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DENTON – Ahead of the 48th season in program history and first as a member of the American Athletic Conference, head coach Kristee Porter and UNT volleyball announced the 2023 schedule on Monday. The Mean Green will face a 32-match slate which features matches against seven participants of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, including Sweet 16 finalists Houston. UNT’s schedule includes seven non-conference meetings with programs that finished last season in the top-60 RPI and three opponents from The American. North Texas plays a home exhibition on Aug. 19 against Oral Roberts before it opens regular-season play with a four-team tournament on Aug. 25 in Boulder, Colo. including the program’s first meeting with the University of Colorado. After a 13-match non-conference schedule that includes six matchups against conference champions – Campbell (Big South), UNLV (Mountain West), Texas State (Sun Belt), Houston (The American), Stephen F. Austin (WAC) and UCF (The American) – the Mean Green will host its first match in The American versus Florida Atlantic on Sept. 20 at the North Texas Volleyball Center. Porter’s team will compete in 19 conference matches with 10 home contests including two-match weekends against Tulsa (Sept. 28-29), UTSA (Oct. 13 and 15) and Rice (Nov. 10-11). North Texas takes a pair of road trips to Wichita State (Nov. 3-4) and SMU (Nov. 17-18) before it closes the regular season at home on Nov. 22 versus Memphis. UNT finished the 2022 season 16-15 overall and 9-5 in Conference USA including the first win at the league tournament since 2018 over UAB. The team returns 10 letterwinners including 2023 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year Sh’Diamond Holly, first team all-conference selection Treyaunna Rush and second-team honoree Aryn Johnson. All regular season UNT home matches will be broadcast on the ESPN+. Olympic Sport Passes for next season's Mean Green volleyball, soccer and softball seasons are available now. Fans can purchase a general admission Olympic Sport Pass for $75 and receive season tickets for all three teams. Olympic Sport Passes can be purchased here. 2023 UNT Volleyball Schedule Aug. 19 Oral Roberts (Exhibition) Denton Aug. 25 vs. Campbell Boulder, Colo. Aug. 26 vs. UNLV Boulder, Colo. Aug. 27 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. Aug. 29 Texas Southern Denton Aug. 31 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas Sept. 1 vs. Houston San Marcos, Texas Sept. 4 Texas Tech Denton Sept. 6 Stephen F. Austin Denton Sept. 8 at UCF Orlando, Fla. Sept. 9 vs. Florida State Orlando, Fla. Sept. 14 at UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sept. 15 vs. McNeese Arlington, Texas Sept. 16 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce Arlington, Texas Sept. 20 FAU* Denton Sept. 23 at Tulane* New Orleans Sept. 24 at Tulane* New Orleans Sept. 28 Tulsa* Denton Sept. 29 Tulsa* Denton Oct. 6 at UAB* Birmingham, Ala. Oct. 8 at East Carolina* Greenville, N.C. Oct. 13 UTSA* Denton Oct. 15 UTSA* Denton Oct. 20 at USF* Tampa, Fla. Oct. 27 Temple* Denton Oct. 29 Charlotte* Denton Nov. 3 at Wichita State* Wichita, Kan. Nov. 4 at Wichita State* Wichita, Kan. Nov. 10 Rice* Denton Nov. 11 Rice* Denton Nov. 17 at SMU* Dallas Nov. 18 at SMU* Dallas Nov. 22 Memphis* Denton *League Matches

The boys are back in the saddle again! This show we talk about a bowl eligibility clenching win on the road against La. Tech in Ruston by a score of 24-23. UNT alums @Evan, @Harry and @BeyondTheGreen give their hot sports thoughts on the Homecoming return of Coach Darrell Dickey and the Mean Green's goal of capturing the Western Division Crown. Recruiting expert @TheReal_jayD joins us for his latest recruiting analysis and we dive into what could be a pretty exciting basketball season with fan favorite @BillySee58. Audio Link: GOMEANGREEN BARBERSHOP PODCAST #189

There was some pretty terrible news to come down over the weekend at UNT. The school has mentioned it, but I thought I would put something up on the blog as well. Tina Jo Reese, the mother of senior Camille Cherry, a setter on the UNT volleyball team, was killed in a freak car accident on her way to the Mean Green’s match on Friday. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/10/sad-story-for-unts-volleyball-team-a-great-one-retires.html/