CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The UNI volleyball team on Friday announced its 28-match schedule for the upcoming 2025 season, with non-conference tournament trips to Dallas, Omaha and Green Bay on tap.

Coming off their third consecutive Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season and tournament championships, plus the program’s 26th NCAA Tournament berth, the Panthers will seek their fourth straight titles for both conference crowns for the first time since 1998-2002

Season ticket renewals for the 2025 season are now on-going through June 30, while new season tickets will launch on July 1 with $75 tickets available arena wide. Single-match tickets will go on sale at a later date.

Young alumni season tickets can now be purchased for any UNI graduate within the past five years for $100. Additional young alumni ticket information can be found HERE.

Tickets can be renewed online at unipanthers.com/tickets, or by calling the UNI Ticket Office at 319-273-4849. Click HERE for a McLeod Center seating chart for volleyball.

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Northern Iowa’s 2025 schedule features six NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago (SMU, Creighton, Washington, Louisville, South Dakota State, Arizona State), including two reigning conference regular season champions.

UNI will hold its annual Purple and Gold intrasquad scrimmage inside the McLeod Center on a date still to be determined, and play a preseason exhibition at South Dakota on Aug. 23. The 2025 regular season will begin a week later as the Panthers host the reigning Big 12 champion Arizona State Sun Devils on Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. CT before taking on the defending Summit League regular season champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits the following day. As part of the short two-day tournament, Illinois will also attend for a neutral site match with ASU. 

Northern Iowa hits the road following the Labor Day holiday in Texas for the SMU Tournament, which will begin with a Sept. 4 matchup against Stony Brook, coached by former Panther setter Kristin Belzung. The Panthers will also face SMU on Sept. 5 and Washington on Sept. 6 in Dallas.

For the first time since 2021, UNI will face off at home against in-state rival Iowa State on Sept. 9 in the first matchup between the programs since 2022. The Panthers will return to the road for the second year of its current rotating tournament, taking on Creighton, Louisville and Rice during the weekend of Sept. 12-14. In addition to a battle among former MVC rivals with Creighton, the Saturday, Sept. 13 match against Louisville will be a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s NCAA Tournament second round, where the Panthers took the Cardinals to the brink in a five-set battle against the eventual NCAA runners-up.

The Panthers will close out non-conference action Sept. 18-20 in Wisconsin as they take on Tennessee Tech, Western Michigan and Green Bay at the Green Bay Tournament.

MVC play will commence on Sept. 26 as Northern Iowa opens league action with a road rematch of the 2024 MVC Tournament championship at UIC, paired with a match at Valparaiso (Sept. 27). Following a midweek contest at Drake on Sept. 30, UNI returns home for three straight conference battles with Murray State for homecoming (Oct. 4), Evansville (Oct. 10) and Bradley (Oct. 11).

The Panthers make the first of two southern swings through the MVC at Indiana State (Oct. 17) and Evansville (Oct. 18) before another three-match homestand with Illinois State (Oct. 24), Indiana State (Oct. 25) and Belmont (Oct. 30) coming to town ahead of a Nov. 1 contest at Southern Illinois. UNI will close out the regular season with its final two home matches against Drake (Nov. 4) and UIC (Nov. 7) and return south to take on Murray State (Nov. 15) and Belmont (Nov. 16) on the road.

This year’s MVC Tournament will feature a new format with the league’s top-six teams qualifying for postseason play. Dates and locations, which will all be held at on-campus sites and hosted by higher seeds, will be announced at a later date.

Additional match times will be announced as they are set.

UNI, which begins its 52nd season of play and 26th year under the leadership of nine-time MVC Coach of the Year Bobbi Petersen, returns 11 athletes from the 2024 roster, including Second Team All-MVC performers Lily Dykstra and Cassidy Hartman, along with senior setter Sydney Golden and senior opposite Calia Clubb. The Panthers added six new freshmen in the offseason, as well as one transfer in senior middle blocker Lindsay Oldendorf from San Francisco.

