STEPHENVILLE, Texas – As Texan Volleyball approaches the 2023 season, Tarleton State announced the tournament schedule on Wednesday.
 
Regular season action will begin in the Wisdom Volleyball Gym on the Tarleton campus on Aug. 25 with the Texan Invitational Tournament. To open tournament play, the Texans will take on Prairie View A&M at 9:30 a.m.
 
Following the first match, at 12:30 p.m. the Cardinals of Incarnate Word will go head-to-head with Arkansas-Pine Bluff. At 4:30 p.m. the Cardinals will return to the court for a battle against the Panthers of PVAMU. The Texans will compete in the final match of the day against Northern Arizona at 7:30 p.m. 
 
On Aug. 26 PVAMU will kick off day two of the tournament against Northern Arizona at 9:30 a.m. UAPB will take the court against Tarleton starting at 12:30 p.m. The following match will begin at 4:30 p.m. as the Lumberjacks of NAU will play the Lady Lions of UAPB. The final match of the tournament will take place between the Cardinals and Tarleton State at 7:30 p.m. 
 
From there, the Texans will head to San Antonio for the Roadrunner Classic hosted by UTSA beginning Sept. 1. 
 
On day one of tournament play, Tarleton will play at 12:30 p.m. against Delaware and again at 4 p.m. as they take on Lamar. The following day, Tarleton will face the Roadrunners of UTSA at 3 p.m. and that will complete the run for the Texans in San Antonio. 
 
Tarleton Volleyball will continue their tournament play on the road as they make their way to Birmingham, Alabama, for the Blazer Classic beginning Sept. 8.
 
The first day of tournament play will start at 11 a.m. as the Texans take on Texas A&M-Commerce. Tarleton will take the court again at 7 p.m. to take on the host, UAB.
 
On Sept. 9, the Texans will complete their tournament play as they go head-to-head with Alabama at 11 a.m. After their run in Alabama, Tarleton returns home to host the final tournament of the 2023 schedule. 
 
The Dr. Pam Littleton Classic will begin on Sept. 15 in Stephenville. The first match of the tournament will be played at 10 a.m. between UC Riverside and Texas Southern. 
 
At 2 p.m., the Hawks of Maryland Eastern Shore will take on Texas Southern. Day one will conclude with a match-up between UC Riverside and Tarleton at 6 p.m. The Highlanders of UC Riverside will kick off the second day at 10 a.m. as they take on UMES. The Texas Southern Tigers are next to take the court against Tarleton State at 2 p.m.
 
The Texans will wrap up the final tournament of the 2023 season as they go head-to-head with UMES at 6 pm. 
 
Tarleton Volleyball will start conference play with two home matches following the completion of the Dr. Pam Littleton Classic. The Texans will host Utah Valley and Seattle U on Sept. 21 and Sept. 23, respectively.  
 
For ticket information and the full season schedule, click here.