2024 SUFFOLK VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
BOSTON – Suffolk volleyball head coach Scott Blanchard has assembled a 29-match schedule for the 2024 campaign that features a pair of tournaments, nine matches inside the friendly confines of Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court, centered around eight Conference of New England contests.
"Looking forward to this year's schedule," Blanchard said. "We're playing a few teams we haven't played in a while, or ever. Our non-conference calendar should hopefully get use ready for a rigorous CNE schedule."
The 29th year of Suffolk volleyball opens at the RWU Invitational Saturday, Aug. 31. The Rams will face New England College and WestConn in back-to-back battles starting at noon.
The blue-and-gold returns to the Bay State for a midweek match at Dean Wednesday, Sept. 4, which preps Suffolk for its home opener, a tri-match featuring Rutgers Newark and Eastern Connecticut State Saturday, Sept. 7. The outings against the Scarlet Raiders and Warriors will serve as Military Appreciation matches.
The Rams will host Salem State Tuesday, Sept. 10 before making the trek to Empire State for the Union/Russell Sage Crosstown Challenge. On Friday, Sept. 13, the blue-and-gold will play Union and Skidmore before taking on Sage and Oswego Saturday, Sept. 14.
Tuesday, Sept. 17 brings Suffolk back to Title Town where it will entertain Framingham State. Two days later the Rams head to Southern Maine and Saturday, Sept. 21 sends the blue-and-gold to Worcester, Massachusetts where it will take on Mount Holyoke and Worcester State.
Conference of New England play commences Wednesday, Sept. 25 when Hartford heads to Boston.
Suffolk takes a break from league action Saturday, Sept. 28 when it visits Fitchburg State for a tri-match with Bay Path.
Road bouts at Roger Williams (Oct. 1) and Johnson & Wales (Oct. 3) precede a Wednesday, Oct. 9 home match against Western New England.
Suffolk will spend Saturday, Oct. 12 at Lasell, where it will also play Pratt.
Nichols and University of New England stop by the basement of the Ridgeway Building Oct. 16 and Oct. 23, respectively.
From there, it's a four-match road swing with Mass. Maritime (Oct. 26), Wentworth (Oct. 30), Gordon (Nov. 2) and Curry (Oct. 6), and the regular-season finale, a Saturday, Nov. 9 showdown against Endicott.
Blanchard brings back every starter including the program's all-time kills leader McKenna Keowen and all-league honorees Grace Cervenka, Sami Shore and Jessica Weber from last season's squad that went 16-14 overall and reached the conference's semifinals as the fifth seed.