Lebanon Valley College Athletics

Opened: November 2003
Capacity: 1,650

Since the 2003-04 season, Louis A. Sorrentino Gymnasium has served as the home of the Lebanon Valley College basketball and volleyball teams. The state-of-the-art facility replaced Lynch Gymnasium, the team's home venue from 1950-2003.

Dedicated in honor of LVC legend Lou Sorrentino '54 starting in 2014-15, the 36,000 square-foot gymnasium provides an impressive arena for intercollegiate competition with seating for 1,650 spectators - a 36 percent increase over the seating capacity of Lynch Gymnasium. The upper tier of seating features stadium-style chairs, with roll-out bleachers below. When not hosting competition, the gym holds two practice courts.

One of the most architecturally striking arenas in Division III, the gym holds a special function room, the Dutchmen Lounge, which rises above the north side of the gym to provide panoramic views of the athletic fields east of the Heilman Center, as well as a birds'-eye view of the playing court.

Since its opening, Sorrentino Gymnasium has held numerous conference play-off events, including the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball First/Second Rounds and 2011 Sweet 16/Elite Eight rounds, and first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 2005. The volleyball team won back-to-back Commonwealth Conference titles there in 2008 and 2009, and the women's basketball teamhosted four straight Commonwealth Conference championship tournaments from 2009 to 2012, winning in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, the gym held its first commencement, welcoming 370 graduates and their families, and it repeated its hosting duties in 2014 and 2015 while also adding other campus events including Opening Convocation, Inquiry, Hall of Fame induction banquet, and the annual All-Sports Banquet. The facility is also home to several LVC coaches with office space and additional locker rooms for Valley teams.

In 2014, the facility underwent a major lighting upgrade, replacing the original system with energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly LED lighting. LVC was the first NCAA Division III institution to utilize LED technology in its gymnasium.

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