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 1 | Sat 9/14/19 | Nashua, NH |
Rivier
|
Saint Joseph's ME
| |
| Sat 9/14/19 | New Haven, CT |
Albertus Magnus
|
Lasell
| 2019 LAS can share a bus with Field Hockey |
| Sat 9/14/19 | New Haven, CT |
Suffolk
|
Lasell
| |
| Sat 9/14/19 | New Haven, CT |
Albertus Magnus
|
Suffolk
| 2019 Suffolk can share a bus with Tennis |
| Sat 9/14/19 | New London NH |
Colby Sawyer
|
Saint Joseph CT
| |
Week 2 | Sat 9/21/19 | Holmes Sports Center |
Simmons
|
Lasell
| |
| Sat 9/21/19 | Holmes Sports Center |
Lasell
|
Regis
| |
| Sat 9/21/19 | Holmes Sports Center |
Simmons
|
Regis
| |
| 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 |
| Sat 9/21/19 | Standish ME |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Colby Sawyer
| |
Week 3 | Sat 9/28/19 | New London NH |
Colby Sawyer
|
Simmons
| |
| Sat 9/28/19 | Paxton MA |
Anna Maria
|
Johnson & Wales
| |
| Sat 9/28/19 | Paxton MA |
Emmanuel
|
Johnson & Wales
| |
| Sat 9/28/19 | Paxton MA |
Anna Maria
|
Emmanuel
| |
| Sat 9/28/19 | Regis Weston MA |
Regis
|
Saint Joseph CT
| 2019 Regis Homecoming and Parents Weekend. NOT A TRIMATCH. The ALB/USJ match is in West Hartford in 2019 |
| Sat 9/28/19 | Regis Weston MA |
Regis
|
Albertus Magnus
| 2019 Regis Homecoming and Parents Weekend. NOT A TRIMATCH. The ALB/USJ match is in West Hartford in 2019 |
| Sat 9/28/19 | Suffolk |
Suffolk
|
Norwich
| |
| Wed 10/2/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Johnson & Wales
|
Simmons
| |
| Wed 10/2/19 | Paxton MA |
Anna Maria
|
Rivier
| |
Week 4 | Sat 10/5/19 | New London NH |
Colby Sawyer
|
Emmanuel
| 2019 Colby Sawyer Homecoming |
| Sat 10/5/19 | New London NH |
Suffolk
|
Emmanuel
| |
| Sat 10/5/19 | New London NH |
Colby Sawyer
|
Suffolk
| 2019 Colby Sawyer Homecoming |
| Sat 10/5/19 | Standish ME |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Norwich
| NOT A TRIMATCH. The NOR/ANNA Maria match is in Northfield |
| Sat 10/5/19 | Standish ME |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Anna Maria
| |
| Sat 10/5/19 | W. Hartford, CT |
Saint Joseph CT
|
Simmons
| 2019 USJ Fall Festival. NOT A TRIMATCH. The JWU/SIM match is in Providence |
| Sat 10/5/19 | W. Hartford, CT |
Saint Joseph CT
|
Johnson & Wales
| 2019 USJ Fall Festival. NOT A TRIMATCH. The JWU/SIM match is in Providence in 2019 |
| Wed 10/9/19 | Holmes Sports Center |
Simmons
|
Rivier
| |
| Wed 10/9/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Emmanuel
|
Lasell
| |
| Wed 10/9/19 | New London NH |
Colby Sawyer
|
Regis
| |
| Wed 10/9/19 | Paxton MA |
Anna Maria
|
Saint Joseph CT
| |
| Wed 10/9/19 | Suffolk |
Suffolk
|
Johnson & Wales
| |
Week 5 | Sat 10/12/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Emmanuel
|
Saint Joseph's ME
| |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Saint Joseph CT
| |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Emmanuel
|
Saint Joseph CT
| |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Lasell Newton |
Lasell
|
Colby Sawyer
| |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Northfield, VT |
Norwich
|
Simmons
| 2019 SIM can share a bus w WS |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Northfield, VT |
Simmons
|
Albertus Magnus
| |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Northfield, VT |
Norwich
|
Albertus Magnus
| 2019 ALB can share a bus with MS |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Paxton MA |
Anna Maria
|
Suffolk
| |
| Sat 10/12/19 | Regis Weston MA |
Regis
|
Rivier
| |
| Wed 10/16/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Johnson & Wales
|
Albertus Magnus
| |
| Wed 10/16/19 | Holmes Sports Center |
Simmons
|
Anna Maria
| |
| Wed 10/16/19 | Lasell Newton |
Lasell
|
Saint Joseph CT
| |
| Wed 10/16/19 | Nashua, NH |
Rivier
|
Colby Sawyer
| |
| Wed 10/16/19 | Regis Weston MA |
Regis
|
Saint Joseph's ME
| |
Week 6 | Sat 10/19/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Johnson & Wales
|
Regis
| 2019 JWU Homecoming & Family Weekend |
| Sat 10/19/19 | Holmes Sports Center |
Simmons
|
Emmanuel
| 2019 Parents Weekend for both Emmanuel and Simmons |
| Sat 10/19/19 | Lasell Newton |
Lasell
|
Rivier
| |
| Sat 10/19/19 | Lasell Newton |
Rivier
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 10/19/19 | Lasell Newton |
Lasell
|
Norwich
| 2019 NOR can share a bus w WS |
| Sat 10/19/19 | New Haven, CT |
Albertus Magnus
|
Saint Joseph's ME
| 2019 STJME can share a bus with WS |
| Wed 10/23/19 | Lasell Newton |
Lasell
|
Anna Maria
| |
| Wed 10/23/19 | Nashua, NH |
Rivier
|
Johnson & Wales
| |
| Wed 10/23/19 | Suffolk |
Suffolk
|
Regis
| |
| Wed 10/23/19 | W. Hartford, CT |
Saint Joseph CT
|
Albertus Magnus
| |
Week 7 | Sat 10/26/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Emmanuel
|
Regis
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Regis
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | Jean Yawkey Center |
Emmanuel
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | New Haven, CT |
Albertus Magnus
|
Anna Maria
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | New Haven, CT |
Colby Sawyer
|
Anna Maria
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | New Haven, CT |
Albertus Magnus
|
Colby Sawyer
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | Standish ME |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Lasell
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | Standish ME |
Johnson & Wales
|
Lasell
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | Standish ME |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Johnson & Wales
| 2019 JWU can share a bus with WS |
| Sat 10/26/19 | W. Hartford, CT |
Saint Joseph CT
|
Suffolk
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | W. Hartford, CT |
Rivier
|
Suffolk
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | W. Hartford, CT |
Saint Joseph CT
|
Rivier
| |
| Sat 10/26/19 | |
Simmons
|
Bye
| |
Week 8 | Sat 11/2/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Johnson & Wales
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Colby Sawyer
|
Norwich
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Harborside Athletic Center |
Johnson & Wales
|
Colby Sawyer
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Nashua, NH |
Rivier
|
Emmanuel
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Nashua, NH |
Emmanuel
|
Albertus Magnus
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Nashua, NH |
Rivier
|
Albertus Magnus
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Regis Weston MA |
Regis
|
Anna Maria
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Suffolk |
Suffolk
|
Simmons
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Suffolk |
Saint Joseph's ME
|
Simmons
| |
| Sat 11/2/19 | Suffolk |
Suffolk
|
Saint Joseph's ME
| |
| 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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