University of Connecticut Athletics
Volleyball reveals 2019 season schedule
5/9/2019 11:16:00โฏAM | Women's Volleyball
STORRS, Conn.โUConn volleyball interim Head Coach Ellen Herman-Kimball has revealed the 29-game schedule that the Huskies will embark upon when they retake the court at Gampel Pavilion for the 2019 campaign. The season will commence with an exhibition versus Rhode Island on Saturday, August 24th before the two-day Pentagon Invite in Washington, D.C.
"We are excited about our scheduled opponents this upcoming season. Our preseason competition will not only be challenging, but will most certainly prepare us for a very competitive conference schedule! This past spring was all about creating a new identity and who we are going to be, especially with graduating five seniors. ย As a team, we are eager and excited to add a new talented six incomers is to the group, but also see how all of our hard work will pay off!"
โCoach Herman-Kimball
UConn concluded the 2018 season ranked eighth in the American Athletic Conference (15-16, 7-11 AAC). The Huskies will play 16 conference match ups, with the conference home opener against the Green Wave of Tulane on Sunday, Oct. 6th at noon.
Before entering conference competition, UConn will compete in four tournaments of which two will be hosted by the HuskiesโUConn Challenge and Dog Pound Challenge. The fifth annual Dog Pound Challenge will take place on September 19th-21st. Holy Cross, Dartmouth, and Providence will all be in Storrs to compete in the six-match tourney.
A few weeks earlier on in September, the three-day UConn Challenge will take place. Iona, Boston College, and Central Connecticut State will be hosted by UConn in another six-match tournament.
The Huskies will open conference play against the Knights of UCF on Sept. 27th in Orlando, Fla. UConn will face USF on the following Sunday in Tampa in a noon match. To open October, the Huskies will continue their road stay and take on the Owls of Temple in Philadelphia, Pa.
UConn will return home to host Tulane (Oct. 6), Cincinnati (Oct. 11), and East Carolina (Oct. 13) before heading back out the road. Other home matches include Wichita State, (Oct. 25) Tulsa (Oct. 27), Temple (Nov. 8), in addition to USF (Nov. 14) and UCF (Nov. 16) to close out the regular season.
In the first year of its inception, the American Athletic Conference will now have a volleyball championship. The first ever AAC Conference Tournament will take place in Orlando, Fla. The weekend tourney will begin on November 22nd with the top six teams competing for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Previously, the conference would award an outright regular season champion.
