Complete Schedule
ATHENS, W.Va. – Concord University volleyball coach
Kate Dillon has announced the program's 2024 schedule.
Concord is slated for 31 games this fall with 15 coming against Mountain East Conference foes and another 16 versus non-conference foes.
The Mountain Lions open the season in Colorado with four matches at the Colorado Mines Volleyball Classic. CU faces the host Colorado Mines September 6 along with taking on Regis. The third and fourth matches of the weekend will be against Missouri Western and Colorado Mesa September 7.
CU will be on the road September 13-14 at the Mount Olive Invite. Concord's four matches will be against Shaw (September 13), Lenoir-Rhyne (September 13), Mount Olive (September 14) and Edinboro (September 14).
After a road match against Lees-McRae September 18, the Maroon and Gray hosts the Concord Classic September 20-21 at the Carter Center. The home opener will be September 20 versus Davis & Elkins at 10:00 a.m. which also serves as the lid lifter for the tournament.
New to this year's schedule is the volleyball program playing home games inside the main gym, Christie/Cox Court, at the Carter Center. The Mountain Lions also play Virginia State and California (Pa.) as part of the Concord Classic. And the tournament concludes with CU opposing Mercer County rival Bluefield State 6:00 p.m. September 21.
The first MEC match will be September 27 at Frostburg State. Concord travels to West Virginia State October 1. The Mountain Lions return home to take on Charleston October 4 before back-to-back road games against UVa.-Wise (October 5) and West Virginia Wesleyan (October 8).
The MEC stretch continues at home versus Davis & Elkins (October 10) and at Glenville State (October 15).
The Mountain Lions will be home on Homecoming Weekend as they face Salem October 17 and Point Park October 18. A return trip to Bluefield State is in store October 23 which also starts a three-match road trip as CU heads to Wheeling and West Liberty on October 25 and October 26.
October closes and November begins with three straight home matches: West Virginia State (October 29), Fairmont State (November 1) and West Virginia Wesleyan (November 4).
CU visits Charleston November 8 and Davis & Elkins November 12 before closing the regular season versus Glenville State November 15.
SCHEDULE NOTES
-The four matches in Colorado will be Concord's first time playing outside of the eastern time zone since it played four matches in Alaska in 2019.
-The Mountain Lions and Bluefield State split two matches last season with the road team winning. CU swept the Big Blues in September, but BSU defeated Concord in four sets at the Carter Center in October.
-Concord hosted Cal U in the 2022 Concord Classic where it downed the Vulcans in five sets. The Mountain Lions beat Virginia State in four sets at home in 2023.
-The Maroon and Gray swept West Virginia Wesleyan last fall for the first time since 2019. And the two-match sweep of Davis & Elkins last year was the first since 2003.
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