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2010 Gallaudet University fall athletic schedules released
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Summer hasn’t officially begun yet but it is not too early to start planning your fall calendar out with Gallaudet University athletic games. The GU Athletics Department officially released the 2010 fall schedules Friday for its six varsity teams; men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer and volleyball.
The 2010 season marks the start of a new era in athletics for Gallaudet as the Bison officially compete in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) this year. Gallaudet played 20 years in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) and was one of the charter members that helped to form the CAC in 1989. The Bison have filled their schedules with NEAC, Eastern Collegiate Football Conference games and many regional non-conference games that even include some old familiar foes from the CAC.
Here are the schedule highlights for each sport:
Cross Country
Can't Miss Local Meet: Gallaudet at Marymount
(Va.) Dual Meet (September 1, 1 p.m.)
Overview: The Gallaudet men’s and women’s
cross country schedule for 2010 is still being finalized but the
bulk of their meets have been set. The Bison start the season on
September 1 in Arlington, Va., with a mid-week race against
Marymount (Va.) University. Several days later the Bison hit the
road to Salisbury, Md., to participate in the annual Sea Gull
Opener at Winter Place Park. On September 11, Gallaudet will make
its NEAC debut at the SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers Invitational
in New York. A week later, GU heads back north to York, Pa., to run
in the invitational hosted by the York (Pa.) College Spartans of
the CAC. The month of October starts off with another NEAC meet
hosted by Penn St.-Harrisburg on October 2. The following weeks
take the Bison to Goucher College in Towson, Md., and Hood College
in Frederick, Md. Gallaudet will then run in its first NEAC cross
country championship at the end of the month.
Football
2009 Record: 6-4, 4-2 ECFC
Can't Miss Home Game: Gallaudet vs. Anna Maria
(Homecoming – October 30, 1:30 p.m.)
Overview: Gallaudet’s football team was so close to
playing in the ECFC championship game as the Bison finished tied
for second in the conference. GU will look to build off the 4-2
conference mark in 2010 and finish the mission of making it to the
conference title game. GU opens the season with three
non-conference games against Merchant Marine and two club teams in
Williamson Trade and George Mason University. The latter is the
home opener for the Bison on September 18 at Noon. The ECFC slate
begins the following week on September 18 as the Bison welcome
Castleton State to Hotchkiss Field. Gallaudet will then face the
toughest stretch of the season with three consecutive games against
the top of the conference. On October 2, the Bison travel to Husson
University, which is located in Bangor, Maine, and is 12 hour plus
bus ride. The following week Gallaudet needs make another long trek
up to conference champion Norwich University in Northfield,
Vermont. Gallaudet finally returns home on October 16 as the Bison
host Mount Ida, the team that made the ECFC championship game and
was tied with the Bison in the final standings but held the
head-to-head advantage as the Mustangs beat Gallaudet 23-6. GU hits
the road once more and will venture to Worcester, Mass., to face
conference foe Becker College on October 23. The Bison return home
for the final two games of the regular-season. GU will host Anna
Maria for Homecoming on October 30 and then close out the
regular-season schedule against Maritime (N.Y.) the first weekend
on November on the fifth. If Gallaudet qualifies the ECFC
championship game and/or a possible Eastern College Athletic
Conference bowl or NCAA tournament bid would follow later in
November.
Men's Soccer
2009 Record: 0-18, 0-8 CAC
Can't Miss Home Game: Gallaudet vs. Cazenovia (October
17, TBA)
Overview: It was another winless season for the Gallaudet
men’s soccer team last season as the Bison lost all 18 games
and were outscored 139-6. GU carries a 54-game losing streak, one
of the top losing streaks in Division III, into the 2010 season.
Coach Luis Gendive returns to the sideline for the Bison where he
coached the team in 2005 and ’06 and managed a 4-34-1 record
in two seasons. GU will have four good opportunities to stop that
losing streak early in the season as the Bison host Washington
Adventist University, Potomac State College and then travel to WAU
and Southern Virginia University, the last team GU beat back in
October 2006. GU will begin NEAC play a home against Penn
St.-Harrisburg on September 18. This begins a five-game homestand
for the Buff and Blue. The month of October begins on the road
against new conference foes SUNY Cobleskill and SUNYIT before
playing former CAC opponent Marymount (Va.) on October 5. The
current three home games in October for Gallaudet include Lancaster
Bible (October 7), SUNY Morrisville (October 16) and defending NEAC
champion Cazenovia (October 17). The NEAC tournament begins the
first week of November.
Volleyball
2009 Record: 27-14, 6-2 CAC
Postseason: ECAC Division III South Region champions, CAC
tournament finalist
Can't Miss Home Game: Gallaudet vs. Catholic (Dig Pink
Night – October 20, 7 p.m.)
Overview: The start of the 2010 season for the Gallaudet
University volleyball team will have a different feel then in 2009,
when the Bison were without their coach and four starters for the
first two weeks because of the Deaflympics in Taipei. GU will need
to replace three key seniors but the Bison are up to the challenge
and ready to make their NEAC debut. Gallaudet left the CAC where it
won five conference championships but left its mark as the Bison
hold all 15 individual career records in the conference record
book. The Bison will be a force in the NEAC like they were in the
CAC and will make their NEAC debut at the end of September. GU
starts the 2010 season on the road for the first three weeks
playing in the Battlefield Classic in Gettysburg, Pa., the
Frostburg State Invitational in Western Maryland, and the Salisbury
University Invitational on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The home
opener for Gallaudet will take place September 22 against Goucher
College. GU will then hit the road for a two-day NEAC tournament
hosted by Penn St.-Abington. The month of October begins with the
Worthington Classic at the Field House as Gallaudet welcomes
Meredith, Emerson and Sweet Briar to Kendall Green. The Bison then
hit the road for a tough non-conference match against Gettysburg
College before hosting a NEAC two-day tournament on October 15 and
16. The annual AVCA Dig Pink Night will be October 20 at home
against cross-town rivals Catholic University of America. GU then
hits the road to face Lebanon Valley and Scranton on October 23 and
nationally ranked Christopher Newport on October 27. The
regular-season comes to a close on October 29, Homecoming Weekend,
as the Bison host Rowan and Stevenson. The NEAC tournament is
slated for the first week of November. Gallaudet won the ECAC South
Region championship last year will hope to make a return trip to
the NCAA tournament in November or defend its crown in the
ECAC.
Women's Soccer
2009 Record: 6-12-1, 0-8 CAC
Can't Miss Home Game: Gallaudet vs. Penn St.-Harrisburg
(September 18, 4 p.m.)
Overview: The Bison women’s soccer program will
look to build off the success it had in 2009 as Gallaudet won six
games, all at home, with a fairly young team. GU starts the season
the road against Washington Adventist University on September 5 and
plays four of the next five games against non-conference foes. The
home opener for the Bison will take place on September 10 against
College of Notre Dame (Md.). The NEAC opener for Buff and Blue will
be at Hotchkiss Field on September 18 against defending conference
champion Penn St.-Harrisburg. GU closes out the month of September
with back-to-back NEAC home games against Wells and Keuka. In
October, Gallaudet hits the road and will play four straight away
from home and seven of 10 games on the road. The Bison home games
are SUNY Morrisville (October 16), Cazenovia (October 17) and Salem
International (October 29). The latter of which is on Homecoming
Weekend. The NEAC tournament begins the first week of November.
