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Westfield State Picked To Claim 2010 MASCAC Volleyball Championship
Story Courtesy of the MASCAC Website
Buzzards Bay, Mass.— The Owls of Westfield State University are the pre-season pick to win the 2010 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball championship in a vote of the league’s coaches.
Westfield State captured six first place votes to amass 48 points
in taking the top spot in the poll, as the 2009 regular season and
conference tournament champion Owls outdistanced second place
Bridgewater State’s total of 42 points, with the Bears
claiming the other first place vote. Worcester State is next in
third place with 32 points, while Framingham State follows in
fourth place with 29 points. MCLA and Salem State tied for fifth
place with 19 points each, while Massachusetts Maritime rounds out
this year’s poll in seventh place with seven points.
The 2010-11 academic year marks the MASCAC’s 40th Anniversary, and throughout the year, the conference will honor numerous student-athletes, teams, coaches, administrators and other individuals who have had a profound impact in shaping the rich history and tradition of the member institutions that have comprised the league.
Earlier this summer, the MASCAC announced that it was changing its acronym to “Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference” to reflect the name change of six member institutions (Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Salem State, Westfield State and Worcester State) from College to University, effective October 26th.
Though the institutional name changes will not take place
officially until later this fall, the conference name change took
place immediately.
In addition to the six universities listed previously, the MASCAC
is also comprised of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and
the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Two other institutions, the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State
University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sport of
men’s ice hockey.
2010 MASCAC Volleyball Pre-Season Coaches Poll
(First Place Votes In Parentheses)
1. Westfield State (6) 48 points
2. Bridgewater State (1) 42 points
3. Worcester State 32 points
4. Framingham State 29 points
5. MCLA 19 points
Salem State19 points
7. Massachusetts Maritime 7 points
