University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Friday, August 26
Asheville, NC
11:30 am
UNC Asheville
vs
Stonehill
Volleyball kicks off its season by hosting the UNC Asheville Invitational this weekend
08.24.2022 | Women's Volleyball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville volleyball team will open its 2022 season this weekend by hosting the UNC Asheville Invitational at the Justice Center. Asheville will compete in three of the seven matches across the two-day Invitational on Friday and Saturday. All matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
Meet the 2022 Bulldogs – Bulldog fans will see several new faces on the court this fall as Head Coach Frederico Santos brought in 11 new players during the offseason. Mixing in with all the newcomers will be returners Lexy Cole, Kat Cruser, Nina Finderle, and Ona Elkins all of which saw sizable playing time for Asheville last fall.
Preseason predictions – Asheville was predicted to finish tied for seventh in the annual Big South Preseason Coaches' Poll earlier this month with Gardner-Webb. High Point was picked to repeat as conference champions in the same poll.
Invitational information – As mentioned earlier, this weekend's Invitational will feature seven matches featuring five different teams. The first match will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday. All seven matches will be streamed on ESPN+ and have live stats available for viewing. For those links and the entire schedule for this weekend, click HERE.
About the field – In addition to UNC Asheville, this weekend's field will include Morehead State, North Alabama, Queens (N.C.), and Stonehill. For Queens and Stonehill, these matches this weekend will mark their first matches as Division I programs after moving up from Division II. As for Morehead State and North Alabama, their 2021 records wrapped up at 20-12 and 9-20, respectively.
Series Rewind vs. Opponents – Asheville will play three matches this weekend against Stonehill (Friday @ 11:30 a.m.), North Alabama (Friday @ 7:30 p.m.), and Queens (Saturday @ 5 p.m.). The Bulldogs have played just one match previously against their three opponents this weekend. That lone contest was vs. North Alabama on September 1, 2018 where UNA came away with a 3-0 neutral site win.
How to follow – The ESPN+ and live stat links for this weekend can all be found on the tournament central page HERE. Admission is free to all seven matches this weekend.
Meet the 2022 Bulldogs – Bulldog fans will see several new faces on the court this fall as Head Coach Frederico Santos brought in 11 new players during the offseason. Mixing in with all the newcomers will be returners Lexy Cole, Kat Cruser, Nina Finderle, and Ona Elkins all of which saw sizable playing time for Asheville last fall.
Preseason predictions – Asheville was predicted to finish tied for seventh in the annual Big South Preseason Coaches' Poll earlier this month with Gardner-Webb. High Point was picked to repeat as conference champions in the same poll.
Invitational information – As mentioned earlier, this weekend's Invitational will feature seven matches featuring five different teams. The first match will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday. All seven matches will be streamed on ESPN+ and have live stats available for viewing. For those links and the entire schedule for this weekend, click HERE.
About the field – In addition to UNC Asheville, this weekend's field will include Morehead State, North Alabama, Queens (N.C.), and Stonehill. For Queens and Stonehill, these matches this weekend will mark their first matches as Division I programs after moving up from Division II. As for Morehead State and North Alabama, their 2021 records wrapped up at 20-12 and 9-20, respectively.
Series Rewind vs. Opponents – Asheville will play three matches this weekend against Stonehill (Friday @ 11:30 a.m.), North Alabama (Friday @ 7:30 p.m.), and Queens (Saturday @ 5 p.m.). The Bulldogs have played just one match previously against their three opponents this weekend. That lone contest was vs. North Alabama on September 1, 2018 where UNA came away with a 3-0 neutral site win.
How to follow – The ESPN+ and live stat links for this weekend can all be found on the tournament central page HERE. Admission is free to all seven matches this weekend.
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