Wichita State volleyball takes first American road trip to Philadelphia
Wichita State’s volleyball team opens its home schedule on Sept. 15 vs. Creighton at Koch Arena.
The Shockers also play host to Iowa State on Sept. 16 in the Shocker Volleyball Classic.
WSU plays its first American Athletic Conference competition at Temple (in Philadelphia) on Sept. 22. Its first home American match is Sept. 29 vs. South Florida.
Largely because of travel distances (and to avoid football conflicts), American schools play volleyball on a Friday-Sunday schedule during conference play. Sunday matches are played in the early afternoon to get teams on the road or to the airport in time to travel home that evening.
Like in the Missouri Valley Conference, teams are scheduled with travel partners. WSU’s partner is Memphis. Those schools play Nov. 22 at Memphis and Nov. 24 at Koch Arena.
Defending American champion SMU visits Koch Arena on Oct. 13. WSU plays at SMU on Nov. 19. Cincinnati, which also played in last season’s NCAA Tournament, comes to Wichita on Oct. 20. WSU plays at Cincinnati on Nov. 12.
The American does not play a conference tournament.
WSU opens the season on Aug. 26 with matches against Lipscomb and East Tennessee State in Nashville, Tenn.
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Wichita State volleyball
August
LUV Invitational, Nashville, Tenn.
26 — at Lipscomb, 12:30 p.m.
26 — vs. East Tennessee State, 5 p.m.
27 — vs. Belmont, 2:30 p.m.
September
IUPUI Invitational, Indianapolis
1 — at IUPUI, 6 p.m.
2 — vs. Marquette, 9 a.m.
2 — vs. Miami (Ohio), 4 p.m.
Nike Classic, Eugene, Ore.
8 — vs. Duquesne, 1 p.m.
8 — at Oregon, 10 p.m.
9 — vs. Cal Poly, 4 p.m.
Shocker Volleyball Classic
15 — Creighton, 7 p.m.
17 — Iowa State, 2:30 p.m.
22 — at Temple, 6 p.m.
24 — at Connecticut, 11 a.m.
29 — South Florida, 7 p.m.
October
1 — Central Florida, noon
6 — at Tulane, 7 p.m.
8 — at Houston, noon
13 — SMU, 7 p.m.
15 — Tulsa, 1 p.m.
20 — Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
22 — East Carolina, 1 p.m.
27 — at Central Florida, 6 p.m.
29 — at South Florida, 11 a.m.
November
3 — Connecticut, 7 p.m.
5 — Temple, noon
10 — at East Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
12 — at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.
17 — at Tulsa, 7 p.m.
19 — at SMU, 1 p.m.
22 — at Memphis, 1 p.m.
24 — Memphis, 1 p.m.
This story was originally published July 1, 2017 at 9:24 AM with the headline "Wichita State volleyball takes first American road trip to Philadelphia."