Louisiana Tech head volleyball coach Amber McCray announced the 2024 Bulldog Volleyball schedule Wednesday, which features 14 home matches inside the Thomas Assembly Center.
“We are heading into this 2024 season with much excitement and momentum,” said McCray. “Throughout our offseason and in these summer months leading up to our report date, this team has continued to show and prove how hungry they are for more to push this program forward. We return 12 players from last year’s history-making team with an abundance of game experience at every position, supplemented by a decorated incoming class. Our preseason schedule features some familiar faces as well as several unfamiliar teams from different regions of the country to help prepare us for another challenging CUSA slate competing in our talented league. We also have 14 home games, which is the most in recent years, so that’s 14 chances to compete in front of our local supporters and help continue to grow the game in our community.”
The Bulldogs start the regular season with a trip to Fullerton, Calif., for the Fullerton Invitational. There, they will take on host Cal State Fullerton and San Jose State on Aug. 30 and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Aug. 31.
Tech will then return to Ruston for the home opener against Alcorn State on Sept. 3 at 6:30 p.m. LA Tech will then travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to play in the Wooo Pig Invitational, where they will take on Arkansas on Sept. 6 and Little Rock and Rutgers on Sept. 7.
The Bulldogs will then host the Battle for the Boot inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Sept. 13 versus Southeastern, Northwestern State, and Southern University on Sept. 14 before heading to New Orleans for the UNO Invitational. LA Tech will match up with Georgia State and UC Riverside on Sept. 20 and New Orleans on Sept. 21.
Conference USA play begins on Sept. 27-28, when Tech hosts Liberty twice. The CUSA schedule will consist of eight weekends and a midweek matchup. LA Tech will face its conference opponents twice in back-to-back days.
LA Tech will also host Sam Houston (Oct. 8-9), UTEP (Oct. 12-13), Kennesaw State (Nov. 1-2), and FIU (Nov. 8-10) in the TAC. In addition, LA Tech will travel to New Mexico State (Oct. 4-5), WKU (Oct. 18-19), Middle Tennessee (Oct. 24-25), and Jacksonville State (Nov. 15-16).
The CUSA Championship will take place Nov. 22-24 in El Paso, Texas. on the campus of UTEP.
SOCIAL MEDIA
For all the latest in Bulldog Volleyball, follow us on Twitter (@LATechVB), Instagram (@LATechVB), and Facebook (LATechVB).