Anchorage Daily News

UAA unveiled its 2008 volleyball schedule on Friday. The slate -- the first for new head coach Chris Green -- includes 13 home appearances.

The Seawolves will open Aug. 23 when they host a UAA alumni squad at 9 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. Admission to that match will be free.

The next week brings the return of the Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational after a one-year hiatus. The tournament will be a traditional round-robin format, with the Seawolves hosting Harding (Ark.), Texas Woman's, and Ohio Valley (W.Va.), Aug. 29-30 at the Complex.

The 16-match Great Northwest Athletic Conference schedule begins Sept. 18 with a home match against Northwest Nazarene and concludes Nov. 15 on the road at 2007 NCAA runner-up Western Washington.

"I'm very happy with the way our schedule shapes up," said Green, who last season led Western Nebraska Community College to the junior-college national title. "I think our nonconference competition will give us a good variety of opponents and include some very hefty tests. After that, we should be well prepared for GNAC play."

2008 UAA Volleyball Schedule

Home matches in bold

Aug. 23Alumni Match (exh.)

Aug. 29Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational

UAA vs Ohio Valley

Texas Woman's vs Harding

Ohio Valley vs Texas Woman's

UAA vs Harding

Aug. 30Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational

UAA vs Texas Woman's

Ohio Valley vs Harding

Consolation match

Championship match

Sept. 5Grand Canyon Cactus Classic

vs. Western State

vs Point Loma Nazarene

Sept. 6Grand Canyon Cactus Classic

at Grand Canyon Noon

vs Western State 3 pm

Sept. 12-13Ramada Roseville Concordia Classic

(Opponents TBA)

Sept. 18Northwest Nazarene

Sept. 20Seattle Pacific

Sept. 27at UAF

Oct. 2at Saint Martin's

Oct. 4at Western Oregon

Oct. 9Western Washington

Oct. 11Central Washington

Oct. 15UAF

Oct. 18at Montana State-Billings

Oct. 23at Seattle Pacific

Oct. 25at Northwest Nazarene

Oct. 30Saint Martin's

Nov. 1Western Oregon

Nov. 8Montana State-Billings

Nov. 13at Central Washington

Nov. 15at Western Washington

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