Coker Releases 2009 Volleyball Schedule

The Coker College Athletic Department released the 2009 schedule for the women's volleyball team this week.

The Lady Cobras are looking to bounce back after a difficult 2008 season. Coach Jon Stenman returns for his second year as the leader of the Coker volleyball program and he is hoping the addition of seven new faces to the roster, along with the return of six student-athletes from last season.

Coach Stenman and the Lady Cobras have a tough schedule ahead of them. Their schedule features 17 Conference Carolinas matches and 11 non-conference matches; including playing Fayetteville State in an October 2 Homecoming match. The schedule also features 12 home matches in Coker's Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium.

The women open their 2009 season on the weekend of August 28-29, when they travel to Lenoir-Rhyne for a four match tournament. The Lady Cobras then travel to Limestone College for their opening Conference Carolinas match and a tournament on September 4-5, followed by road matches on September 8-9 at Mount Olive and Columbia College. The Lady Cobras will not play their first home match until September 15 when they host St. Andrews in a conference match.

Coker hosts three home matches on September 18-19, including a dual match with Belmont Abbey and Brevard College on the 19th, before they take to the road for a pair of matches at Anderson (Sept. 25) and Erskine (Sept. 26). In preparation for Homecoming the Lady Cobras return home with a match on September 29 against Barton and then on October 2 they will face Fayetteville State in their 2009 Homecoming match. Coker plays just one home match from October 5-20, when they host Queens on October 10, but a four match home stand at the end of the month makes up for the travel. The Lady Cobras will play St. Augustine's (Oct. 24), Mount Olive (Oct. 27), Anderson (Oct. 30) and Erskine (Oct. 31) in their longest home stand of the season.

The Lady Cobras will finish out their season the first week of November with their final home match on November 6 versus Pfeiffer squeezed between a pair of road matches against Barton (Nov. 3) and their final regular season match of the year against Queens (Nov. 7).