SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference will add conference championships in men’s soccer, women’s soccer and softball, as the Presidents’ Council ratified the three championship proposals during their annual spring meeting that concluded June 5, 2025.
 
All three championship events will begin in the 2026-27 academic year.
 
“Following a thorough evaluation of each championship proposal, the membership was aligned in adding championship events in men’s soccer, women’s soccer and softball,” West Coast Conference Commissioner Stu Jackson said. “We look forward to hosting high-caliber championships and are excited for our programs to have the opportunity to compete for a title and secure the Conference’s automatic qualification to their respective NCAA Championship.” 
 
The men’s and women’s soccer championship formats will be four teams with the highest seed hosting each event. The semifinal matches will be played on Wednesday, and the championship match will be contested on Saturday preceding NCAA selection.
 
The West Coast Conference is a perennial multi-bid league in both men’s and women’s soccer. West Coast Conference teams have made three appearances in the NCAA Women’s College Cup in the last five seasons with Santa Clara capturing the 2020 NCAA title and the Broncos and BYU advancing in 2021. In the last three men’s soccer seasons, Portland (2022) and LMU (2023) advanced to the quarterfinals and San Diego (2024) reached the third round of the NCAA Championship.
 
The softball championship format will be a four-team, double elimination, tournament contested on the Thursday-Saturday preceding NCAA selection. The championship will be held at a pre-determined campus site.
 
Three different softball programs have captured a West Coast Conference title the last three years. LMU won in 2023, Saint Mary’s won in 2024, and the Gaels and Santa Clara were co-champions this past season, as the Broncos earned the tiebreaker to secure their first bid to the NCAA Championship.
 
 
About the West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to become a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate athletics. The West Coast Conference is fueled by the conviction to achieve its goals with strong core values of integrity, respect, collaboration, innovation, and inclusiveness that create a holistic student-athlete experience. The conference sponsors 16 sports with a three-state footprint that includes Gonzaga, LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara. Seattle will become the West Coast Conference’s newest member on July 1, 2025. We Create Champions on the field of competition and leaders in life. For more information, visit WCCsports.com and follow the West Coast Conference on X, Instagram, and Facebook @WCCsports.
 

Sprinters get to be known as the fastest athletes around. Relay team members are revered for their speed, coordination, timing and teamwork. Long-distance runners are admired for their pace and patience.

In between, are the middle-distance events that may not be as flashy, but they still demand a balance of technique, endurance and strategy. 

Among those races is the 800-meter event, complete with its own stars and fans, all ready to see who claims the 800m national titles this year at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The meet will take place over four days – June 11-14 – at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon.

The semifinals of the men’s 800m event will be June 11 at 8:58 p.m. Eastern, and the final will take place June 13 at 9:14 p.m. EDT.

The semifinals of the women’s 800 will be June 12 at 8:58 p.m. Eastern, and the final will be run June 14 at 10:43 p.m. EDT.

Catch all the action from the 2025 Division I Outdoor Championships live on ESPN+, and visit FloTrack for breaking news, results, highlights and more. 

Portions of the competition on June 11-12 also will be broadcast on ESPN, while some events on June 13-14 will air on ESPN2.

To earn their spots at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the student-athletes battled their way through a pair of regional competitions to determine the field for the national event at Hayward Field.

Every individual event at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will feature 24 athletes – 12 from each regional – while each relay welcomes 24 teams – 12 from each regional event.

The 2025 NCAA Division I Track and Field West Regional was held in College Station, Texas, and the East Regional took place in Jacksonville, Florida. Both were held May 28-31.

Below, are the lists of men and women who qualified for the 800-meter events, respectively:

