ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – For three-of-the-five Flagler College fall athletics teams, the season begins at the end of this week. The volleyball and men's soccer team, both preseason favorites in the Peach Belt Conference, will open at tournaments held at Lees-McRae College while the women's soccer team also hits the road to play at the Queens University of Charlotte Tournament.

The volleyball team is coming off a 36-9 record last year, 13-1 in the conference, and a NCAA Division II semifinal appearance. 2009 Peach Belt Coach of the Year Taylor Mott and her team will open the season Sept. 3 vs. Coker College at 1 p.m. and then take on conference-rival USC Aiken at 7 p.m. to open the Carolinas Challenge. The tournament wraps up on Sept. 4 in a re-match of the regional final, vs. Wingate at 1 p.m. and then a re-match of a regional quarterfinal against the host, Lees-McRae, at 5:30 p.m.

You can follow all of the matches with live stats on flaglerathletics.com. The first three matches will be provided by Flagler sports information and the final brought to you by Lees-McRae. Links to “live stats” can be found on the calendar on the main page, or you can access it by going to volleyball's home page, click on schedule and results, and then “Details” to view the up-to-date stats.

The men's soccer team went 14-6-2 a year ago, made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and won the Peach Belt regular season title with a 7-1 record. 2009 NSCAA Southeast Region and Peach Belt Coach of the Year John Lynch and his crew will also head to Banner Elk and will open against No. 2 Lees-McRae, on Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. The Bobcats were the national runners-up last year. Flagler will follow on Sept. 4 against King College of Tennessee, also at 7 p.m. and at Lees-McRae.

Live stats will be available for both contests. Lees-McRae will provide the service for the match on Friday night while Flagler will provide the stats for Saturday night's game. Log on to flaglerathletics.com and click on Sept. 3 or Sept. 4 to access the live stats functions, or go to the men's soccer home page, click on “Schedule/Results,” and then click on “Details” and click on “Live Stats.”

The women's soccer team will look to get off to another quick start, as they did last year. The Saints finished 8-9-1 overall and 4-5-1 in conference play. Head Coach Teddy Meyer will take his team to Charlotte for the weekend, opening with the host, Queens, Friday at 8 p.m., and then conclude on Sunday against Pfeiffer University at 1 p.m. Links to the live stats will posted as soon as possible.

The cross country teams will make their debuts next weekend with the men competing at the Black & Gold Challenge at UCF and the women will open at the Remembrance Run on Sept. 11 at Americus, Ga.

Weekend schedule:

Fri., Sept. 3:

1 p.m.: Volleyball vs. Coker (Live Stats)
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. USC Aiken (Live Stats)
7 p.m. Men's Soccer at Lees-McRae (Live Stats)
8 p.m.: Women's Soccer at Queens Univ. of Charlotte (Live Stats)

Sat., Sept. 4

1 p.m.: Volleyball vs. Wingate (Live Stats)
5:30 p.m.: Volleyball at Lees-McRae (Live Stats)
7 p.m.: Men's Soccer vs. King (Tenn.) (Live Stats)

Sun., Sept. 5:
1 p.m.: Women's Soccer vs. Pfeiffer (Live Stats)