-3 25 (Sat.) vs. Maryland 1 L | 0-3 1 @ Villanova L | 0-3 31 (Fri.) BUCKNELL 2 L | 1-3 SEPTEMBER (7-7 Overall | 3-0 NEC) 1 (Sat.) NORFOLK STATE 2 W | 3-1 PROVIDENCE 2 W | 3-0 4 (Tue.) @ Youngstown State L | 0-3 7 (Fri.) @ UMBC 3 L | 0-3 vs. Howard 3 W | 3-0 8 (Sat.) vs. Colorado 3 L | 0-3 vs. James Madison 3 L | 0-3 11 (Tue.) WEST VIRGINIA W | 3-2 14 (Fri.) vs. Southern Mississippi 4 L | 0-3 15 (Sat.) @ Stephen F. Austin 4 L | 0-3 vs. Northwestern State 4 L | 0-3 22 (Sat.) BRYANT N W | 3-1 29 (Sat.) @ Central Connecticut State N W | 3-0 30 (Sun.) @ Quinnipiac N W | 3-0 OCTOBER (7-3 Overall | 7-2 NEC) 3 (Wed.) SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) N W | 3-2 6 (Sat.) ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) N W | 3-1 7 (Sun.) LIU-BROOKLYN N L | 0-3 13 (Sat.) @ Sacred Heart N L | 2-3 14 (Sun.) @ Fairleigh Dickinson N W | 3-1 20 (Sat.) @ Bryant N W | 3-0 23 (Tue.) @ Duquesne L | 0-3 27 (Sat.) CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE N W | 3-1 28 (Sun.) QUINNIPIAC N W | 3-0 31 (Wed.) @ Saint Francis (Pa.) N W | 3-0 NOVEMBER (3-2 Overall | 3-1 NEC) 3 (Sat.) SACRED HEART N W | 3-1 4 (Sun.) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON N W | 3-1 6 (Tue.) @ Pittsburgh L | 0-3 10 (Sat.) @ St. Francis (N.Y.) N W | 3-0 11 (Sun.) @ LIU-Brooklyn N L | 1-3 17 (Sat.) vs. Central Connecticut State S 5:00 p.m. 18 (Sun.) vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)/LIU-Brooklyn C 3:00 p.m. Home games in BOLD ITALIC CAPS All times Eastern Northeast Conference Match Northeast Conference Semifinals C Northeast Conference Championship N S
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Villanova Classic Duquesne/Robert Morris Invitational UMBC Tournament Stephen F. Austin Tournament
2012 NEC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP NOVEMBER 17-18, 2012
WHERE LIU-Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center TIME 3:00 p.m. (Sat./Sun.), 5:00 p.m. (Sat.) LIVE STATS liuathletics.com LIVE VIDEO necfrontrow.com THIS WEEK The Robert Morris University Colonials will try to bring back a eighth Northeast Conference tournament championship as the team competes in the 2012 NEC Volleyball Championship in Brooklyn, N.Y. The two-day tournament starts on Saturday, November 17, when the Colonials will take on the #3 seed Central Connecticut State Blue Devils in a match scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. The championship match will take place on Sunday, November 18, at 3:00 p.m. with the winner facing either Saint Francis (Pa.) or LIU-Brooklyn. Date Match Saturday, November 17 #4 Saint Francis (Pa.) vs. #1 LIU-Brooklyn #3 Central Connecticut State vs. #2 Robert Morris Sunday, November 18 Championship (#4/#1 vs. #3/#2)
Time 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
CATCHING UP WITH THE COLONIALS The Robert Morris volleyball team concluded their regular season schedule with a 17-16 record while going 13-3 in Northeast Conference matches. In the final weekend of the regular season, the Colonials split their final two NEC matches as they swept St. Francis (N.Y.), 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-19) before falling to the #1 seed LIU-Brooklyn, 1-3 (13-25, 19-25, 25-18, 18-25). Senior Lindsey Monger (Rising Sun, Md. / Rising Sun) would record double-doubles in both of the team’s matches during the final weekend of play. Against St. Francis (N.Y.), Monger would tally 11 kills while making 10 digs before improving on both marks during the Sunday contest against LIU-Brooklyn when she managed 12 kills while providing 20 digs for the Colonials. Fellow senior Amanda Craig (Houston, Texas / St. Agnes Academy) would record 25 kills on the weekend - 12 against St. Francis (N.Y.) and 13 against LIU-Brooklyn - joining Monger as the only two Colonials to reach double-digit kills in either of the matches during the weekend. Sophomore middle blocker Becky Jay (Parma, Ohio / Padua Franciscan) had a hand in eleven blocks in the two matches as she provided three blocks - one solo and two assisted blocks - against St. Francis (N.Y.) before contributing eight block assists in the loss against LIU-Brooklyn. Co-captain Andrea Catucci (Davidsonville, Md. / Archbishop Spalding) recorded double-digit digs in both matches, 16 against St. Francis (N.Y.) and 10 against LIU-Brooklyn. Sophomore Melissa Bograd (Lemont, Ill. / Lemont) would record three service aces in the match against LIU-Brooklyn on Sunday. In the four-set loss against LIU-Brooklyn, a total of five Colonials would record at least ten digs in the match. 2012 ROBERT MORRIS VOLLEYBALL PAGE 1