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UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University volleyball team is set to participate in the 2016 Mizuno Midwest Region Volleyball Crossover Tournament this upcoming weekend. The tournament, in its ninth season, is set to take place at the Great Lakes Center in Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 14-15.

The Cardinals (9-8, 5-4 GLIAC) enter as the no. 6 seed in the GLIAC for the weekend. SVSU is slated to play three games, with one on Friday (Oct. 14) and another pair of contests on Saturday. Saginaw Valley has rattled-off three consecutive five-set wins leading up to the trip down to the suburb of Chicago and will square-off against GLVC no. 5 seed Missouri-St. Louis, GMAC team Cedarville, which was seeded no. 7 GLVC, and GLVC no. 2 seed McKendree.  

Over the eight-year span of the tournament's existence, SV has posted an overall record of 15-9, including going a perfect 3-0 in the event during the 2010 and 2013 seasons. Last year, the Cardinals went 2-1, defeating Drury and Ohio Valley but falling at the hands of McKendree. 

Friday, October 14 - 2:30 PM CDT

#5 Missouri-St. Louis vs #6 Saginaw Valley State - Live Stats

Saturday, October 15 - 10:00 AM CDT

#7 Cedarville vs #6 Saginaw Valley State - Live Stats

Saturday, October 15 - 4:00 PM CDT

#2 McKendree vs #6 Saginaw Valley State - Live Stats

The two-day tournament will feature 54 matches conducted on nine courts throughout six sessions at one of the top volleyball facilities in the country. The event, designed to increase competition between teams from the three leagues in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region, has previously been held in Indianapolis, Indiana and Lansing, Michigan.

For more information, log on to the event's official website, GLVCsports.com/2016crossover.  The event's official Twitter hashtag will be #2016Crossover.

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