CARROLLTON, Ga. – The 2024 schedule for the University of West Georgia Volleyball team is set as the Wolves enter their inaugural season at the Division I level and the Atlantic Sun Conference.
"We are excited and looking forward to our first season competing as a Division I program," said head coach Kara Hellmann.
Before getting into any official matches, UWG will host the Shorter Hawks on August 22 for an exhibition inside The Coliseum. The Wolves will officially kick their season off at the Gamecock Classic on the campus of Jacksonville State as West Georgia is slated to square off against the Gamecocks on Aug 30. UWG will wrap up the Invitational on the following day with matches against New Orleans and AR Pine Bluff.
After opening their season with three matches in two days, the Wolves will get six days off before they host the third annual 'UWG Invitational'. West Georgia is set to play UNC Asheville in their home opener on Friday, September 6, followed by a matchup against Morgan State later that day. The Wolves will conclude the Invitational on Saturday with a contest against Georgia State.
The first mid-week contest of the year will come that following Tuesday, with UWG slated to host Alabama A&M in The Coliseum at 6:00 p.m.
After their four match homestand, coach Hellmann's squad will hit the road for the Golden Eagle Invitational which will be hosted by Tennessee Tech. Play will begin on Friday, September 13 with West Georgia set to play Radford and Tennessee Tech on Day one. On Day Two, the Wolves will face off against Nicholls State, before turning their attention to their final road invitational of the season.
On September 19, UWG will kick start the Spartan Classic, which will be hosted by USC Upstate. First up for West Georgia will be Idaho before a matchup against USC Upstate the following day.
"Our non-conference schedule will challenge us and help prepare us for a very tough and competitive ASUN schedule," Hellmann continued.
After the Spartan Classic, the Wolves will dive into the meat of their conference schedule, with eight home ASUN matches and eight on the road. West Georgia will begin, by travelling to DeLand, Florida for their conference opener against Stetson. UWG will then turn around and travel to Fort Myers, Florida for a matchup against the reigning Conference Champions in the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles.
After being on the road for nearly a month, West Georgia will return home for five of their next six matches, beginning with a 6:00 p.m. matchup with Queens on Thursday, October 3. Next, UWG will play Austin Peay on the road, before hosting Jacksonville, North Florida, Bellarmine, and Eastern Kentucky over the next two weeks.
From there on out, the Wolves will be on the road on for matches against North Alabama, Central Arkansas, North Florida, Jacksonville, and Queens while hosting Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson before wrapping up the regular season against Lipscomb on Saturday, November 16.
"We have set some big goals for this team and are looking forward to the 2024 season and embracing this new challenge," Hellmann closed.
The 2024 ASUN Tournament is set for November 21-24.
