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| Christina Pierre was named Second Team All-Skyline Conference in 2008. |
The Mount will play four of its first six matches at Hayes Gymnasium in 2009 with the first road trip being to Iowa. The Dolphins will tussle with Yeshiva on September 1 and then host York (N.Y.) on September 8 before traveling to the midwest. When the Dolphins return from Iowa they will play host to a pair of non-conference rivals when New Rochelle comes to Hayes Gymnasium on September 15 and Lehman travels in on September 17.
After a road contest at USMMA-Kings Point on Saturday, September 19, Mount Saint Vincent will welcome Skyline Conference rival Mount Saint Mary to Riverdale on September 22 and then play host to Saint Elizabeth on September 24.
September 26 will mark the first road league contest for the Dolphins when they will travel to Patchogue, N.Y. for a pair of Skyline matches. The Mount will go head-to-head with St. Joseph’s-LI and Old Westbury before coming home for two more non-league contests against Sarah Lawrence on September 29 and William Paterson on October 1.
Following the match to open October the Dolphins will play nine of their final 11 contests on the road starting with a match at CCNY on October 6. From there the Dolphins will head to Farmingdale, N.Y. for league contests with the Rams and Bard on October 10. After the league weekend, Mount Saint Vincent will return to Riverdale for its finals two home matches of the season when it hosts Medgar Evers on October 14 and St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn on October 19.
Mount Saint Vincent will close out the season with six straight matches away from home, including league matches at Purchase on October 20, two matches on October 24 at Maritime with the host Privateers and Polytechnic and a trip to Sage on October 25. The regular season will wrap up a tri-match at Baruch on October 30 when the Dolphins will take on Centenary (N.J.) and the host Bearcats.
The top six teams following the conclusion of regular season play will we compete in the Skyline Conference Tournament with a chance to represent the league with its automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Sage had captured the league crown each of the past two seasons.
2009 Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Volleyball Schedule
September
1 Yeshiva 8:00 p.m.
8 York (N.Y.) 7:00 p.m.
11 at Grinnell Tournament TBA
12 at Grinnell Tournament TBA
15 New Rochelle 7:00 p.m.
17 Lehman 7:00 p.m.
19 at USMMA-Kings Point 12:30 p.m.
22 Mount Saint Mary * 7:00 p.m.
24 Saint Elizabeth 7:00 p.m.
26 at St. Joseph’s-LI * TBA
26 Old Westbury * (at SJLI) TBA
29 Sarah Lawrence 7:00 p.m.
October
1 William Paterson 7:00 p.m.
6 at City College of N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
10 at Farmingdale St. * 10:00 a.m.
10 Bard * (at Farmingdale St.) TBA
14 Medgar Evers 7:00 p.m.
19 St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn 7:00 p.m.
20 at Purchase * 4:00 p.m.
24 at Maritime * 11:00 a.m.
24 Polytechnic * (at Maritime) TBA
25 at Sage * 1:00 p.m.
30 Centenary (N.J.) (at Baruch) 6:45 p.m.
30 at Baruch 8:30 p.m.
November
4 Skyline Tournament TBA
7 Skyline Tournament TBA
