Volleyball Hosts Cal-Lu-fornia Invitational Starting Friday

NWC, SCIAC well represented at event

Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009 5:09 pm

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - From Friday afternoon through Saturday evening the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center will host the annual 2009 Cal-Lu-fornia Invitational volleyball event. This year 14 teams make the trip to Thousand Oaks including three SCIAC and five Northwest Conference (NWC) teams.

Matches will start at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, September 11 and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 12. Four contests will be played simultaneously with two courts in the Gilbert Arena and a pair in the Soiland Recreation Center.

No. 6 La Verne, No. 16 Trinity (TX) University and No. 23 Cal Lutheran are the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) ranked squads at this year's event.

Other in-state schools include Chapman, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Pomona-Pitzer, Redlands, and UC Santa Cruz.

NWC institutions include George Fox (OR), Linfield (OR), Pacific (OR), Whitman (WA) and Whitworth (WA). Dominican (IL) University out of the Northern Athletics Conference rounds out the participating schools.

Official Website: 2009 Cal-Lu-fornia Invitational