The 2014 America East Volleyball Championship begins Friday afternoon on the campus of the University of New Hampshire with two semifinal games. No. 2 Binghamton and No. 3 Albany get things started at 3 p.m. followed by No. 1 New Hampshire and No. 4 Stony Brook at 6 p.m. Both matches will be available free on AmericaEast.TV.
Championship Notes
- The No. 1 seed has advanced to the final 19 times in 23 years. The last time it happened was in 2005.
- The top-two seeds have advance to the final each of the last two years.
- The No. 2 seed is 9-8 vs. the No. 3 seed since the tournament moved to four teams in 1997.
- This is the first time since 2010 that all three SUNY schools have qualified for the tournament. It also happened three-straight years from 2005-07.
- The home team has won 14 titiles with only six road teams winning since the tournament moved to its current format in 1993.
No. 2 Binghamton vs. No. 3 Albany - 3 pm
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- Albany is playing in its America East record 13th-straight championship.
- The Great Danes have won either the regular season or tournament title nine of the last 10 years
- Albany missed the title game for the first time since 2006 last year.
- Albany is 14-6 all-time in the championship with six titles.
- Binghamton is playing in the tournament for the 9th time in 13 years since joining the conference.
- The Bearcats won the tournament in 2012 before missing last season. All three of Binghamton’s titles have come on the road.
- Binghamton is 7-5 all-time in the championship.
- Binghamton swept Albany in the season series for the first time in program history this season.
- The teams have split four meetings in the championshi:
- 2012 finals - Binghamton 3-0
- 2009 finals - Binghamton 3-1
- 2008 finals - Albany, 3-0
- 2004 semifinals - Albany 3-0
No. 1 New Hampshire vs. No. 4 Stony Brook - 6 pm
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- New Hampshire is hosting the America East tournament for the second-straight season
- The Wildcats are playing in their fourth-straight championship and fifth in the last six years.
- The 11-1 mark is the best conference record for the Wildcats since 2002 when they also went 11-1.
- The Wildcats are 11-8 all-time in the championship with four titles.
- Stony Brook is playing in its fourth America East tournament in five years.
- The Seawolves are 4-8 all-time in the championship with no titles.
- Stony Brook has played in four title games, the last coming in 2011
- New Hampshire swept Stony Brook in the season series.
- The last time the No. 1 seed did not advance to the title game was 2005. Only 4 times in 23 years has the 1 seed not advanced to the title match.
- New Hampshire and Stony Brook have met three times in the championship including in the 2013 semifinals:
- 2013 semifinals - New Hampshire 3-0
- 2011 semifinals - Stony Brook 3-2
- 2002 finals - New Hampshire 3-1