GLVC announces Spring 2021 Volleyball schedule

Rockhurst, under first-year head coach Trent Jones, will open the season at home on Jan. 29 against Southwest Baptist.

The Great Lakes Valley Conference formally announced today its volleyball schedule for the 2021 spring season, following a unanimous vote of approval by the GLVC Council of Presidents on Oct. 6.

The Conference's 15 teams will compete in three five-team divisions, and contest 18 matches where every team plays their divisional opponent twice, both home and away, and every non-divisional opponent once at a pre-determined pod site.

Rockhurst will compete in the West Division with William Jewell, Drury, Southwest Baptist and Missouri S&T. The East Division consists of Illinois Springfield, Indianapolis, Lewis, McKendree and Southern Indiana. Lindenwood, Maryville, Missouri-St. Louis, Quincy and Truman State make up the Central Division.

The schedule, which begins Jan. 29-30, 2021, features a new tri-match/pod format unique to the 2021 season, but necessary to ensure the league's safe return to competition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rockhurst, under first-year head coach Trent Jones, will open the season at home on Jan. 29 against Southwest Baptist. The Hawks will host their tri-match/pod format on March 6 vs. Lewis and Quincy.

"The tri-match/pod format within this schedule is unique to the spring season and has allowed us to increase the number of competition opportunities for our student-athletes while also addressing the need to address cost-containment measures for our teams," said GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich.

The GLVC Volleyball Championship Tournament will be conducted April 15-17 at Eastside Centre in East Peoria, Illinois. Qualifying procedures for the eight-team tournament will be announced at a later date.

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