Volleyball: November 28th at SHU match is cancelled

[FU73]

Not sure why or by whom but:

The Nov. 28 volleyball match set to feature Fairfield University heading across town to Sacred Heart University has been cancelled, as announced today. The 2016 MAAC Champion Stags' season will continue with the ninth NCAA Championship appearance in program history.

www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32500&ATCLID=211314390

[ctghostman]

Why? They stole GE from us.

[ctbobs]

SHU lost in their conference championship game on Sunday. I assume they didn't want to play a game a week later. FU probably wanted the game to help get ready for NCAAs.

Plus SHU already beat us 3-0 early in the year. No reason to play again.

[JoeStag]

I don't know who cancelled it …… Us, Them, or Both, but shying away from competition is not a good thing.

[FU73]

Now the Stags next game won't be until December 1 at the earliest:

NCAA Tournament Selection Process
The 2016 Division I Women’s Volleyball championship provides for a field of 64 teams to compete in a single elimination tournament. Of the 64 teams, 32 teams will receive automatic qualification while the remaining 32 teams are selected on an at-large basis by the Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee.

Selection Show | Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 9 p.m. on ESPNU
The NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship bracket will be announced the Sunday before the first round of competition.

First and Second Rounds | December 1-3, 2016
First and Second round competition will be held at 16 non-predetermined campus sites. At each campus site, four teams will compete in single-elimination first round competition. The two advancing teams then compete against each other in single-elimination second round competition at the same campus site. The winning team from each of the 16 second rounds advances to the regional round.

Regionals | December 9-10, 2016
Regionals for the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship will be held at four non-predetermined campus sites. At each site, four teams compete in single-elimination regional semifinal competition. The two advancing teams then compete against each other in single-elimination regional final. The winning team from each of the four regions will advance to the DI Women’s Volleyball Championship final site in Columbus, Ohio.

National Championship | December 15 and 17, 2016
The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship will be held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio. The national semifinals will be held December 15 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m (ESPN2). The national championship will take place December 17 at 9 p.m. (ESPN2).

www.ncaa.com/championships/volleyball-women/d1/road-to-the-championship

[ctbobs]

I was told by one of the volleyball players today (as she was selling me the winning 50/50 ticket) that SHU cancelled the game due to their losing their league championship game, and their season being over. This was my theory above