Men’s 800m Qualifiers

1. Christian Jackson (Virginia Tech) – 1:45.31
2. Rynard Swanepoel (Wake Forest) – 1:45.42
3. Tinoda Matsatsa (Georgetown) – 1:45.36
4. Abdullahi Hassan (Miss State) – 1:45.64
5. Handal Roban (Penn State) – 1:45.47
6. Nicholas Plant (Virginia Tech) – 1:45.90
7. Samuel Navarro (Miss State) – 1:46.47
8. Patrick Tuohy (NC State) – 1:46.60
9. Kirk Dawkins (Florida A&M) – 1:46.62
10. Tyrice Taylor (Arkansas) – 1:46.64
11. Sam Whitmarsh (Texas A&M) – 1:46.68
12. Kyle Reinheimer (Washington) – 1:46.82
13. Rivaldo Marshall (Arkansas) – 1:46.97
14. Aidan McCarthy (Cal Poly) – 1:47.01
15. Matthew Erickson (Oregon) – 1:47.07
16. Dugion Blackman (Iowa State) – 1:47.13
17. Lloyd Frilot (TCU) – 1:47.15
18. Koitatoi Kidali (Oregon) – 1:47.17
19. Yared Kidane (Wichita State) – 1:47.35
20. Samuel Rodman (Princeton) – 1:47.24
21. Brian Kweyei (Clemson) – 1:47.28
22. Allon Clay (Penn State) – 1:47.29
23. Patrick Hilby (Wisconsin) – 1:47.30
24. Andrew Casey (Wisconsin) – 1:47.30

Women’s 800m Qualifiers 

1. Michaela Rose (LSU) – 1:58.91
2. Meghan Hunter (BYU) – 1:58.95
3. Gladys Chepngetich (Clemson) – 1:59.47
4. Makayla Paige (North Carolina) – 1:59.73
5. Roisin Willis (Stanford) – 1:59.81
6. Smilla Kolbe (North Florida) – 2:00.09
7. Lauren Tolbert (Duke) – 2:00.27
8. Janet Jepkemboi Amimo (Kentucky) – 2:00.36
9. Sophia Gorriaran (Harvard) – 2:00.46
10. Veronica Hargrave (Indiana) – 2:00.51
11. Laura Pellicoro (Portland) – 2:01.44
12. Alli Bookin-Nosbisch (Iowa) – 2:01.70
13. Emma Sullivan (Kennesaw State) – 2:01.71
14. Makayla Clark (Iowa State) – 2:01.75
15. Victoria Bossong (Harvard) – 2:01.83
16. Emma Kelley (Wisconsin) – 2:01.87
17. Kaylie Politza (Oklahoma State) – 2:02.04
18. Jenna Schwinghamer (Kentucky) – 2:02.38
19. Tessa Buswell (BYU) – 2:02.54
20. Fanny Arendt (Texas Tech) – 2:02.63
21. Aaliyah Moore (Kansas) – 2:02.87
22. Marie Warneke (UCLA) – 2:02.93
23. Sanu Jallow (Arkansas) – 2:03.16
24. Maeve O’Neill (Providence) – 2:03.44

Who Won The National Titles In The 800-Meter Events At The 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships?

At last year’s NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Virginia senior Shane Cohen took the men’s 800m title with a 1:44.97 performance, finishing ahead of Texas A&M’s Sam Whitmarsh (1:45.10) and Iowa State’s Finley McClear (1:45.66).

The women’s champion in the 800 was Stanford’s Juliette Whittaker, who completed the coveted double in 2024 by winning the 800 at the NCAA’s indoor and outdoor championship meets. 

Whittaker won the outdoor title with a time of 1:59.61, besting her teammate Roisin Willis (2:00.17) and Oklahoma State’s Gabija Galvydyte (2:00.23).

How To Watch The 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track And Field Championships

The 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place June 11-14 at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon.

Live coverage will be provided by ESPN+ starting at 3 p.m. Eastern on June 11; 12:45 p.m. EDT on June 12; 2:45 p.m. on June 13; and 3:30 p.m. on June 14.

On June 11, ESPN will broadcast men’s action at 7 p.m. Eastern. On June 12, the women will be on ESPN at 7 p.m. EDT. On June 13, the second day of men’s competition will air on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. EDT. On June 14, the women will take the ESPN2 spotlight at 9 p.m. EDT.

For the entire event, FloTrack will be your one-stop shop for breaking news, highlights, results and more, so make sure top pop open that extra tab.

NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men’s Schedule

All Times Eastern

Wednesday, June 11

Field Events

• 4:30 p.m. – Hammer Throw Final
• 7:35 p.m. – Pole Vault Final
• 8:15 p.m. – Javelin Final
• 8:40 p.m. – Long Jump Final
• 9:10 p.m. – Shot Put Final

Combined Events

• 3 p.m. – 100m (Decathlon)
• 3:40 p.m. – Long Jump (Decathlon)
• 4:55 p.m. – Shot Put (Decathlon)
• 6:10 p.m. – High Jump (Decathlon)
• 9:43 p.m. – 400m (Decathlon)

Track Events

• 7:05 p.m. – 4×100 Relay Semifinals
• 7:21 p.m. – 1,500m Semifinals
• 7:38 p.m. – 3,000m Steeplechase Semifinals
• 8:08 p.m. – 110m Hurdles Semifinals
• 8:25 p.m. – 100m Semifinals
• 8:41 p.m. – 400m Semifinals
• 8:58 p.m. – 800m Semifinals
• 9:14 p.m. – 400m Hurdles Semifinals
• 9:29 p.m. – 200m Semifinals
• 9:56 p.m. – 10,000m Final
• 10:36 p.m. – 4×400 Relay Semifinals

Thursday, June 12

Combined Events

• 12:45 p.m. – 110m Hurdles (Decathlon)
• 1:35 p.m. – Discus (Decathlon)
• 2:45 p.m. – Pole Vault (Decathlon)
• 5:15 p.m. – Javelin (Decathlon)
• 9:43 p.m. – 1,500m (Decathlon)

Friday, June 13

Field Events

• 5:15 p.m. – Discus Final
• 7:30 p.m. – High Jump Final
• 8:10 p.m. – Triple Jump Final

Track Events

• 7:50 p.m. – National Collegiate Wheelchair 100m Final
• 8:02 p.m. – 4×100 Relay Final
• 8:12 p.m. – 1,500m Final
• 8:24 p.m. – 3,000m Steeplechase Final
• 8:42 p.m. – 100m Final
• 9:02 p.m. – 400m Final
• 9:14 p.m. – 800m Final
• 9:27 p.m. – 400m Hurdles Final
• 9:37 p.m. – 200m Final
• 9:55 p.m. – 5,000m Final
• 10:21 p.m. – 4×400 Relay Final

NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Women’s Schedule

All Times Eastern

Thursday, June 12

Field Events

• 4:30 p.m. – Hammer Throw Final
• 7:35 p.m. – Pole Vault Final
• 8:15 p.m. – Javelin Final
• 8:40 p.m. – Long Jump Final
• 9:10 p.m. – Shot Put Final

Track Events

• 7:05 p.m. – 4×100 Relay Semifinals
• 7:21 p.m. – 1,500m Semifinals
• 7:38 p.m. – 3,000m Steeplechase Semifinals
• 8:08 p.m. – 100m Hurdles Semifinals
• 8:25 p.m. – 100m Semifinals
• 8:41 p.m. – 400m Semifinals
• 8:58 p.m. – 800m Semifinals
• 9:14 p.m. – 400m Hurdles Semifinals
• 9:29 p.m. – 200m Semifinals
• 9:56 p.m. – 10,000m Final
• 10:36 p.m. – 4×400 Relay Semifinals

Friday, June 13

Combined Events

• 2:45 p.m. – 100m Hurdles (Heptathlon)
• 3:45 p.m. – High Jump (Heptathlon)
• 5:45 p.m. – Shot Put (Heptathlon)
• 9:43 p.m. – 200m (Heptathlon)

Saturday, June 14

Field Events

• 3:30 p.m. – Discus Final
• 8:30 p.m. – High Jump Final
• 9:10 p.m. – Triple Jump Final

Combined Events

• 6:30 p.m. – Long Jump (Heptathlon)
• 7:45 p.m. – Javelin (Heptathlon)
• 10:43 p.m. – 800m (Heptathlon)

Track Events

• 8:50 p.m. – National Collegiate Wheelchair 100m Final
• 9:02 p.m. – 4×100 Relay Final
• 9:11 p.m. – 1,500m Final
• 9:24 p.m. – 3,000m Steeplechase Final
• 9:42 p.m. – 100m Hurdles Final
• 9:52 p.m. – 100m Final
• 10:02 p.m. – 400m Final
• 10:14 p.m. – 800m Final
• 10:27 p.m. – 400m Hurdles Final
• 10:37 p.m. – 200m Final
• 10:55 p.m. – 5,000m Final
• 11:21 p.m. – 4×400 Relay Final

About Hayward Field

Hayward Field, which was built in 1919, is no stranger to top-tier track and field events, including the Diamond League and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

The venue is named after Bill Hayward, who ran the University of Oregon track and field program from 1904 to 1947. Though it originally was intended for Ducks football, many additions and renovations over the century have helped it become a premier destination.

