2013 Schedule January Thu. Fri. Sat. Fri. Tue. Fri. Sat.
10 11 12 18 22 25 26
February Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat.
1 2 8 9 15 16 22 23
April Fri. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Thu. Sat.
May
Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa.
vs. Pfeiffer vs. Mount Olive vs. Saint Francis* vs. Ohio State at Harvard* at Sacred Heart* vs. George Mason* vs. Princeton*
University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. Cambridge, Mass. Fairfield, Conn. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa.
1 2 9 10 16 23 29 30
at Rutgers-Newark* at NJIT* at IPFW at Ball State at Ohio State at Saint Francis* at Princeton* at George Mason*
Newark, N.J. Newark, N.J. Fort Wayne, Ind. Muncie, Ind. Columbus, Ohio Loretto, Pa. Princeton, N.J. Fairfax, Va.
5 12 13 19 20 25 27
vs. Lees-McRae vs. Concordia at UC Irvine vs. Rutgers-Newark* vs. NJIT* EIVA Semifinals EIVA Championship
University Park, Pa. Irvine, Calif. Irvine, Calif. University Park, Pa. University Park, Pa. Site of #1 Seed Site of #1 Seed
NCAA National Semifinals NCAA National Championship
Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif.
March Fri. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat.
SCHEDULE NOTES vs. UCLA at Hawaii vs. Ohio State vs. Lewis vs. Loyola-Chicago vs. Sacred Heart* vs. Harvard*
Thu. 2 Sat. 4
Home matches played at Rec Hall in bold • All times ET and subject to change • * Indicates EIVA match
9 p.m. 12 a.m. 9 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m.
• Penn State opens the season at the Hawaii Outrigger Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii on Jan. 10-12. This is the 18th time in the last 19 years Penn State has competed in the Hawaiian Outrigger Invitational.
• The Nittany Lions face seven teams ranked in the final AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll, in7 p.m. cluding No. 1 UC Irvine, No. 5 UCLA, No. 6 7 p.m. Lewis, No. 9 Ohio State, No. 12 Loyola and 7 p.m. No. 15 Harvard. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. • The Nittany Lions host their annual Alumni 7 p.m. match on Saturday, Jan. 19 in the midst of 7 p.m. eight straight home matches. 7 p.m. • Penn State’s home-opener is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 18 vs. Lewis at 7 p.m. in Rec 7 p.m. Hall. The Nittany Lions remain at home for 8 p.m. seven additional matches, facing Loyola7 p.m. Chicago (1/22), Sacred Heart (1/25), Harvard 2 p.m. (1/26), Pfeiffer (2/1), Mount Olive (2/2), Saint 7 p.m. Francis (2/8) and Ohio State (2/9).
7 p.m. 7 p.m. • The Nittany Lions visit Harvard and Sacred 7 p.m. Heart, both EIVA foes, on Feb. 15-16, before facing George Mason and Princeton at home on Feb. 22-23, respectively. The Nit7 p.m. tany Lions then embark on a seven match 10 p.m. road trip beginning March 1. 10 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA TBA
• The 2013 schedule includes home and away matches with Penn State’s Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association opponents, including Saint Francis (Pa.), Princeton, Rutgers-Newark, Harvard, Sacred Heart, NJIT and George Mason.
TBA • The winner of the regular season conferTBA ence schedule will serve as host of the 2012 EIVA Championship. The top four teams will earn a berth in the EIVA Semfinals. The EIVA Semifinals and Championship will be held Thursday and Saturday, April 25 and 27, on the campus of the No. 1 seed. • UCLA hosts the 2013 Men’s Volleyball National Collegiate Championship on May 2 & 4 in Los Angeles, Calif. The conference winners from each of the three conferences - the EIVA, the MIVA (Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) and the MPSF (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) - along with an at-large team selected by the NCAA Committee - will battle for the national title.
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PENN STATE 2012–13 • Men’s Volleyball • 28-Time Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Champions