Visitors to Presbyterian College’s Templeton Center for Thursday’s tip-off to the Big South Volleyball Tournament had better expect to be close to the players of their respective teams.
“We sit really close to the court,” PC Athletic Director Brian Reese said. “You are right on top of the action.”
It is PC’s “time in the rotation,” Reese said, for playing host to a conference championship. The Thursday through Sunday win-or-go-home championship will be Presbyterian College’s first Big South championship.
“PC has done an outstanding job preparing for the event,” Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander said. “We find that these small markets really embrace these events. This is a great opportunity to see some really good college volleyball.”
Reese said competition among the Big South volleyball teams has grown fierce as the seedings for Thursday’s tournament grew closer. Seedings were announced Sunday – Radford, out of Virginia, is the top-seeded volleyball team in the Big South.
PC plays Thursday – on home court – first serve at 7:30 p.m. against No. 2 seed Coastal Carolina.
“This is just like March Madness,” Kallander said. “The winner advances to the NCAAs.”
Kallander talked to The Chronicle about PC and Clinton playing host to the volleyball tournament following his
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