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June 29, 2009

Ten Home Matches Await as Guins Release 2009 Volleyball Schedule

Youngstown -- The Youngstown State volleyball team will play four first-time opponents and have 10 home matches to highlight its challenging 2009 schedule, head coach Joe Bonner announced.

The Penguins will open the season Aug. 28 with three matches at Maryland, and they will host Butler to start the Horizon League schedule on Sept. 17. Seven of YSU's opponents won at least 19 matches last season.

The Horizon League Volleyball Championship will have a new format and begin Nov. 19. Only the top six of the league's nine teams will earn a spot, and the tournament will be held at the home of the regular season champion. Every team made the tournament in previous years, and the championship was hosted by one of the league's institutions on a rotating basis.

The Penguins and Terrapins will play for the first time in school history, and YSU will also play Villanova and Stony Brook for the second time ever in College Park, Md.

YSU will play Cincinnati, the College of Charleston and Evansville each for the first time at the Bearcat Invitational, which starts Sept. 5. The Penguins will play two matches at Buffalo on Sept. 11 and 12 before the league schedule commences.

YSU hosts Butler in the earliest Horizon League opener in school history on Sept. 17, and Valparaiso will visit the Beeghly Center on Sept. 18.

The Penguins will then play Maryland-Eastern Shore and Pittsburgh at Pitt on Sept. 20 before a stretch of 12 straight conference matches wraps up on Oct. 31.

YSU will welcome Akron to campus for the first time since 1996 on Nov. 3, and West Virginia will visit on Nov. 8 in the final regular season home match. The Penguins will wrap up the regular season on the road at Cleveland State and Wright State on Nov. 13 and 14.

Cincinnati finished 27-7 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round and won the regular season Big East title. The College of Charleston also went 27-7 and had won four straight SoCon titles before losing in last season's championship to Furman. UMES finished 25-9 and advanced to the MEAC Tournament final for the second straight season.