PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU women’s volleyball head coach Heather Olmstead announced the 2018 slate for her squad.
Women’s volleyball in recent seasons is among the Cougars’ most successful athletic programs and Olmstead has given her team plenty of chances to test its mettle moving forward.
BYU will face five 2017 NCAA Tournament teams in non-conference action including Stanford, Wichita State, USC, Marquette and Utah.
The season officially starts August 24-25 at Durham, N.C. where the Cougars will face ACC foe Duke twice. The Cougars are 2-0 all-time against the Blue Devils.
Next, they will have their home openers August 30-September 1 as they host the BYU Invitational. Among the Cougars’ foes in this event are traditional power West Virginia as well as aforementioned Stanford and Wichita State.
On September 7-8, the Cougars will be in Milwaukee as participants in the Marquette Invitational where they will face Marquette, USC and Syracuse..
The Cougars host in-state rival Utah September 13 before going to Ogden to face Weber State September 15.
The Cougars will have senior day on November 10 when they host fellow West Coast Conference foe San Francisco
