La Verne to host volleyball powers

The University of La Verne volleyball team has a big weekend coming up. The No. 3 Leopards (12-0) will host a four-team tournament Friday and Saturday that will feature local foe Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (12-7), as well as No. 1 Juniata, Penn. (17-1) and No. 2 Emory, Ga. (19-3).

"I can't wait," Leopards coach Don Flora said. "It's not often you get to play the top two teams in the country on the same weekend."

On Friday the Athenas will play Emory at 4 p.m. while La Verne playes Juniata at 7 p.m.

Then on Saturday La Verne and CMS will play at 11 a.m. The rest of the schedule will pit Juniata against Emory at 1:30 p.m., CMS against Juniata at 4 p.m. and La Verne against Emory at 6 p.m.

There is no admission charge for spectatots.