BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's volleyball team opens up its 2023 season on the road against WPI on Friday, September 1 at 6 PM. Here's a preview of the Gulls' upcoming season. 

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Endicott enters the season as the top-ranked team in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), per the league's preseason poll
• The Gulls will look to capture their fourth straight CCC Championship this fall
• Krystina Schueler (Trumbull, Conn.), who received All-CCC Third Team honors and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Region 2 Honorable Mention accolades last season, returns to the squad as a graduate student
• In addition, All-CCC Second Team honoree Emma Ruel (Duxbury, Mass.) will anchor the defense for the Gulls
• Endicott faces 10 teams that participated in the 2022 NCAA Tournament and five teams ranked in the 2023 AVCA Preseason Poll 

FIVE MATCHES TO WATCH

• No. 10 MIT (9/9, 3 PM, road)
• No. 20 Wesleyan (9/16, 1:30 PM, home)
• No. 18 Tufts (9/19, 6 PM, home)
• No. 4 NYU (9/30, 4 PM, away)
• No. 24 Williams (10/14, 1 PM), Homecoming

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)