CSUN Finalizes 2025 Women’s Indoor Volleyball Schedule

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – CSUN women’s volleyball head coach Aquiles Montoya has officially announced the Matadors’ 2025 schedule.

CSUN opens its 49th season of indoor women’s volleyball on Aug. 29, hosting Idaho State at Premier America Credit Union Arena. The opening match of the Ridge Invitational officially opens Montoya’s second season at the helm of the program as the Matadors host a tournament in Northridge for the first time in seven years.

The three-day season-opening tournament also features Pacific (Aug. 20) and future Big West member California Baptist (Aug. 31) coming to the San Fernando Valley.

“The Ridge Invitational will bring talented teams to the Valley and show off our student-athletes to our growing and awesome fan base,” said Montoya.

The Matadors will spend a majority of September on the road, beginning the month in Portland, where CSUN will take on Eastern Washington (Sept. 4), Colorado State (Sept. 5), and the host Pilots (Sept. 6) over the three-day Portland Invitational. A pair of trips to Fresno (Santa Clara on Sept. 11, Fresno State on Sept. 14) sandwich a home date against Lipscomb on Sept 13 at 3 p.m. before CSUN concludes non-conference play in San Francisco. The Matadors will face the host Dons on Sept. 18, before taking on San José State on Sept. 19 on the USF court.

“We will face some tough teams in Portland, Fresno State, San José State, and San Francisco, but our travel keeps us largely on the West Coast, which will be relatively easy travel and a benefit for our student-athletes,” added Montoya. “We have put together a schedule that will test this group for four weeks before Big West play starts.”

The 18-match Big West season gets underway on the road as the Matadors visit Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 26-27. The Mustangs won the 2024 Big West regular season title before falling to Hawai’i in the Big West Championship match.

CSUN’s Big West home opener is scheduled for Oct. 4 against Hawai’i, the lone Big West team to reach the 2024 NCAA Tournament. A road trip to Orange County to meet Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 9) and UC Irvine (Oct. 11) follows before CSUN returns home for the second of three three-match homestands.

The Matadors host UC Riverside (Oct. 17), UC Davis (Oct. 18), and Long Beach State (Oct. 23) before closing the month of October with a road match at UC San Diego (Oct. 25) and a home match against UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m.

The second half of the Big West season continues against Cal Poly (Nov. 1) and Cal State Bakersfield (Nov. 5) at home before the Matadors travel to Honolulu for their second match against Hawai’i (Nov. 7). Two final home matches against UC Irvine (Nov. 13) and Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 15) precede the final road trip of the regular season as CSUN travels to UC Davis (Nov. 20) and UC Riverside (Nov. 22) before the Big West Championship opens on Nov. 26.

“While we start a majority of the Big West season on the road, I love that our home stretch of Big West play is primarily at home,” added Montoya. “Once again, this will help us in a push to make the conference tournament and allow our student-athletes to be home during finals and midterms, which is always a plus. Fall can’t come soon enough!”

The third incarnation of the Big West Women’s Volleyball Championship is scheduled for Nov. 26-29 at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid.

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