2019-20 Massasoit Women's Volleyball News
In the first season of women’s volleyball at Massasoit in more than three decades, first-year head coach Patricia Francis-Ryans produced an outstanding 2019 campaign, as she was recently recognized as the Region 21 Women’s Volleyball Coach of the Year.
The Massasoit women’s volleyball team placed four student-athletes on the NJCAA All-Region 21 teams, recently announced by the conference office.
The Massasoit women’s volleyball team took nationally-ranked Fashion Institute of Technology to five sets but ran out of steam and then fell in straight sets to Queensborough CC at the NJCAA Division III Northeast District Tournament held at the Peter Asiaf Field House.
The Warriors, playing for the first time since 1986, are one of three teams in the round-robin tourney with the top two finishers earning spots in the national tournament in Minnesota.
The Massasoit women’s volleyball team captured the Region 21 Championship by defeating Northern Essex, 3-1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-11, 25-21) in the tournament finals on Sunday afternoon at Holyoke Community College.
After not having a volleyball program at Massasoit for more than three decades, the Warriors have made an impressive impact in Region 21 during their return season in 2019. Massasoit finished with a perfect 10-0 record against Region 21 divisional foes to earn the top seed of the Region 21 Tournament, hosted on Sunday by Holyoke Community College.
The Massasoit volleyball team received votes in the most recent 2019 NJCAA Division III Volleyball Poll announced on Tuesday.
The Massasoit volleyball team roped 18 service aces on the way to a 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-10) sweep vs the MassBay Buccaneers on Tuesday night inside the Peter Asiaf Field House.
The Massasoit volleyball team earned a 3-1 (23-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-17) come-from-behind road victory at Northern Essex on Saturday afternoon.
The Massasoit women’s volleyball team continued its winning ways with another dominate 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-16) victory at Quinsigamond for the Warriors sixth-straight win.
The Massasoit volleyball team captured its fifth consecutive 3-0 sweep, knocking off the visiting Bunker Hill Bulldogs (25-13, 25-13, 25-11) in straight sets at the Asiaf Field House.
The Massasoit volleyball team put forth another dominating performance on Wednesday night, defeating the MassBay Buccaneers, 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-11), marking the Warriors fourth consecutive three-set sweep.
In the first home match for the Massasoit volleyball program in over three decades, the Warriors earned a convincing 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-23) sweep vs Northern Essex.
After a 33-year hiatus from not competing, it did not take the Massasoit volleyball team long to get back to its winning ways. The Warriors defeated CCRI in a dramatic five-set match, 3-2 (18-25, 25-18, 10-25, 25-21, 15-13) to open the 2019 campaign.
First-year head coach Patricia Francis-Ryans will hold Massasoit women’s volleyball team tryouts, starting on Monday, August 5th from 4-7 PM.
Massasoit Athletics Director Julie Mulvey announced the addition of women’s volleyball to the fall slate of sports for the Warriors, starting in the fall of 2019. With a new sport, comes a new head coach, as Massasoit has selected Patricia Francis-Ryans to lead the volleyball program.