In September 2023, the venue became the first facility outside of Zurich or Brussels to host the two-day season-ending Wanda Diamond League Final, where the year’s 32 overall champions were crowned.

What Schools Won The Team Titles At The 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s And Women’s Outdoor Track And Field Championships?

The Arkansas women took home the outdoor team title in 2024, sweeping the indoor and outdoor championships for the 2023-2024 season.

Florida, led by legendary head coach Mike Holloway, secured the men’s title in 2024, giving the Gators three consecutive outdoor men’s titles. Florida became the first team to three-peat since Texas A&M (2009-2011).

What Schools Have Won The Most Titles At The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track And Field Championships?

The NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships first was held in 1921. 

USC owns the most men’s titles with 25, while Arkansas is the only other program with 10 or more (10).

The NCAA Division I Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships first was held in 1982. 

LSU has won the most women’s titles with 14. The next-closest is Texas with five.

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• No. 2 Branford vs. No. 3 Daniel Hand, 4 p.m.
• No. 1 New Fairfield vs. No. 4 Suffield, 6 p.m.

Class S
at University of Hartford

• No. 1 Lauralton Hall vs. No. 4 Somers (Tuesday, 6/9, 5:30 p.m.)
• No. 2 Granby vs. No. 6 Sacred Heart Academy (Wednesday, 6/11, 3 p.m.)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Class L
Monday, 6/9, Southington HS

• No. 2 Trumbull vs. No. 3 Maloney, 4:30 p.m.
• No. 1 Conard vs. No. 4 Shelton, 7 p.m.

Class M
Tuesday, 6/10, Naugatuck HS

• No. 2 Masuk vs. No. 3 New Canaan, 4:30 p.m.
• No. 1 Joel Barlow vs. No. 4 Newington, 7 p.m.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Ryann Neushul was recognized with the most prestigious honor of her career on Saturday night, named the 2025 Peter J. Cutino Award recipient in a ceremony at The Olympic Club of San Francisco.

Presented annually to the most outstanding female collegiate water polo player in the nation as voted by Division I coaches, Neushul is the eighth player in school history to win the award. The Cardinal has been awarded 11 Cutino Award honors overall, with other honorees including Aria Fischer (2023), Makenzie Fischer (2019, 2022), Kiley Neushul (2012, 2015), Annika Dries (2011, 2014), Melissa Seidemann (2013), Jackie Frank (2003) and Brenda Villa (2002).

Neushul, who last month closed out a unique seven-year career which began as a freshman in 2019, became Stanford’s first four-time NCAA champion in school history (2019, 2022-23, 2025) following the Cardinal’s 11-7 victory over USC in the NCAA final on May 11.

One year after taking a leave of absence and redshirt year to train and compete with Team USA at the Paris Summer Olympics, Neushul returned for a seventh season and fueled the Cardinal’s 10^th NCAA championship in school history and third over the last four years.

Recognized as the ACWPC Player of the Year last week, Neushul is a four-time ACWPC All-American (2019, 2022-23, 2025) who started all 26 contests as a senior and led the Cardinal in multi-goal games (20) while ranking second in goals (60), assists (39) and shot attempts (105). Neushul departed The Farm with 228 career goals, ranking fifth all-time in school history.

Joining older sisters, Jamie and Kiley, as All-American standouts on The Farm, Neushul was also recognized as Stanford’s eighth MPSF Player of the Year while also earning all-conference accolades for the fourth time. Neushul became the second student-athlete in MPSF history to earn both a player of the year and newcomer of the year honor (2019), joining UCLA’s Maddie Musselman.

Neushul is a four-time NCAA All-Tournament Team selection and three-time MPSF All-Tournament team pick.

A three-time ACWPC All-Academic honoree and three-time MPSF All-Academic selection, Neushul is once again on track for more scholastic honors as she boasts a 3.78 GPA in human biology. She remains in the running for CSC Academic All-America honors, looking to become Stanford’s fourth all-time recipient.

