Murray State University Athletics
Volleyball To Play In ASU/Bancorp South Classic
8/30/2007 5:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The Murray State volleyball team travels to Jonesboro, Ark., this weekend to take part in the ASU/Bancorp South Classic. The Racers will face tournament host Arkansas State on Friday at 7 p.m., then on Saturday, will meet San Jose State at 1:30 p.m. and Northwestern State at 4:30 p.m.
MSU is 0-3 after playing in against one of its strongest tournament fields ever. The Racers fell to Clemson, Mississippi State and Arkansas-Little Rock in the season-opening Mississippi State/Microtel Classic last weekend. Senior outside hitter Tara DeMage was named to the all-tournament team.
Arkansas State (0-3) played in the Ole Miss Magnolia Invitational last weekend, falling to Jacksonville State, tournament host Mississippi and Missouri. San Jose State (2-1) took part in the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic, sporting wins against Grambling and Florida Atlantic before falling to tournament host New Mexico. Northwestern State is opening its season this weekend.
"In this tournament, we changed the lineup to see if we can get a little more offense," said MSU head coach David Schwepker. "We want to see if this will work better. If we want to make changes to our lineup, now is the time to make them, before we start our conference schedule.
"Last weekend, we competed really well. That's what we wanted to see, how we fight. Now, it's a matter of getting things worked out and working with our rothations and getting ready for conference play."
Murray State opens Ohio Valley Conference play with its first home match on Sept. 14 against Samford.
