2009
PBC Volleyball Championship Website
AIKEN, S.C. - The USC Aiken athletic department is gearing up to
host the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Volleyball Tournament at the
USC Aiken Convocation Center this weekend.
The three-day tournament, which is part of the PBC-GEICO
Championship Series, will run Friday, November 13-Sunday, November
15.
The event will mark the first time that the Pacers have hosted
the tournament at the Convocation Center. It will be the third time
overall that USC Aiken has hosted. USC Aiken also hosted the PBC
Volleyball Tournament in 1994 and 2002. In the 18 years of PBC
volleyball competition, the Pacers have won five PBC Tournament
Titles (1991, 1992, 1996, 2006, 2007).
"USC Aiken is excited about hosting the PBC Volleyball
Tournament," said USC Aiken Athletic Director Randy Warrick. "We
have received a great deal of training in how to host conference
events at the Convocation Center over the past two years in hosting
the PBC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament. We look forward to
hosting the other Peach Belt schools and their fans over the course
of the upcoming weekend."
Completed in April 2007, the Convocation Center is a
multifunctional facility that has eight locker rooms, two practice
courts, a center-hanging scoreboard, a multi-camera system for web
broadcasts and an LED message board.
The 2009 PBC Volleyball Tournament is not the only major
conference tournament that will be held in the Convocation Center
in the 2009-10 athletic year with the 2010 Peach Belt Conference
Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament set to be held at the
Convocation Center the first weekend of March (5-7).
The 2009 Pacer volleyball team is the fifth seed in the 2009 PBC
Volleyball Championship. The Pacers concluded their conference
season in 2009 with a 5-9 record.
USC Aiken tied Lander for fifth place in the league
standings. The two teams split their regular-season matches,
but USC Aiken received the fifth seed due to their win over league
regular season champion Flagler earlier in the year. The Pacers
were the only team to defeat the Saints in PBC action in 2009.
USC Aiken will square off against fourth-seeded Montevallo in
the quarterfinals of the 2009 PBC Volleyball Tournament at 6 p.m.
on Friday, Nov. 13.
Prior to tangling with the Falcons, USC Aiken will play its
final regular season match of 2009 against non-conference foe
Newberry on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Convocation Center. The match
is slated to begin at 7 p.m.
All of the action from the 2009 Volleyball Tournament will be
available through the official tournament website on www.PacerSports.com. The official
tournament website is: http://www.pacersports.com/sports/wvball/2009-10/2009_PBC_Tournament/09PBCTournamentHome
The website can be accessed by visiting the Peach Belt
Conference website and USC Aiken's official athletic website.
All seven matches in the 2009 PBC Volleyball Championship will
feature a free live webcast thanks to the Peach Belt Conference and
Penn Atlantic. All the matches will also feature live stats. All
the information and links is available on the official tournament
website.
