In honor of 30 varsity seasons of women’s volleyball at Bucknell, the Bison volleyball squad will play host to a 30th Season Celebration this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 2 and 3, inviting back former players, past members from the men’s club volleyball program and others who have supported the volleyball program over the years.
Sooners will begin second round on Friday at 6 p.m. (CST)
Nov. 29, 2007
The Bucknell volleyball team will close out the 2007 season this weekend as the squad will travel to Army and Holy Cross, facing the Black Knights on Saturday and the Crusaders on Sunday. Both matches are set to begin at 4 p.m. Entering this weekend’s action, the Bison are 11-16 on the year, 4-8 in Patriot League play.
Bucknell suffered a 3-0 setback against American in Patriot League volleyball action on Friday night in Davis Gym. With the loss, the Bison fall to 11-15 on the year, 4-7 in league play, while the Eagles improve to 20-7, 10-1 in league contests.
Riding a two-match winning streak, the Bucknell volleyball team will travel to Hamilton, N.Y., this Friday to face Colgate in a Patriot League contest at 6 p.m. Coming off a 3-1 midweek non-league triumph over Saint Francis (Pa.), the Bison enter the weekend with a record of 11-13, 4-5 in the Patriot League and are currently fifth in the league standings.
Wesley Moodie
Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - South African Wesley Moodie and American Zack Fleishman were among Monday’s unseeded winners at the $832,000 Japan Open.
The 2005 Tokyo titlist Moodie snuck past Italian Simone Bolelli 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (10-8), while Fleishman held off Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1 at Ariake Colosseum.
Up next for Moodie will be this week’s top seed, Spaniard David Ferrer, while Fleishman will encounter last week’s Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet.
In other Day-1 action, Chilean Paul Capdeville topped Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (7-4), 7-5; Spaniard Ivan Navarro edged out Dutchman Robin Haase 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-0); Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu overcame Thai Danai Udomchoke 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-1; and German Mischa Zverev beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).
Last year’s winner here was the great Roger Federer, but the Swiss star pulled out of this year’s event last week, citing fatigue. Federer defeated the recently-retired Tim Henman in last year’s Tokyo finale.
The 2007 titlist here will collect $145,000.
Source: www.tsn.ca
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