ATLANTA – The Benedict College volleyball team will open play in the 2012 SIAC Volleyball Championship on Wednesday against Miles College at noon, the conference office announced Tuesday.
The Lady Tigers finished fourth in the SIAC East Division with an 11-5 record and are the fourth seed in the East. Miles College finished fifth in the West Division with a 2-14 conference record and 2-25 overall. Benedict defeated Miles in their only match during the SIAC Crossover Tournament in September, taking an easy 3-0 victory.
A win over Miles would send the Lady Tigers into a second-round match against rival Claflin University. Claflin finished tied with Clark Atlanta for second place in the East Division and earned the second seed by virtue of the league's tie-breaking procedures. That match would be at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Benedict and Claflin split their two regular-season matches, with the Lady Tigers taking a 3-1 win in Orangeburg, while the Lady Panthers won 3-0 in Columbia.
Should Benedict fall to Miles, they would drop to the loser's bracket and would face the loser between Stillman and the winner between LeMoyne-Owen and Paine at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Albany State is the host of the tournament and all matches will be played at the HPER Gymnasium on the campus of Albany State University.
Albany State is the top seed in the East Division after going 16-0 in conference play. Two-time defending champion Kentucky State is the top seed from the West with an 11-5 conference record.
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2012 SIAC Volleyball Championship Schedule of Games
Day 1- Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Match #1- #3E Clark Atlanta vs.#6W Lane (Court # 1) - 10 a.m.
Match #2- #4W LeMoyne Owen vs. #5E Paine (Court #2) – 10 a.m.
Match #3- #3W Tuskegee vs. #6E Fort Valley St. (Court #1) - 12 p.m.
Match #4- #4E Benedict vs. #5W Miles (Court #2) - 12 p.m.
Match #5- #1E Albany State vs. Winner of Game 1 (Court #1) - 2 p.m.
Match #6- #2W Stillman vs. Winner of Game 2 (Court #2) - 2 p.m.
Match #7- #1W Kentucky State vs. Winner of Game 3 (Court #1) - 4 p.m.
Match #8- #2E Claflin vs. Winner of Game 4 (Court #2)- 4 p.m.
Day 2- Thursday, November 8, 2012
Match #9- Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 5 (Court # 1) - 10 a.m.
Match #10- Loser of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 6 (Court #2) – 10 a.m.
Match #11- Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 7 (Court #1) - 12 p.m.
Match #12- Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 8(Court #2) - 12 p.m.
Match #13- Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 (Court #1) - 2 p.m.
Match #14- Winner of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 12 (Court #2) - 2 p.m.
Match #15- Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 (Court #1) - 4 p.m.
Match #16- Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 (Court #2) - 4 p.m.
Match #17- Winner of Game 14 vs. Loser of Game 15 (Court #1) – 6 p.m.
Match #18- Winner of Game 13 vs. Loser of Game 16 (Court #2) – 6 p.m.
Match #19- Winner of Game 15 vs. Winner of Game 16 (Court #1) – 8 p.m.
Day 3- Friday, November 9, 2012
Match #20- Winner of Game 17 vs. Winner of Game 18 (Court #1) – 10 a.m.
Match #21- Winner of Game 20 vs. Loser of Game 19 (Court #1) – 12 p.m.
Match #22- Winner of Game 19 vs. Winner of Game 21 (Court #1) – 3 p.m.
Match #23- Winner of Game 22 vs. Loser of Game 22 (if necessary) (Court #1) – 5 p.m.
