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Volleyball Travels to the Sunshine State for FGCU Invitational
9/14/2022 1:22:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo women's volleyball team (7-2, 0-0 MAC) will travel to Fort Myers, Fla. for the Florida Gulf Coast (FGCU) Homewood Suites Invitational. The invite will take place on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Alico Arena.
UB will face tough competition as every team participating has at least six wins on the young season. Participating at this year's invite includes the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (6-6, 0-0 NEC), the FGCU Eagles (7-3, 0-0 A-Sun), and the Florida Atlantic (FAU) Owls (8-1, 0-0 C-USA).
The Bulls are fresh off their 3-0 WNY Invite title and ready for action in The Sunshine State. On Friday morning, the Bulls will face St. Francis Brooklyn at 11 a.m. Later that day, UB will play host FGCU at 7 p.m. This will be the only match streamed and can be found on the FGCU volleyball Facebook page. To close out UB's competition, they'll face FAU at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
This will mark UB's first meeting between the other participating programs at the invite.
WHERE THE BULLS RANK
With a 7-2 record, UB is off to their best start since the 2013 season when they started 12-0.
FGCU HOMEWOOD SUITES INVITE SCHEDULE
UB will face tough competition as every team participating has at least six wins on the young season. Participating at this year's invite includes the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (6-6, 0-0 NEC), the FGCU Eagles (7-3, 0-0 A-Sun), and the Florida Atlantic (FAU) Owls (8-1, 0-0 C-USA).
The Bulls are fresh off their 3-0 WNY Invite title and ready for action in The Sunshine State. On Friday morning, the Bulls will face St. Francis Brooklyn at 11 a.m. Later that day, UB will play host FGCU at 7 p.m. This will be the only match streamed and can be found on the FGCU volleyball Facebook page. To close out UB's competition, they'll face FAU at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
This will mark UB's first meeting between the other participating programs at the invite.
WHERE THE BULLS RANK
- 1.97 Aces Per Set / 39th in NCAA / 1st in MAC
- 68 Team Service Aces / 35th in NCAA / 2nd in MAC
- 14.18 Kills Per Set / 29th in NCAA / 3rd in MAC
- Katrin Trebichavska, .68 Aces Per Set / 16th in NCAA / 1st in MAC
- Katrin Trebichavska, 21 Service Aces / 12th in NCAA / 1st in MAC
- Abby Leigh, 1.21 Blocks Per Set / 82nd in NCAA / 1st in MAC
- Abby Leigh, .394 Hitting Percentage / 47th in NCAA / 2nd in MAC
- Abby Leigh, 41 Total Blocks / 51st in NCAA / 1st in MAC
With a 7-2 record, UB is off to their best start since the 2013 season when they started 12-0.
FGCU HOMEWOOD SUITES INVITE SCHEDULE
- Friday, Sept.16 at 11 a.m. – vs. St. Francis Brooklyn
- Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. – vs. FGCU – Facebook Live
- Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. – vs. FAU
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