BALTIMORE, Md. -- The Coppin State women's volleyball program is slated to play 26 regular season matches during the 2016 campaign, including six home contests inside the Physical Education Complex Auxiliary Gymnasium. The schedule consists of a 12-match Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) docket preceded by four weekends of non-conference action to start the season.
Coppin State opens up its 30th season of women's volleyball (est. 1987) on the road at the Kristen Dickman Invitational at the U.S. Naval Academy from Aug. 26-27. The Lady Eagles will first face Delaware, followed by host Navy and ending with a match against New Hampshire.
The team then hits the road again for the Duquesne/Robert Morris Invitational. Coppin plays Duquesne and Bucknell on Sept. 2 at Duquesne before facing Robert Morris and St. Francis (Pa.).
Their only mid-week match of the season is slated for Tuesday, Sept. 6 in Washington, DC against American. The Eagles play in two more weekend invitational in the month of September before entering MEAC play.
On the weekend of Sept. 9-10, the squad will compete in The College of William & Mary Colonial Classic against St. Francis, UNC-Charlotte and host William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. The following weekend has the team traveling to the Morehead State Invitational to take on Morehead State, Montana and Kent State on Sept. 16-17.
The Lady Eagles return home for two consecutive matches in the Physical Education Complex on the weekend of Sept. 23-25. Coppin State will open at home against a pair of quality MEAC opponents with Norfolk State on Friday and then Hampton on Sunday.
CSU then hits the road for four consecutive away MEAC matches over two weeks against Howard (Oct. 2), Delaware State (Oct. 7), Maryland Eastern Shore (Oct. 9), and Morgan State (Oct. 14). The defending MEAC Volleyball Champions Howard Bison enters the PEC on Sunday, Oct. 16 for the Lady Eagles’ third home match of the season.
Conference play continues with two final road games in late October against Norfolk State and Hampton on the weekend of Oct. 21-23. The regular season concludes with three home contests approaching November.
Coppin State takes on Delaware State at home on Oct. 28, Maryland Eastern Shore on Oct. 30, and will end the regular season against rival Morgan State on Nov. 6. The 2016 MEAC Volleyball Tournament will begin on Friday, November 18th at Hytche Center on the campus of Maryland Eastern Shore.