Volleyball Announces 2024 Slate, Opens in Southern California
The MCLA Volleyball program has released its 2024 regular season schedule.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— The MCLA Volleyball team has released its 2024 schedule which will begin on August 30th and 31st in the Pacific Coast Classic hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, just an hour outside of Los Angeles. The Trailblazers will take to the court for 26 regular season matches this fall including nine home dates and seven conference battles as MCLA looks to return to the MASCAC Championship game in November.
The Trailblazers will open their 2024 campaign with three matches in the Pacific Coast Classic (Chapman University on August 30th, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Cal Lutheran on August 31st) before returning home to take on Mount Holyoke on September 5th.
Following a trip to Utica on September 7th the Trailblazers will host Castleton on September 11th then hit the road for six matches including a pair of tri-matches at Norwich University (with Regis College on September 14th) and SUNY Delhi (with Paul Smith's on September 21st) along with visits to New England College (September 17th) and Sage (September 25th).
MCLA returns home for four out of their next five contests taking on Cobleskill on September 27th followed by the Trailblazers MASCAC season opener with rival Westfield State on October 1st. A trip to Anna Maria on October 4th will break up the homestand before MCLA returns to North Adams taking on Albertus Magnus on October 8th and Bay Path University on October 10th. Bay Path will also be an opponent just two days later as part of a tri-match at Mass Marime on October 12th.
Down the stretch five of the Trailblazers final eight regular season matches will feature conference opponents leading off at home against Fitchburg State in October 16th. MCLA visits Elms College on October 18th before what might be the Trailblazers most anticipated match of the year at Framingham State on October 22nd in a rematch of last season's epic five-set championship.
MCLA travels to Salem State on October 26th and hosts Bridgewater State on October 30th before their final tri-match of the season at Mount St. Mary (with United States Merchant Marine Academy on November 2nd). The Trailblazers will celebrate their seniors at their final regular season match on November 9th when they host Worcester State.
The MASCAC postseason tournament, featuring the league's top six teams, begins on November 12th with the semifinal matches taking place on November 14th and championship on November 16th.
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