2012 Opponent Information
St. Francis (Pa.): Home | Aug. 24 | 2:00 p.m.
The 2012 season is full of new beginnings for the Mountaineers as
they face nine different opponents from six different conferences in the three home preseason tournaments including two first-time opponents in Central Connecticut and 2011 NCAA tournament participant Maryland-Eastern Shore. WVU will also be playing a full round-robin Big 12 Conference schedule for the first time in program history.
”The great thing about playing in the Big 12 is that you get to play
home and away,” Kramer says. ”This is going to be everybody’s first time coming to Morgantown. We want to really welcome them to our community and we want to show them what being a Mountaineer is all about. I think it is really important that we set a precedent that this is what you can expect when you come to the Coliseum to play.”
With no conference tournament and their sights set on the
NCAA Tournament, the second half of Big 12 play could determine the
Location: Loretto, Pa. Enrollment: 1,832 Conference: Northeast Nickname: Red Flash SID Contact: Dann Whitmore SID Phone: 814-472-3196 E-Mail: dew103@francis.edu Website: www.SFUathletics.com Head Coach: Chuck Mullen (IUP, ‘02), fifth season Starters Returning/Lost: 6+libero/0 2011 Record: 10-21
Mountaineer’s postseason chances.
Central Connecticut: Home | Aug. 24 | 7:00 p.m.
Loyola-Maryland: Home | Aug. 25 | 5:00 p.m.
Location: New Britain, Conn. Enrollment: 12,315 Conference: Northeast Nickname: Blue Devils
Location: Baltimore, Maryland Enrollment: 6,531 Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Nickname: Greyhounds
SID Contact: Tommy Meade SID Phone: 860-832-3057 E-Mail: St_MeadeT@ccsu.edu Website: www.CCSUbluedevils.com
SID Contact: Ryan Eigenbrode SID Phone: 410-617-2337 E-Mail: rceigenbrode@loyola.edu Website: www.loyolagreyhounds.com
Head Coach: Linda Sagnelli (Long Island University, C.W. Post, ’83), 13th season Starters Returning/Lost: 4+libero/2 2011 Record: 20-11
Head Coach: Jake Lawrence (Xavier, ’06), second season Starters Returning/Lost: 6+libero/0 2011 Record: 8-23
South Carolina: Neutral | Aug. 31 | 1:00 p.m.
Texas: Home | Aug. 29 | 6:30 p.m. Texas: Away | Nov. 17 | 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia, S.C. Enrollment: 31,928 Conference: Southeastern Nickname: Gamecocks
Location: Austin, Texas Enrollment: 38,463 Conference: Big 12 Nickname: Longhorns
SID Contact: Koby Padgett SID Phone: 803-777-5204 E-Mail: padgetmk@mailbox.sc.edu Website: www.gamecocksonline.com
SID Contact: Jason Pommier SID Phone: 512-232-9438 E-Mail: jason.pommier@athletics.utexas.edu Website: www.TexasSports.com
Head Coach: Scott Swanson (Arizona State, ’95), second season Starters Returning/Lost: 5+libero/1 2011 Record: 14-16
Head Coach: Jerritt Elliott (Cal State Northridge, ’91), 12th season Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1+libero 2011 Record: 25-5
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