CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami volleyball program will host two tournaments and 10 ACC home matches as part of its 2015 regular season schedule.
Miami will open the season with the Hurricane Invitational on Aug. 28-29, the first of two home tournaments on the 2015 Canes schedule. The Hurricane Invitational will feature the host Hurricanes, 2014 NCAA qualifiers Kansas State and Illinois State, as well as Florida A&M, in six matches over two days. The Canes will open the Hurricane Invitational on August 28 at 7 p.m. against Illinois State, before facing Florida A&M at noon and Kansas State at 7:30 p.m. the next day.
The Canes then hit the road for two consecutive weeks, traveling to Springfield, Mo., for a tournament at Missouri State on Sept. 4-5, where they will face off against Oral Roberts, 2014 NCAA qualifier Marquette and the host Missouri State Bears. The following week will see Miami travel to Baton Rouge, La., for a tournament at LSU, where they will face Purdue and the host Tigers who reached the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
Miami’s final nonconference matches will be played at the James L. Knight Sports Complex as they host Seattle University and UCF as part of the FIU/Miami Challenge on Sept. 17-18. The Hurricanes’ match against UCF at 7 p.m. on Sept. 18 will be the Canes’ first meeting with UCF since defeating the Knights in five sets in the opening round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
Following the final nonconference weekend, the Hurricanes head into an ACC slate that features 20 matches, 10 home and 10 away. Miami opens ACC play on Friday, Sept. 25, when they travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to face in-sate rival Florida State. Two days later, the Canes wrap up the month of September with a match at Louisville.
The Canes open October with a two-match homestand, hosting Georgia Tech (Oct. 2) and Clemson (Oct. 4). Three weeks later, they are back at home to host Boston College (Oct. 23) and Syracuse (Oct. 25). Miami has five road matches in October, traveling to Wake Forest (Oct. 9), Duke (Oct. 11), NC State (Oct. 16), North Carolina (Oct. 18) and Virginia Tech (Oct. 30).
On Nov. 4, the Hurricanes will host Florida State in an exciting midweek match at The Knight scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The match against the rival Seminoles is the first of a six-match homestand that includes matches against Virginia (Nov. 6), Louisville (Nov. 13), Notre Dame (Nov. 15), Duke (Nov. 20) and Wake Forest (Nov. 22). Miami plays just three matches away from the James L. Knight Sports Complex in November, opening the month at Pitt on Nov. 1 and closing out the regular season with a road trip to Clemson (Nov. 27) and Georgia Tech (Nov. 29).
The Hurricanes will play every team in the ACC at least once, while Florida State, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest and Duke are scheduled for two matches against Miami.
All Canes volleyball home matches are played at the James L. Knight Sports Complex on the University of Miami campus. For a complete look at the Hurricanes’ 2015 schedule, click here.
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