Women’s Volleyball Selected Sixth in GNAC Preseason Poll

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NEW LONDON, N.H. – August 22, 2018 – The Colby-Sawyer College women’s volleyball team has been selected to finish sixth in the 2018 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Preseason Poll.

Colby-Sawyer (14-19), led by second-year head coach Josh Anderson, will begin its first season in the GNAC. The Chargers will be led by senior Courtney Murray and junior Naarah Cox who each garnered all-conference honors last season in the North Atlantic Conference. The team also returns its top defensive specialist in junior Morgan Flynn and junior setter Olivia Goodrich. 

Three-time defending GNAC champion, Johnson & Wales, is the unanimous pick in 2018. The Wildcats reached the Elite Eight last season and will begin this year ranked No. 6 in the nation. Simmons collected all 13 second-place votes for 156 points, while Rivier collected all 13 third-place votes to accumulate 143 points. Lasell (116) and Regis (103) rounded out the top-five in the conference preseason poll matchup. 

Colby-Sawyer, which received 99 points in the poll, will begin the season on Friday, August 31 with five-straight road matches. The team will play its home and GNAC opener on September 8 when they will welcome in No. 6 Johnson & Wales and Saint Joseph (CT). The Chargers will conclude the regular season with a home tri-match against Anna Maria and Norwich on October 27.  

2018 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Preseason Poll
 

Place

Team

Points

1st Pl.

1.

Johnson & Wales

169

13

2.

Simmons

156

 

3.

Rivier

143

 

4.

Lasell

116

 

5.

Regis

103

 

6.

Colby-Sawyer

99

 

7.

Suffolk

97

 

8.

Saint Joseph’s (Maine)

87

 

9.

Emmanuel 

74

 

10.

Albertus Magnus

51

 

11.

Norwich

41

 

12.

Saint Joseph (CT)

25

 

13.

Anna Maria

22