11.01 | Football
HAMPTON, VA- Bowie State University won the three-way tiebreaker which took place at the CIAA Office on Sunday afternoon at 1:00pm.
This officially ends the 2009 Virginia Union University season at 6-4 overall and 5-2 in conference play.
The accounting firm of Cavanaugh and Nelson administered the coin toss tiebreaker, where the three contending Athletic Directors simultaneously flipped coins; Bowie State Interim AD, Arlene Creek, flipped a tail versus two heads tossed by Virginia Union and Elizabeth City State.
The Bulldogs (6-4, CIAA 5-2) are now crowned the Eastern Division Champions and move on to face Fayetteville State (7-3, CIAA 6-1) next Saturday at Durham County Stadium in Durham, NC.
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10.29 | Men's Basketball
The Panthers basketball team will host an exhibition game against Fort Meade Army Base of Maryland on Saturday, October 31st inside Barco-Stevens Hall at 7:00 pm. VUU lost the CIAA Championship game to JCSU and was preseason picked to finished number one in the Eastern Division by the conference.
Virginia Union University finished the 2008-09 season 21-7 overall, Eastern Division Champs at 16-4. The Panthers will have 5 returning student-athletes from last season. Head coach Willard Coker and his coaching staff signed nine new panthers to provide more depth to the squad this year.
Virginia Union University will participate in a second exhibition versus Virginia Commonwealth University on Thursday, November 5th at the Siegel Center before opening up the regular season away against Shaw University on Monday, November 16th at 7:30 pm.
Admission to the exhibition versus Fort Meade of Maryland is free to the public, doors open at 6:30 pm.
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