A record crowd of 6,106 came to Chaifetz Arena on Saturday night, August 29th to cheer on the Saint Louis University Billikens as they battled the two time defending national champions, Penn State.  The partisan crowd was treated to an extended, see-saw battle in the first set.  The crowd roaring with every SLU point and groaning when Penn State scored.  Eventually the Nittany Lions prevailed 29-27.  It was college volleyball at it's best!  Set two was another good game in which the Billikens couldn't quite catch Penn State, losing 25-18.  In set three Penn State showed why they haven't lost a match in two years, winning 25-14. 

However, the other big story of the night was the huge crowd that shattered last year's record crowd of just over 2,000.  When you looked into the stands, it was a rainbow of CYC uniforms, that complimented the SLU student body dressed in all blue at the West end of the court.  Between sets CYC players recognized the six SLU volleyball players and two staff members who grew up playing CYC sports by giving them T-shirts that had "I PLAYED CYC SPORTS" on the front and "SAINT LOUIS U" on the back.  Then our young CYC players went into the SLU student body and found former CYC players to give them the "I PLAYED CYC SPORTS" shirts off their backs.

Thank you to all who attended and were treated to some great volleyball action and a fun night.  If you would like to view more photos of this event just click here, CYC Night at SLU Volleyball. 

We want to remind everyone of upcoming CYC Nights at Saint Louis University soccer games, come join us:  

CYC Night at SLU Men's Soccer - Saturday, October 3rd - 7pm against Clemson - Hermann Stadium          CYC Night at SLU Women' Soccer - Friday, October 16th - 7pm against George Washington - Hermann