TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State Head Volleyball Coach Ashlee Pritchard unveiled the Sycamores' 2024 schedule Monday afternoon. The 30-match regular season schedule features 10 home matches inside ISU Arena and also sees Indiana State play three matches against first-time opponents.
 
Indiana State kicks off its 2024 season with an exhibition match August 24 at Ball State. The Sycamores open the regular season August 30-31 at the GSU Invitational in Atlanta, where the Trees will face Georgia State, Florida A&M and South Dakota State.
 
The Sycamores' first home match of the season comes in the second week of the 2024 campaign as part of a home-and-home series. Indiana State will play at Butler September 6, with the Bulldogs making a return trip to Terre Haute the following day.
 
Indiana State heads back south for the Bluff City Showdown September 13-14 in Memphis, where the Sycamores will face Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Lamar and Memphis. The Sycamores will pay a midweek visit to IU Indianapolis September 18 before closing the non-conference schedule at the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational September 20-21, with matches against St. Francis (Pa.), Eastern Michigan and Purdue Fort Wayne.
 
The Sycamores open MVC play at home against UIC (Sept. 27) and Valparaiso (Sept. 28) before hitting the road for the next four matches. Indiana State will face Murray State (Oct. 4), Belmont (Oct. 5), Illinois State (Oct. 11) and Bradley (Oct. 12) during the road swing.
 
Indiana State begins a stretch of three home matches in a four-day span October 18 against Missouri State, with Southern Illinois (Oct. 19) and Evansville (Oct. 21) also visiting ISU Arena in that timeframe. The Sycamores close out the month of October on the road against Drake (Oct. 25) and Northern Iowa (Oct. 26), the top two teams in the MVC last season.
 
The Sycamores open November with a four-match homestand, starting November 1 against Illinois State. Indiana State's final homestand of the season also sees the Trees play host to Bradley (Nov. 2), Belmont (Nov. 8) and Murray State (Nov. 9). The Sycamores close the season with road matches at Valparaiso (Nov. 15), UIC (Nov. 16) and Evansville (Nov. 20).
 
The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament will take place Nov. 23-26 at McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The top eight teams will qualify for the conference tournament.
 
Indiana State features arguably the youngest team in the MVC for a second straight season, with 13 of the 17 players on the roster being freshmen or sophomores. The Sycamores return four starters in 2023 MVC Freshman of the Year Kira Holland, 2023 MVC All-Freshman Team selection Ella Scott, setter Avery Hales and libero Macy Lengacher, with the Trees' 2023 leaders in kills (Holland), assists (Hales), blocks (Scott), digs (Lengacher) and aces (Emma Kaelin) all back. Eight newcomers join the fold for the 2024 campaign, with third-year head coach Ashlee Pritchard looking to build off a season which saw the Sycamores play their best volleyball down the stretch.
 
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