2025 UNI VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

• TBD – Purple & Gold Scrimmage – TBA
• Aug. 23 at South Dakota (Exhibition) – TBA
• Aug. 29 vs. Arizona State – 6 p.m. CT (UNI Tournament)
• Aug. 30 vs. South Dakota State – 5 p.m. CT (UNI Tournament)
• Sept. 4 vs. Stony Brook – 4 p.m. CT (SMU Tournament)
• Sept. 5 at SMU – 7 p.m. CT (SMU Tournament)
• Sept. 6 vs. Washington – 11 a.m. CT (SMU Tournament)
• Sept. 9 vs. Iowa State – 6:30 p.m. CT
• Sept. 12 vs. Rice – 4:30 p.m. CT (Creighton Tournament)
• Sept. 13 vs. Louisville – 6:30 p.m. CT (Creighton Tournament)
• Sept. 14 at Creighton – 3 p.m. CT (Creighton Tournament)
• Sept. 18 vs. Tennessee Tech – 3 p.m. CT (Green Bay Tournament)
• Sept. 19 vs. Western Michigan – 3 p.m. CT (Green Bay Tournament)
• Sept. 20 at Green Bay – 2 p.m. CT (Green Bay Tournament)
• Sept. 26 at UIC * – 6 p.m. CT
• Sept. 27 at Valparaiso * – 5 p.m. CT
• Sept. 30 at Drake * – 6 p.m. CT
• Oct. 4 vs. Murray State * – TBA
• Oct. 10 vs. Evansville * – 6 p.m. CT
• Oct. 11 vs. Bradley * – 5 p.m. CT
• Oct. 17 at Indiana State * – 5 p.m. CT
• Oct. 18 at Evansville * – 5 p.m. CT
• Oct. 24 vs. Illinois State * – 6 p.m. CT
• Oct. 25 vs. Indiana State * – 5 p.m. CT
• Oct. 30 vs. Belmont – 6 p.m. CT
• Nov. 1 at Southern Illinois * – 5 p.m. CT
• Nov. 4 vs. Drake * – 6 p.m. CT
• Nov. 7 vs. UIC * – 6 p.m. CT
• Nov. 14 at Murray State * – 6 p.m. CT
• Nov. 15 at Belmont * – 5 p.m. CT
• TBD – MVC Tournament – TBA

                * MVC match | Home matches in BOLD

UNI volleyball action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Volleyball), X (@UNIVolleyball) and on Instagram (@univolleyball). The full 2025 schedule and roster, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Coming off its 10th consecutive season with 20+ wins, Harvard men’s water polo is set to begin the 2025 campaign at Blodgett Pool on Aug. 30 with the Bruno Classic as part of its 30-game schedule this upcoming fall.

Ted Minnis sits just six wins away from his 300^th career victory as head coach of the men’s program as the Crimson enter the 2025 season. 

Highlights this year include hosting the Bruno Classic and Harvard Invitational, and two trips to California to compete against the reigning national champion UCLA Bruins, Long Beach State, before returning later in the season for the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament.

Offensive threats Dean Strauser and Jack Burgardt are set to return this season, with the goalkeeping duo of Tanner Furtak and Oliver Price also back between the pipes, while Mason Hunt and Jake Tsotadze will lead the Crimson in 2025. 

Harvard opens the year with a four-game weekend at home, facing Bucknell and Fordham on Saturday, Aug. 30, before returning Sunday to meet Gannon and Wagner. The Crimson are 8-3 at the Bruno Classic over the last three seasons. Harvard played Wagner in the season opener last season and cruised to a 17-8 win after Dean Strauser, Jack Burghardt, and Mason Hunt led the offense.

The following weekend, Harvard heads south to Princeton, N.J., for the Princeton Invitational from Sept. 6–7, with opponents and game times yet to be announced.

The Crimson then embarks on its first California road trip of the season from Friday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 14, visiting national powers UCLA and Long Beach State, before finishing the weekend with Cal State Fullerton and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps across three days in Southern California.

Harvard is set to play the reigning national champions for just the fourth time in program history and the first time since 2022. Harvard is also set to face Long Beach for the first time since the Bruno Classic in 2022, where it fell in a heavily competitive battle to open the season.

After a brief break, Harvard returns to the East Coast for conference play, traveling to New York and New Jersey for a trio of games on Oct. 4–5, taking on LIU, Iona, and reigning NWPC champions, the Princeton Tigers.

