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Women’s Volleyball Announces 2024 Schedule

Women’s Volleyball Announces 2024 Schedule

FAIRFAX, Virginia – The George Mason women’s volleyball program has announced its 2024 schedule. The schedule includes four non-conference tournaments, two of which are home, and an 18-game Atlantic 10 schedule.

The Patriots finished the 2023 season 9-21, including 5-13 in Atlantic 10 play with wins over GW, Fordham, Duquesne and a sweep of Rhode Island. Mason returns to Atlantic 10 Second Team roster Camille Larkin and all of last year’s starters except one.

In addition to the eleven returning players, Mason also welcomes seven newcomers to the roster, including one second-year transfer and six freshmen.

Mason opens the 2024 season with the DC Challenge, featuring two games away and the finale at home. The team opens with Howard in the nation’s capital on Friday and American in DC on Saturday. The Patriots welcome UC Riverside to the RAC on Sunday to close out the weekend.

The Patriots then travel south to Williamsburg for the Tribe Invitational on September 6-7. Mason opens the weekend on Friday against Quinnipiac and closes it out on Saturday against Bucknell and the hosts.

Mason returns home for two consecutive weekends of four-team tournaments at the RAC. The Patriots welcome Old Dominion, Navy and Quinnipiac to Fairfax Sept. 12-14 for the six-game Mason Invite. The Patriots play ODU on Thursday, Navy on Friday and close out the Invite with Quinnipiac on Saturday.

The following weekend, the Patriots host Morgan State, Fairleigh-Dickinson and Gardner-Webb for the September 19-21 Patriot Invite. Mason opens the weekend on Thursday against Morgan State, followed by FDU on Friday and Gardner-Webb on Saturday.

The Atlantic 10 season begins the weekend of September 27, when the Patriots host in-state rival VCU. Road games follow in Davidson on October 4-5.

Mason hosts rival George Washington on Oct. 9 before playing road games at Fordham on Oct. 12-13. A home series against Rhode Island on Oct. 18-19 will also serve as the Patriots alumni weekend, where the team will honor and celebrate its 50th anniversary. The Patriots will close out October with a three-game road series at Loyola Chicago (Oct. 25-26) and George Washington (Oct. 30).

The Patriots open November against reigning Atlantic 10 Regular Season and Conference Tournament Champions Dayton on Nov. 2-3 at the RAC. Mason then travels to Saint Louis to take on the Billikens on Nov. 8-9 before closing out the regular season with games against Duquesne (Nov. 15-16).

The Atlantic 10 Women’s Volleyball Championship will be hosted by Dayton in Dayton, Ohio from November 22-24. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the postseason tournament with an automatic NCAA berth at stake.

Admission is free for all Patriots women’s volleyball team home games played at the RAC.