November 7, 2009
Zaniboni Leads Lions to 2009 GNAC Women's Volleyball Title
Top seeded Emerson College (30-6) followed the lead of tournament MVP Lauren Zaniboni (Jr., San Diego, Calif.) and defeated second seed Johnson & Wales University (23-15) 3-1 in the championship match of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Tournament at Emerson's Brown-Plofker Gym.

November 6, 2009
2009 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Championship Preview
The two top teams in regular season play; #1 Seed Emerson College and #2 Seed Johnson & Wales University will be on display this weekend at the 2009 GNAC Women’s Volleyball Championship on November 7th at Emerson’s Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium in Boston, Mass. at 1:00 pm.

November 5, 2009
2009 GNAC Women's Volleyball Championship Final Set
#1 Seed Emerson College and #2 Seed Johnson & Wales University will compete in the 2009 GNAC Women's Volleyball Championship. The match will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1:00 PM at Emerson's Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium.

October 13, 2009
GNAC Rookies of the Week: October 13
Christina Annicelli (Women’s X-Country, Lasell), Danielle Figueroa (Women’s Soccer, Albertus Magnus), Kenna Finlayson (Women’s Volleyball, Rivier), Kyle Harper (Men’s Golf, Rhode Island College), Sabrina Salmela (Women’s Tennis, Simmons College), Matthew Scully (Men’s X-Country, Lasell), and Kevin Shirley (Men’s Soccer, Emmanuel) have been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Rookies of the Week.

October 6, 2009
GNAC Players of the Week: October 6
Caprice Capacci (Women’s Cross Country, Emerson), Ashley Costantino (Women’s Volleyball, Johnson & Wales), Megan Harrington (Women’s Tennis, Emmanuel), Jamal Howard (Men’s Soccer, Albertus Magnus), Bobby Newcomb (Men’s Golf, Johnson & Wales), Greg Redfield (Men’s Cross Country, Johnson & Wales), Samantha Reynolds (Women’s Soccer, Johnson & Wales), Jenna Ross (Women’s Volleyball, Emmanuel) and Lauren Zaniboni (Women’s Volleyball), have been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Players of the Week. Will Pike (Men’s Soccer, St. Joseph’s (ME)) and Elizabeth Stickley (Women’s Soccer, Lasell) were named Goalkeepers of the Week.

August 26, 2009
Rivier Tabbed to Win GNAC in Preseason Coaches Poll
Rivier has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the Great Northeast Athletic Conference volleyball title this season in a vote by the conference’s head coaches. The Raiders, the 2007 and 2008 GNAC champions, received seven of the possible 13 first-place votes, tallying 90 overall points. Rivier is coming off a season in which they compiled an 11-1 conference record (25-11 overall).






GNAC All
Norwich 0-0 1-0
St. Joseph's (Me.) 0-0 1-0
Albertus Magnus 0-0 0-0
Emerson 0-0 0-0
Emmanuel 0-0 0-0
Johnson & Wales (RI) 0-0 0-0
Lasell 0-0 0-0
Pine Manor 0-0 0-0
Rivier 0-0 0-0
St. Joseph (Conn.) 0-0 0-0
Suffolk 0-0 0-0
Mount Ida 0-0 0-1
Simmons 0-0 0-1
9/3/10
Women's Volleyball
Lasell
TBA
@ Springfield, MA
Springfield College Tournament

9/3/10
Women's Volleyball
North Central (Ill.)
Simmons

9/3/10
Women's Volleyball
Rivier
Daemen
@ Springfield College
Springfield College Tournament

9/3/10
Women's Volleyball
Lasell
Roger Williams
@ Springfield College

9/3/10
Women's Volleyball
Rivier
Springfield

9/4/10
Women's Volleyball
Rivier
Minn.-Morris
@ Spingfield College
Springfield College Tournament

9/4/10
Women's Volleyball
Brandeis
Lasell
@ Springfield, Mass.
Springfield College Invitational

9/4/10
Women's Volleyball
St. Joseph's (Me.)
Wentworth
@ Norton, Mass.
Wheaton Invitational

9/4/10
Women's Volleyball
WPI
Suffolk
@ Regis Tournament

9/4/10
Women's Volleyball
St. Joseph (Conn.)
Eastern Nazarene

9/1/10
Women's Volleyball
0
Simmons
3
WPI
Final

Boxscore Recap

9/1/10
Women's Volleyball
3
Norwich
0
Castleton
Final

Boxscore Boxscore Recap

9/1/10
Women's Volleyball
0
Mount Ida
3
Clark (Mass.)
Final

Boxscore Recap

9/1/10
Women's Volleyball
3
St. Joseph's (Me.)
1
Southern Me.
Final

Recap





2009 GNAC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

8 Team Playoff

  • Quarterfinals - Tuesday, November 3, 2009
    @ #1, #2, #3 & #4 seeds
  • Semifinals - Thursday, November 5, 2009
    @ Highest remaining seeds
  • Final - Saturday, November 7, 2009
    @ Highest remaining seed

2008 Champion - Rivier