The real story here is the president of the university...
The school pissed away a ton of money on their "Banknorth Center" a giant WHITE ELEPHANT among the sleeping giant where the ho-hum basketball and hockey teams play.
The reasoning was that these are the school's D-1 Marquis sports. They fired a decent coach and way overpaid an assistant no-name from UCONN. The result hockey still can't consistantly get in the frozen four and the big name Basketball guru can't beat SHU, Mt. ST. Mary's, or The Blue Devils from Central to get the 65th spot in the big dance.
So, meanwhile back on Mt. Carmel Avenue they plan to expand the cafeteria and kick out the student center where all the church groups and various other clubs have their offices.
Now that the Big teams no longer play in the highschool gym at the campus field house (Burt Kahn Court), the only team that calls that place home is Women's V-ball. So, the President (John Lahey) wants to make the gym area the space where all the student clubs have their offices b/c the got kicked out of the student Union.
Why can't the volleyball team play at the banknorth center? Oh, the President does not want volleyball lines painted on the court. But, wait - Gample Pavillion home of the National Champion UCONN Huskies has their volleyball team play on that court (with lines)... The President, Mr. Lahey, considers this an eyesore and won't hear of it! So, lets cut the volleyball team.
Great thinking - now the school will drop a Women's team and open the title IX can of worms.
Personally, I'm not a hater of Volleyball or title IX - obviously it is hurting and putting a strain on the entire athletic dept. However, this does not change the fact that basically:
1) Your AD - "Jack - Mac" is a joke and is largely to blame for this debacle - he has never acted as an advocate or tried to solve problems.
2) Your President is a spoiled brat... Who doesn't care about the needs of students - whether they are scholarship v-ball players or 3-season Runners.
The spoiled Brat and his chief "Yes-man" are going to get rid of v-ball one way or another and do not care who lies in the wake of this madness that has become a full-blown Tsunami.
It also proves that Tuition dollars, Enrollment, and the Economy have nothing to do with any of this. The only people hurt are the kids giving it hell day in and day out that wear the QU logo with pride. They are your future leaders and donors. Job well done - it's good to know that the powers that be are really looking out for the wellfare of the students.
RIP QU Athletics - you may have pretended to make strides for the last 10yrs. as an up and coming D-1 school... You've now gone back to the dark ages. Do yourself a favor and drop University from your name and go back to Division II where you belong...