Since 2021, Harvard has only lost one regular-season game against a conference opponent who was not the Princeton Tigers. Boasting a 35–6 conference record over the last four seasons, Harvard has not lost to Iona or LIU in that span.

A marquee matchup with rival Brown awaits on Saturday, Oct. 11, in Providence before the Crimson return to Blodgett on Sunday, Oct. 12, to host MIT in their conference home opener. A much-anticipated rematch from the NWPC semifinals will see Harvard look to avenge a hard-fought loss to Brown in its last meeting against its Ivy rival.

Harvard will then host the annual Harvard Invitational from Saturday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 19, welcoming Wagner, Salem, and George Washington to Cambridge for a three-game weekend.

The Crimson will make their second trip west from Friday, Oct. 24, through Sunday, Oct. 26, for the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament in Santa Clara, Calif., squaring off with Pacific, Pepperdine, Air Force, and host Santa Clara over three days before returning home to finish out the conference slate.

Back on the East Coast, Harvard closes out the regular season with six games in November. The team travels to MIT on Saturday, Nov. 1, before returning to Blodgett that evening to close out the season series with Brown at 7:00 p.m.

The final homestand of the year includes back-to-back matchups with LIU and Iona on Saturday, Nov. 8, followed by a final showdown against Princeton on Sunday, Nov. 9, before the playoffs begin.

The 2025 NWPC Championships are set for Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23, at Brown University’s Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center in Providence, R.I., where the Crimson will look to claim their first conference crown since 2019.

 

 

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TROY, Ala. – Troy Volleyball unveiled its 2025 schedule on Thursday, as announced by head coach Josh Lauer. 

“We have another challenging schedule ahead of us this fall,” Lauer said. “The Sun Belt was the sixth best volleyball conference in the country the last two years, and 2025 looks to be another competitive year for the conference nationally as well. Our non-conference schedule will really test and prepare us for conference play and give our student-athletes one of the best competitive experiences possible. 

“I’m excited for in-state matchups this fall with Samford, Auburn, and our exhibition with Jacksonville State, as well as the opportunity to play some really big matches against other SEC, Big 10, and ACC opponents in Georgia, Ohio State, and Virginia. 

“We will need all our fans ready to pack Trojan Arena this fall, as our home conference slate includes the top 3 RPI teams in the conference from a year ago. It is going to be an exciting fall, and we can’t wait to be back on the court in Trojan Arena.” 

Troy is coming off a season that featured an 8-3 record inside Trojan Arena, including six conference wins. 

The Trojans will kick off this year’s home schedule with an exhibition against Jacksonville State on Aug. 23. The regular season begins with a weekend in Birmingham, featuring matches against Georgia (Aug. 30) and Samford (Aug. 31). 

Following a road test at Auburn on Sept. 3, Troy will face Jackson State in the regular season home opener on Sept. 6, followed by another home match against Mercer on Sept. 10. 

Troy will wrap up non-conference play in Columbus, Ohio, with matches against Virginia (Sept. 20) and Ohio State (Sept. 21). 

The Trojans open Sun Belt play in Mobile, taking on South Alabama (Sept. 26-27), before returning home to face defending conference champion Texas State (Oct. 2-3). 

The remainder of the home slate includes matches against Georgia Southern (Oct. 10-11), Arkansas State (Oct. 23-24), and Southern Miss (Nov. 7-8). 

The annual Letterwinner’s Day match will take place on Oct. 24 against Arkansas State, while Senior Day is set for Nov. 8 against Southern Miss. 

In addition to South Alabama, the road conference schedule includes matchups against Louisiana (Oct. 16-17), ULM (Oct. 30-31), and App State (Nov. 14-15). 

The 2025 Sun Belt Tournament will be held in Foley, Ala., from Nov. 20-23. 

And then, ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls, there was one.

One L-L League spring sports team is still standing heading into PIAA championship weekend. And that squad is Manheim Central’s boys volleyball team, which will play for state Class 2A gold on Saturday against Meadville at Penn State.

Meadville beat Central in last year’s PIAA finale, so this will be a rematch.

Sports writers Jason Guarente, Brian Markley, Christian Eby and Jeff Reinhart return to put a cap on the spring sports season – and the entire 2024-25 school year, including some of their favorite memories, players and moments.

Plus a preview of Central’s big match vs. Meadville.