Volleyball is the most difficult of all schedules to create because of several factors.
There are tri-matches but we don’t have a number of teams (9, 12, 15) to make it a tri-match for all teams each week. We have teams adding to the league such as Colby Sawyer and Regis, that are new to the rotation, and of course the unexpected exit of Mount Ida this past spring caused disruption to conference schedules.
The priorities for the schedule in rank order are
1. Trying to get all teams five home contests during the conference schedule
2. Reducing missed class time during the week
3. Saving money on transportation costs by sharing buses with other teams
4. Honoring the request for teams for special dates and the opportunity to play in non-conference tournaments
Because the volleyball schedule is not as straightforward as other sports that simply rotate the home and away each year due to tri-matches in volleyball there are a few odd looking quirks. For example two teams may be scheduled to play a single match but not a tri-match in order to provide as many teams as possible (12 of 13 in 2019) with five home games. Additionally occasionally a team returns to a site that they played at last season for the same reasons (only once in 2019). The conference office keeps tracks of there outliers and in the long run all teams home and away games will balance out.
Thank you for your understanding of this complex schedule.
Joe Walsh
GNAC Commissioner and Scheduler
Week |
Date |
Location | Home | Away | Comment |
Week 2 | Sat 9/21/19 | Northfield, VT |
Norwich
|
Anna Maria
| 2019 Norwich Homecoming NOT A TRIMATCH. The Anna Maria/USJ match is in Paxton in 2019 |
| Sat 9/21/19 | Northfield, VT |
Norwich
|
Saint Joseph CT
| 2019 Norwich Homecoming. The Anna Maria/USJ match is in Paxton in 2019 |
Week 3 | Sat 9/28/19 | Suffolk |
Suffolk
|
Norwich
| |
Week 4 | Sat 10/5/19 | Standish ME |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Norwich
| NOT A TRIMATCH. The NOR/ANNA Maria match is in Northfield |
Week 5 | Sat 10/12/19 | Northfield, VT |
Norwich
|
Simmons
| 2019 SIM can share a bus w WS |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Northfield, VT |
Norwich
|
Albertus Magnus
| 2019 ALB can share a bus with MS |
Week 6 | Sat 10/19/19 | Lasell Newton |
Rivier
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 10/19/19 | Lasell Newton |
Lasell
|
Norwich
| 2019 NOR can share a bus w WS |
Week 7 | Sat 10/26/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Regis
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Emmanuel
|
Norwich
| |
Week 8 | Sat 11/2/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Johnson & Wales
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Colby Sawyer
|
Norwich
| |
| Tue 11/5/19 | GNAC Quarterfinals |
| Thu 11/7/19 | GNAC Semifinals |
Week 9 | Sat 11/9/19 | GNAC Championship |
Week 9 | Sun 11/10/19 | GNAC WVB AQ due to NCAA Sunday November 10, 2019 |
Week 9 | Fri 11/15/19 | NCAA Regionals begin Friday November 15, 2019 |
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