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Princeton University Athletics
Three-Time NCAA Champ Penn State Highlights '10 Volleyball Schedule
July 06, 2010 | Women's Volleyball
Head coach Jolie Ward will make sure her 2010 Princeton women's volleyball team is well-tested before it begins competing for the program's 15th Ivy League championship. Three-time reigning NCAA champion Penn State highlights a non-league schedule that is among the toughest Princeton has played in years.
To see the full 2010 schedule, click here.
Princeton will open its second season under Ward during the first weekend of September, when it heads to Easton, Pa., for the Lafayette Tournament. The season will officially begin Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. aagainst Lafayette; Princeton will face both St. Peter's and FDU the following day.
Following a mid-week game at one Big East in-state rival, Seton Hall, Princeton will head to another for its second tournament. The Tigers will compete in the 2010 Rutgers Tournament Sept. 10-11, beginning with a Friday afternoon showdown against TCU at 4:30 p.m. Princeton will take on Rutgers and George Mason the following day.
Princeton's biggest weekend test will come Sept. 17-18 at the Penn State Classic in University Park. The Tigers will open Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. against St. John's, which has won the Big East regular season title in three of the last four seasons and won at least one NCAA tournament match in two of the last four seasons.
Princeton will take on Penn State and George Washington the following day; Penn State is the three-time reigning NCAA champion and will enter the season on a 101-match win streak.
The Tigers will make their home debut Sept. 22 against Temple; the match will also serve as the final test before opening the Ivy League season. And if Princeton wasn't tested enough during the non-league slate, it will get another quick test during the Ivy opener. Princeton will head to 2009 champion Penn for a 7 p.m. match Oct. 1 in what will be the Ivy opener for both teams.
Princeton will have three home Ivy League weekends: Oct. 8-9 (Brown/Yale); Oct. 15-16 (Harvard/Dartmouth) and Nov. 5-6 (Cornell/Columbia). Princeton will conclude the regular season Nov. 17 against Penn at Dillon Gym.