BYU Will Host 2009 NCAA® Men's Collegiate Volleyball Champtionships May 7-9 On Sport Court® Playing Surfaces

Sport Court has been the Official Playing Court of NCAA Volleyball for 16 years. Response™ PLaying Surface Makes It the Indusputable Choice for Volleyball Players the World Over.

Provo, Utah (PRWEB) May 7, 2009 -- Utah's own Brigham Young University will play host to the 2009 NCAA® Men's Collegiate Volleyball Championships on Utah's own Sport Court® playing surface from Connor Sport Court International (www.connorsportcourt.com).

The games will take place May 7-9 in the Smith Fieldhouse.

"It gives us great pleasure to have the visiting teams and members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association on our campus, said BYU Athletic Director Tom Holmoe.

"And Sport Court is delighted to be providing the official playing surface for these exciting championships at BYU," said Ron Cerny, President and CEO of Connor Sport Court International, headquartered in Salt Lake City. For this event, Sport Court is providing one 60 foot by 112 foot Response™ playing surface, blue with a silver border.

"We have been the official playing surface for NCAA® Volleyball for 16 years," said Cerny. "Our Response™ playing surface is a state-of-the-art engineered polymer surface, which has Lateral Forgiveness ™ for player safety while at the same time providing the resiliency needed in this fast-moving sport," Cerny said. "Our engineers have constantly developed and improved this court system to make it the indisputable choice for volleyball players the world over."

Both semifinal matches will be played Thursday, May 7, with the national championship match on Saturday May 9. The first semifinal game will be televised on ESPN2 on Thursday, May 7, 9 p.m.ET/7 p.m.MT. Semifinal two will be telecast on ESPN Thursday, May 7, 11 p.m. ET/ 9 p.m.MT.

The final game will be Saturday, May 9, 6 p.m.ET/4 p.m.MT on ESPN2

Holmoe said this is BYU's first chance to hold a national NCAA championship event since it hosted the 1989 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

About Connor Sport Court International
More athletic events are played on Connor Sport Court surfaces than on any other sports flooring in the world. Connor sports floors have established themselves as the standard for professional and collegiate sports since the company was founded in 1872. Sport Court® is a registered trade mark of Connor Sport Court International. Since 1974, it has identified the original and authentic modular sport surface, continuously improved and patented to provide the highest levels of quality and performance.

For more Sport Court information contact:
Jeff Morton, Marketing Manager, Connor Sport Court
801-712-6411
www.connorsportcourt.com

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