Florida A&M volleyball announced their 2024 schedule after making their third consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship match in 2023.
"We're very excited for another season with great talent returning and the addition of more talented players," said Head Coach Gokhan Yilmaz . "We have a tough non-conference schedule and look forward to hosting another tournament this season. We also look forward to a challenging conference schedule."
The Rattlers will start the season in Al Lawson in an exhibition match versus West Florida on August 23. The Rattlers will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, for the regular season opener versus South Dakota in the Georgia State Tournament on August 30. That weekend, they will also play Indiana State (Aug. 30) and Georgia State (Aug. 31).
The Rattlers will then return to Tallahassee for four straight home matches, hosting North Florida (Sept. 4), Southern (Sept. 6), New Orleans (Sept. 6), and Jacksonville (Sept. 7).
Following their FAMU Tournament, the Rattlers will travel to Louisiana back-to-back weekends for the McNeese (Sept. 13-15) and Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 20-21) Tournaments to wrap up non-conference competition.
The Rattlers will travel to Mississippi to play Jackson State (Sept. 27) and Mississippi Valley (Sept. 29) to start conference play. Following the trip to Mississippi, the Rattlers return home for five straight home matches versus Alabama State (Oct. 4), Alabama A&M (Oct. 6), Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 9), Southern (Oct. 13), and Alcorn State (Oct. 14). The Rattlers next three matches will be spent on the road with trips to Prairie View A&M (Oct. 18), Texas Southern (Oct. 20), North Florida (Oct. 23) before returning to Tallahassee to host Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Oct. 27) and Grambling State (Oct. 28).
The Rattlers will hit the road again with trips to Alabama State (Nov. 1), Alabama A&M (Nov. 3), and Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 8) and return home for the final two games of the season versus Jackson State (Nov. 15) and Mississippi Valley (Nov. 17).
The SWAC Tournament will be played in Grambling, Louisiana, November 22-24.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU volleyball announces 2024 schedule: Who will the Rattlers play?
