Volleyball Reveals 2023 Schedule

[Coach Andy Mac]

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.

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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