Neushul also serves as a teaching assistant for an on-campus Spanish service learning course and participates in the Bridge Peer Counseling Center, Stanford’s student-run peer counseling center.

UCLA Athletics is synonymous with success.

Boasting 124 NCAA national championships, UCLA has some of the most memorable moments, teams and players in the history of collegiate athletics.

Headlining this mosaic of success is probably the most well-known coach of all time – John Wooden.

He won a record 10 national championships – including seven in a row – as head honcho of UCLA men’s basketball, all while mentoring greats such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.

And his imprint on the UCLA campus is even greater.

Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success” adorns the walls of the student gym named after him. His iconic statue stands outside Pauley Pavilion – the arena forever memorializing his career and home to the court that commemorates him and his wife, Nell.

But while Wooden’s legacy stands the test of time, Pauley Pavilion is also home to UCLA’s winningest sports program.

Enter: men’s volleyball.

A juggernaut in the history of the sport, the men’s volleyball program leads all of UCLA Athletics with 21 national championships.

And for former Bruin outside hitter Ethan Champlin – who played at UCLA from 2021-2024 – winning is not only ingrained into the culture of Bruin volleyball but also curated through the deliberate development of its athletes.

“It can bring you to tears sometimes to think about the privilege and the experiences that you get to have with such a great group of guys that are not only just tremendous at their craft but your friends,” Champlin said. “I invited the whole team to my wedding because winning is such a bonding experience, and that’s what UCLA is. UCLA brings winners. They carry winners on their roster.”

Although the Bruins most recently fell in the national championship game to Long Beach State, their appearance marked three consecutive NCAA title appearances, with the first two resulting in Bruin championships.

Champlin – a three-time AVCA First Team All-American – was an integral part of the back-to-back championships, winning the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player award in 2024.

While Champlin spearheaded a squad that broke an almost 20-year national championship drought, it is the relationships he built with his teammates and the culture they established that he values most.

“To be able to have our team written in the record books for the national championships we won, especially after the drought that UCLA had had since 2006, it’s just a tremendous honor,” Champlin said. “There’s not a single person on the team that I wouldn’t have, that I would have traded to have a different teammate. They all brought very different personalities, character traits, skills, but every single one of them was valued.”

And while national glory illustrates the pedigree of a team, quality coaching can turn a great program into a legendary one.

Wooden passed the torch to the likes of Larry Brown and Jim Harrick. The former is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member, and the latter is the only coach other than Wooden to capture a men’s basketball national title for UCLA.

Only three coaches have helmed the men’s volleyball program since the collegiate sport’s NCAA inception in 1970.

The newest of the bunch, coach John Hawks, finished his first year with a national title appearance this season. But in 2022, he also won AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year after leading the Bruins to the nation’s top hitting percentage with a .374 clip.

On the other end, Al Scates – the Wooden of UCLA men’s volleyball – led the program to 19 national championships, all while producing the next generation of volleyball greats, including UCLA’s second coach, John Speraw.

For junior libero Coleman McDonough, being able to continue Scates’ legacy is something he treasures.

“I’m a Pennsylvania kid, so getting recruited by UCLA – it’s definitely something you never thought would happen, especially coming from the storied legacy left behind by Al Scates and all that,” McDonough said. “It’s just great that you can contribute in any way possible to the legacy.”

Between Scates and Hawks is Speraw – a legend on the court as a player, on the bench as an assistant and as the head honcho for 12 years from 2013-2024.

Speraw’s trophy case holds 10 national championship trophies – two as a player, three as an assistant coach and five as a head coach – yet the scope of his impact on volleyball is arguably larger.

“In terms of volleyball, he was the greatest coach that I’ve ever had,” Champlin said. “I always felt like he had our team’s back. … I’d say that I was a pretty self-taught player, but the things that he said and the things that he taught me in terms of volleyball skills – I owe so much to him, and as a coach, he’s got a big reputation. He’s kind of a larger-than-life figure.”

Similarly to how Speraw molded the likes of Champlin, setter Micah Maʻa, outside hitter Garrett Muagututia and other current and future Olympians, Scates’ impact also stretched far beyond the walls of Pauley Pavilion.

