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Bracket Set For 2002 Horizon League Volleyball Championship
11/18/2002
Top-seeded Ramblers open postseason play Friday evening against Youngstown State
Head coach Liz Nelson and the Ramblers open Horizon League Chmpionship play on Friday against Youngstown State |
Chicago, Ill. (November 18, 2002) -- The pairings are set for this weekend's 2002 Horizon League Volleyball Championship hosted by UW-Green Bay. The tournament begins Fri., Nov. 22 and concludes with the championship match at 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Loyola (24-5, 13-1 Horizon) enters the championship as the top seed and will face No. 8 Youngstown State on Friday evening at 5 p.m. The Ramblers, who have won 11 consecutive matches and 22 of their last 23, swept the season series from the Penguins this year and are 5-0 lifetime against YSU, including a 3-0 win in last year's Horizon League quarterfinals. The winner will face the winner of the UW-Green Bay/Illinois-Chicago match in a Saturday evening (5 p.m.) semifinal.
Quarterfinal pairings are listed below, in bracket order.
Friday, November 22
Quarterfinals
(3) Butler (14-17, 7-7) vs. (6) Wright State (17-12, 6-8), 11:30 a.m.
(2) UW-Milwaukee (17-13, 11-3) vs. (7) Cleveland State (18-12, 5-9), 2 p.m.
(1) Loyola vs. (8) Youngstown State (8-23, 0-14), 5 p.m.
(4) UW-Green Bay (16-17, 7-7) vs. (5) Illinois-Chicago (20-13, 7-7), 7:30 p.m.
