Troy University Athletics
Troy Volleyball Announces 2019 Schedule
5/30/2019 5:32:00 PM | Volleyball
TROY, Alabama - The 2019 Troy volleyball schedule, which includes 15 home matches and a home exhibition against 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifier Samford, was released by head coach Josh Lauer Wednesday.
Troy opens the regular season with three matches at the Jacksonville State Tournament -Â Southeastern Louisiana (Aug. 30), Jacksonville State (Aug 30) and East Tennessee State (Aug. 31).
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The Trojans begins their home season with the Troy Invitational, which will include matches against Chattanooga (Sep. 6), Murray State (Sep. 7) and Jacksonville (Sep. 7).
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The following weekend, Troy heads to St. Louis for three matches on Sept. 13 and 14 before returning home for matches against Citadel (Sept. 20), Southern (Sept. 21) and Florida A&M (Sept. 21) in the Trojan Classic.Â
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Troy alternates weekends home and away for much of its conference schedule, opening Sun Belt competition with two home matches against Arkansas State (Sept. 26) and Little Rock (Sep. 27) before hitting the road to square off with Georgia Southern (Oct. 4) and Georgia State (Oct. 5).
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The Trojans then return home for a pair of matches against ULM (Oct. 11) and Louisiana (Oct. 12) before traveling to Texas for matchups with Texas State (Oct. 18) and UT Arlington (Oct. 19).
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After Troy hosts Georgia State (Oct. 25) and Georgia Southern (Oct. 26), the Trojans take an early-week trip to Mobile for a Tuesday matchup with South Alabama (Oct. 29).
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The Trojans kick off a tough stretch when the top-two teams from the Sun Belt East Division in 2018 - Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina - visit Trojan Arena on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, respectively. Troy then steps away from conference play for a mid-week match against 2018 SWAC Tournament champion Alabama State on Nov. 6.
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Senior/Alumni Night will take place at Trojan Arena on Nov. 8 against rival South Alabama before closing out the regular season on the road against Coastal Carolina (Nov. 15) and Appalachian State (Nov. 19).
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The 2019 Sun Belt Conference Tournament will begin Nov. 21 in San Marcos, Texas, with the final match taking place Nov. 24.
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Quotable – Troy head coach Josh Lauer
"We are looking forward to a breakout year in 2019. Even though we continue to have a young team we are returning a lot of players with experience this season. We continue to schedule quality opponents and will face three teams that competed in the NCAA Tournament last year. We are also excited to once again be hosting two non-conference tournaments here at Trojan Arena. We open the season on the road continuing the in-state rivalry with Jacksonville State and look forward to being back in Trojan Arena with our fans for our home opener on Friday night September 6 against Chattanooga. We can't wait to show all the Trojan fans the passion and excitement our team is committed to bringing to the court this year as we continue to Build the Empire!"
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