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Schedule For Volleyball East Region Championship Tournament Announced

Second-Seeded Daemen Gets The Nightcap Match In Opening Round

AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's volleyball team will make their NCAA Tournament debut at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 1 at Lumsden Gymnasium as the official schedule for the East Region Championship was announced today.  Daemen learned last evening that it had earned an at-large bid and hosting privileges for the  East Region Championship - one of eight regional tournaments that serve to dwindle the full NCAA Tournament field down from 64 teams to the final eight.  The eight regional champions will meet in Sioux Falls, S.D. from December 8-10 for the right to compete for the NCAA Division II national championship.  The second-seeded Wildcats take on seventh-seeded Post University in the opening round next week.

The full schedule for the East Region Championship at Lumsden Gymnasium is as follows...
 
Thursday, December 1
12:00 PM No. 4 American International vs. No. 5 Le Moyne
2:30 PM No. 1 N.Y. Institute of Technology vs. No. 8 Adelphi
5:00 PM No. 3 New Haven vs. No. 6 Philadelphia
7:30 PM No. 2 Daemen vs. No. 7 Post
    
Friday, December 2
5:00 PM Semifinal #1 - NYIT/Adelphi winner vs. American International/Le Moyne winner
7:30 PM Semifinal #2 - Daemen/Post winner vs. New Haven/Philadelphia winner
    
Saturday, December 3
5:00 PM Regional Finals - Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2

View the full NCAA Tournament bracket HERE

Daemen, which is in just its second year as a full-fledged NCAA Division II member, will enter tournament play with a 23-7 overall record.  The Wildcats captured the East Coast Conference regular season championship with a 13-1 league mark before seeing their 15-match winning streak come to an end in the ECC Tournament finals this past Saturday evening at Lumsden Gymnasium against NYIT which earned their first conference tournament title since 1990.  The NYIT Bears are the defending East Region champions.

The Wildcats feature the Ashley Drzymala (West Seneca, N.Y./St. Mary's of Lancaster), the 2016 ECC Player of the Year, Bailey Dolegowski (Marilla, N.Y./St. Mary's of Lancaster), the ECC Co-Rookie of the Year, and head coach Stephanie Albano, the ECC Coach of the Year.

Daemen is 4-4 this season against NCAA Tournament teams.  Their opening round opponent, the Post Eagles, enter tournament play at 26-5 after falling the semifinals of the Cental Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament.  The Wildcats and Eagles have not met since the latter scored a straight-sets win on September 11, 2015.

Stay tuned to daemenwildcats.com as more information about the upcoming East Region Championship portion of the NCAA Tournament becomes available.  A full tournament preview will be posted in the days leading up to the tournament.  And, as always, ror breaking news and continuing coverage of the Daemen women's volleyball team, follow @DaemenAthletics and @DaemenVB on Twitter.

 
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Players Mentioned

Ashley Drzymala

#10 Ashley Drzymala

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5' 10"
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Players Mentioned

Ashley Drzymala

#10 Ashley Drzymala

5' 10"
Sophomore
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Bailey Dolegowski

#14 Bailey Dolegowski

5' 8"
Freshman
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