Women's Volleyball Earns No. 2 Ranking in NEWVA Regional Coaches Poll
Springfield, Mass. - October 2, 2008 - After an impressive 14-2 start to their 2008 season, the Springfield College women's volleyball team was voted as the second-best team in New England by the New England Women's Volleyball Assocation in a coaches poll released on Thursday afternoon.The Pride, which have had a balanced attack this season under the direction of head coach Joel Dearing, are ranked second in the poll, behind Tufts. The Pride recently lost to Tufts in four games last weekend at the MIT Invitational.
Springfield is one of four schools in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) to be ranked as one of the top 15 teams in New England. Wellesley sits just behind the Pride in third, while MIT is eighth, and Coast Guard is 15th.
New England Women's Volleyball Association
Division III Volleyball
Regional Poll - #1 - Sept. 21, 2008
1. Tufts
2. Springfield
3. Wellesley
4. Amherst
5. Connecticut College
6. Brandeis
7. Williams
8. MIT
9. Wesleyan
10. Middlebury
11. Keene State
12. Endicott
13. Bowdoin
14. Western Connecticut
15. Coast Guard
Team Links
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- 2009 JV Schedule
- Photo Gallery
- 2008 Recruiting Brochure (.pdf)
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- NEWMACsports.com
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Head Coach Joel Dearing
Joel Dearing will enter his 21st season as head women's volleyball coach at his alma mater in the fall of 2009. Dearing is regarded nationally as one of the sport’s best coaches and he has the resume to prove it. Dearing ranks in the top-10 in Division III history with a 670-298 (.692) overall mark in 28 seasons as a women’s volleyball coach.
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