Former Bruins not only line the rosters of men’s and women’s national and Olympic teams, but they also represent a significant part of the coaching staff.

Before Speraw’s coaching retirement this past year, he led the men’s Olympic team from 2013-2024, earning a bronze medal both in 2016 and 2024, while also taking gold at both the 2015 FIVB World Cup and 2014 FIVB World League. Speraw took on the position as CEO and president of USA Volleyball after the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Likewise, Scates’ apprentices – Erik Sullivan, Brandon Taliaferro and Karch Kiraly – and Hawks all fill roles on United States national teams. Sullivan heads the women’s team, with Taliaferro taking an assistant role alongside him. Kiraly replaced Speraw to helm the men’s team, while Hawks took lead on the U21 national squad.

Despite their impact on the national and professional stages, sophomore outside hitter Luca Curci said UCLA volleyball alumni are still present in the current culture and locker room.

“They’re a big part of our team, for sure,” Curci said. “We’re always doing alumni nights after all games and stuff like that, doing events so we can all be close still, and they help us a lot with donations and stuff like that.”

But relationships are more valuable than trophies – exemplified by the camaraderie between Champlin and former Bruin outside hitter and teammate Grant Sloane, who served as a groomsman at Champlin’s wedding.

“He did everything he could to get me to come to UCLA, and that ended up being at the expense of his own playing time and his own glory, and I benefited from that more than I’ll ever know,” Champlin said. “And that also embodies my experience at UCLA and the selfless people that I had on the team who showed me humility that I could never have and selflessness that I wish I could have in my best moments.”

Although capturing championships forges core memories, McDonough said brotherhood lasts a lifetime.

“The biggest thing I’ve taken away is the relationships that you build at UCLA. The people here at the school make this place special, so having that brotherhood to have for your whole life is something that I’ll take away, more than just the national championships,” McDonough said.

App State Volleyball head coach Chad Sutton announced the schedule for the 2025 season, his first in charge of the Mountaineers.

This fall’s slate will feature a nonconference tournament, a pair of nonconference midweek matches and eight home conference matchups. The Mountaineers’ nonconference slate will feature clashes with a trio of ACC opponents and a clash with Big 10 contender Michigan State.

Season tickets are available to purchase and renew for $65. App State faculty and staff have the opportunity to redeem a discount for a $35 season ticket by calling the ticket office at 828-262-7733. Fans interested in courtside seats may also call the ticket office for availability.

​​”I am really excited for this schedule,” Sutton said. “We have a strong non conference slate composed of P4’s and high RPI mid-major opponents. I believe this will be critical to our development and help prepare us to compete in the Sun Belt, while pursuing our goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament.”

The Mountaineers will open non conference play at the College of Charleston Classic. App State will take on Mercer in that event on Aug. 29 before challenging the College of Charleston and Eastern Kentucky on Aug. 30.

The Black and Gold will open its home slate with a midweek clash against Elon on Sept. 2 in the Holmes Convocation Center. App State will take on VCU and Virginia in the Cavalier Classic in Charlottesville, Va. (Sept. 5-6) before heading down to Kennesaw, Ga., for the Kennesaw State Invitational (Sept. 12-13) to clash with Michigan State and Kennesaw State. On Sept. 16, App State will head to Chapel Hill for a midweek clash against North Carolina before hosting the Mountaineer Classic on Sept. 19-21 in Holmes. The tournament will feature a clash with Duke on Sept. 19 and a match against Davidson on Sept. 21.

App State’s conference slate will feature eight home matches, beginning with a pair of matches against James Madison on Sept. 26 and 27. The Mountaineers will travel to Lafayette, La., to challenge Louisiana on Oct. 3 and 4 before returning to the High Country to host Old Dominion on Oct. 10 and 11. After stops in Statesboro, Ga., and Conway, S.C., to take on Georgia Southern (Oct. 16 and 17) and Coastal Carolina (Oct. 24 and 25), the Mountaineers will return to Boone to host Georgia State on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The regular season slate will wrap up with a pair of road matches against Marshall (Nov. 6 and 7) and a weekend in Boone against Troy (Nov. 14 and 15).

The Sun Belt Tournament is scheduled for Nov. 20-23 in Foley, Ala.

{Information provided by Appalachian State Athletics}