Complete Schedule
ATHENS, W.Va. – Concord University head volleyball coach
Kate Dillon released the program's schedule Wednesday.
The 2025 slate features 27 matches with 12 non-conference tilts and 15 Mountain East Conference matches.
The Mountain Lions begin the season September 5-6 at the Virginia State Invite as the Maroon and Gray takes on Shepherd, Bowie State, Virginia State and Bloomsburg. VSU is coached by Concord volleyball alumni Amanda Walker (2011-14).
The following weekend, September 12-13, CU travels to UVa.-Wise to face the Cavaliers, King and Barton in UVa.-Wise's Cavalier Classic.
Concord's Classic Weekend is a three-day event this fall with the Mountain Lions facing Kentucky State and Bluefield State September 18. On September 19, CU squares off with Winston-Salem State, and the Concord Classic closes with the Maroon and Gray hosting Rollins College.
A season-long six-game homestand wraps up September 26 and September 30 as Concord begins conference play versus Frostburg State and West Virginia State. The MEC schedule features CU playing the other five south division schools, Charleston, Davis & Elkins, Glenville State, West Virginia State and West Virginia Wesleyan in a double-round robin format. Concord opposes the five MEC North schools, Fairmont State, Frostburg State, Point Park, West Liberty and Wheeling, once.
After hosting West Virginia State, the next four matches for CU are alternating home and away, at Charleston (Oct. 3), home to West Virginia Wesleyan (Oct. 7), at Davis & Elkins (Oct. 10) and home to Glenville State (Oct. 14).
On October 17, the Maroon and Gray has their longest road trip of the year to Point Park. And the final non-conference matchup for Concord comes at Salem October 18. Back-to-back home matches with Wheeling and West Liberty are scheduled for October 24 and October 25. The season's middle month wraps up with road matches against West Virginia State (Oct. 28) and Fairmont State (Oct. 31).
Concord visits West Virginia Wesleyan November 4. The final two home matches are slated for November 7 and 10 against Charleston and Davis & Elkins. The regular season concludes at Glenville State November 14.
SCHEDULE NOTES
-The September 6 meeting versus Virginia State will be the third straight year the Mountain Lions and Trojans meet. CU has won each of the previous two at the Carter Center, in four sets in 2023 and five sets in 2024.
-Concord has won three of the last four matches versus Glenville State, including sweeping the Pioneers in two matches last season.
-CU's annual meeting with Bluefield State comes with the Mountain Lions having won each of the last two matches at home. However, the Mountain Lions needed a 31-29 set three win last fall to complete the sweep.
-2025 marks the third straight season that Concord opens up MEC play against Frostburg State. The Maroon and Gray has begun conference play 1-0 the last two seasons with a sweep in 2023 and a four-set victory over the Bobcats in 2024.
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