Yellow Jackets Release 2010 Men's Volleyball Schedule

WAYNESBURG, PA (Dec. 23) – The Yellow Jacket Men’s Volleyball office released the 2010 season schedule this morning. The schedule consists of 7 away matches, 7 home matches and two tournament appearances over the next 3 months.

The Jackets will find themselves on the road a great deal to begin the 2010 campaign with their season opener taking place at West Virginia University on January 22^ndfollowed by a tri-match at Robert Morris University w/ Duquesne University on January 29^th. The Jackets will also host a tri-match in February as well as the 2^nd annual Penn-Ohio Volleyball League (POVL) Cross-Over Quad Match in early March.

The Yellow Jackets will travel to either West Virginia University or the University of Tennessee for an invitational tournament in February and will host the first ever Jacket Classic in late march at the Rudy Marisa field House. “We added some meat to our schedule and included some pretty heavy tournament selections” explained Coach James Patterson. “In order to improve we need to push ourselves and this seasons conference matches as well as the non conference tournaments will do just that.” The Jackets will also hold the 3^rd Annual Alumni Matches to close out the season in March. You can find a complete 2010 schedule at www.waynesburpsports.com under the “Men’s Club Volleyball Tab”.

You can follow the Jackets progress throughout the season right here at the official home of Yellow Jackets Men’s Club Volleyball. For further information please feel free to contact Head Coach, James Patterson at jpatters@waynesburg.edu or by phone at 724-852-3346.

Sport:

Athletes of the Week

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

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