Alums Release 2009 Schedule

Single match season to begin and end on January 17

The Nittany Lion Men's Volleyball Alumni have announced their single match season schedule for 2009. The match, against the Penn State varsity volleyball team, defending NCAA Champions, is generating much excitement among the PSU volleyball alums.

"January 17 can't come soon enough," stated Dave Bittner (PSUMVB '88) "Yeah, too bad it'll also be over before we know it" said John Hartranft (PSUMVB '86), "so we're aiming to put in our best performance. It'll be a make-or-break match for the alums this season."

The Penn State varsity will be entering the the January 17 match battle-tested from in their early season matchups against top NCAA teams Ohio State, Hawaii and USC at the Outrigger Invitational. View the Penn State varsity schedule here >>>

The alums, however, have a distinct advantage over the varsity in at least one critical area. "Our collective age is well over 12,000 years" reports alum leader Frank Guadagnino (PSUMVBC '78), "The varsity can't be more than a few hundred years old, so we'll certainly work that into our game strategy."

"Because our season is so short, we will live vicariously through the Penn State varsity team for all but one match this season" Hartranft said. Bittner echoed, "We're big fans of the PSU varsity, but January 17 will be payback time for the alums when we avenge our 30 or so losses to the varsity during the past 30 or so years!"

"And," Guadagnino reminded, "we're looking to win the Ball Pull as well."