HAMMOND, La. – The reigning, back-to-back Southland Conference Regular Season Champion Southeastern Louisiana University volleyball team has charted its course to a third-straight title with the release of the team's 2025 schedule on Monday.
 
"We are very excited and looking forward to the 2025 season," said first year head coach Lee McBride. "With the players we have returning and the new group coming in, we feel like we are in a great position to win the conference championship again."
 
The Green & Gold match wraps up preseason camp in the University Center on Aug. 21.
 
On Aug. 29-30, the 2025 season begins in earnest in the University Center with SLU hosting the Southeastern Showdown. It will feature matches against Louisiana-Monroe and Louisiana Tech on day one before wrapping up the opening weekend against Jackson State to close out the event.
 
The next weekend begins nearly a month of matches away from home for the Lady Lions, starting with a pair of matches in Conway, Ark. at the Central Arkansas Invitational. That weekend will see SLU play the host Sugar Bears on Sept. 5 before taking on Little Rock on Sept. 6.
 
A week later, Southeastern makes the trip east to Mobile, Ala. for the Jaguar Invitational. On Sept. 11, the Lady Lions take on the host, South Alabama, and then wrap up play there on Sept. 12 against Tulane.
 
Two days later, the Lady Lions make the short drive to Baton Rouge for a match against LSU on Sept. 14.
 
A very tough weekend follows as SLU goes over to Bryan-College Station, Texas to take part in the Texas A&M Invitational where all three of Southeastern's opponents in that event are NCAA Tournament qualifiers from 2024, two of which won at least one match in the tournament. It starts with a battle of Lions, taking on Loyola Marymount, a second round team in 2024, in the first match of the day on Sept. 19 before wrapping up day one against New Hampshire. The home-standing Aggies, who made it to the third round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, await on Sat., Sept. 20, to wrap up SLU's multi-team event portion of the schedule.
 
After a month away from home, the Lady Lions return home for a three-match homestand which includes the start of Southland Conference action. On Sept. 23, Southern makes the drive from Baton Rouge to Hammond, America to wrap up non-conference action. Two days later, SLC action starts when McNeese comes to the University Center. That's followed two days later by a visit by Nicholls to the U.C. to wrap up the homestand and the month of September.
 
The first Southland road trip of the season opens the month of October as the Lady Lions head to Lamar on Oct. 2 before heading to Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 4.
 
Returning home, Southeastern welcomes Northwestern State to Hammond, America on Oct. 9 before another battle of Lions on Oct. 11 as East Texas A&M comes to the University Center.
 
The trip way down south is next as SLU heads to Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Oct. 16 and then the final match against a 2024 NCAA Tournament team on the schedule, traveling to The Island to take on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Oct. 18. The three-match road trip wraps up on Oct. 22 in San Antonio to take on Incarnate Word.
 
Houston Christian comes to Hammond on Oct. 25 to open a run of four matches out of five inside the University Center. The one road trip in that span is next as the Lady Lions head down I-55 to New Orleans for a date with the Privateers on Oct. 28. UNO makes the return trip to Hammond just two days later to start a run of three straight at home for the Lady Lions. The month of November starts with both Lamar and Stephen F. Austin making their return trips on Nov. 6 and Nov. 8, respectively, to wrap up the homestand and the home portion of SLU's schedule overall.
 
2025's regular season ends with two road matches as the Lady Lions make their return trips to McNeese and Nicholls on Nov. 13 and 15 to end the season slate.
 
The 2025 Southland Conference Volleyball Championship runs Nov. 21-23 at The Field House on the campus of East Texas A&M in Commerce, Texas. The 2025 NCAA National Champion will be crowned on Dec. 21 in Kansas City, Mo. at the T-Mobile Center.
 
Preseason practice for the 2025 volleyball season starts in mid-August.
 
2025 Indoor Volleyball Schedule:
Aug. 21 Green & Gold Match
Southeastern Showdown – Hammond, La.
Aug. 29 vs. ULM
Aug. 29 vs. Louisiana Tech Central Arkansas Invitational – Conway, Ark.
Sept. 5 @ Central Arkansas Jaguar Invitational – Mobile, Ala.
Sept. 11 @ South Alabama Sept. 14 @ LSU
Texas A&M Invitational – Bryan-College Station, Texas
Sept. 19 vs. Loyola Marymount
Sept. 19 vs. New Hampshire Sept. 23 vs. Southern
Sept. 25 vs. McNeese*
Sept. 27 vs. Nicholls*
Oct. 2 @ Lamar*
Oct. 4 @ Stephen F. Austin*
Oct. 9 vs. Northwestern State*
Oct. 11 vs. East Texas A&M*
Oct. 16 @ Texas-Rio Grande Valley*
Oct. 18 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi*
Oct. 22 @ Incarnate Word*
Oct. 25 vs. Houston Christian*
Oct. 28 @ New Orleans*
Oct. 30 vs. New Orleans*
Nov. 6 vs. Lamar*
Nov. 8 vs. Stephen F. Austin*
Nov. 13 @ McNeese*
Nov. 15 @ Nicholls*
Nov. 21-23 – SLC Championship – Commerce, Texas
Home Matches in BOLD
* - Southland Conference Match
 
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