Kentucky Volleyball Reveals SEC Slate

The Kentucky volleyball program unrolled the second half of its schedule on Monday afternoon, revealing nine home Southeastern Conference matches for the 2016 season.
 
After releasing their out-of-conference schedule earlier last month, the Wildcats will kick off their SEC competition Sept. 21, hosting Georgia in Memorial Coliseum at 8 p.m. Kentucky then welcomes Mississippi State, Sept. 25 at 1:30 p.m.
 
UK will take to the road for three straight afterwards, playing Florida (Sept. 28, 8 p.m.), South Carolina (Oct. 2, 1:30 p.m.) and its second meeting of the season with Mississippi State (Oct. 7, 8 p.m.) before returning home.
 
Kentucky follows the road trip with its longest home stand of the season, hosting Tennessee (Oct. 9, 2 p.m.), Arkansas (Oct. 14, 7 p.m.), Ole Miss (Oct. 16, 1:30 p.m.) and South Carolina (Oct. 21, 7 p.m.) over the two week span.
 
Kentucky will follow the home stand playing five of its next six matches on the road. Kentucky will begin the trip against Missouri, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. in Columbia, Mo., before facing the pair of Alabama opponents in Alabama and Auburn in their respective arenas. UK returns home for a home match with Missouri at Noon, Nov. 6, before taking on Arkansas and Ole Miss the following week.
 
Kentucky will play two of its final three regular season matches within the friendly confines of Memorial Coliseum. UK will host LSUNov. 18 at 7 p.m. and Texas A&M Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. before traveling to Knoxville, Tenn., at 9 p.m. to face the Volunteers in the regular season finale.
 
Information regarding television broadcasts will be released at a later date. All times are Eastern Standard Time and subject to change. The complete 2016 schedule can be found below.
 

Date Opponent Location Time (ET)
Aug. 26 Washington State West Lafayette, Ind. Noon
Aug. 26 Wyoming West Lafayette, Ind. 5 p.m.
Aug. 27 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. 5 p.m.
Sept. 2 Southern Cal Los Angeles 11 p.m.
Sept. 3 Creighton Los Angeles 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 Northern Iowa Los Angeles 8 p.m.
Sept. 9 Marquette Lexington, Ky. 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 Virginia Lexington, Ky. 11 a.m.
Sept. 10 Saint Louis Lexington, Ky. 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 15 Louisville Louisville, Ky. 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 Lipscomb Lexington, Ky. TBA
Sept. 21 Georgia Lexington, Ky. 8 p.m.
Sept. 25 Mississippi State Lexington, Ky. 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 28 Florida Gainesville, Fla. 8 p.m.
Oct. 2 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. 8 p.m.
Oct. 9 Tennessee Lexington, Ky. 2 p.m.
Oct. 14 Arkansas Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m.
Oct. 16 Ole Miss Lexington, Ky. 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 South Carolina Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 Missouri Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m.
Oct. 30 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 4 Auburn Auburn, Ala. 8 p.m.
Nov. 6 Missouri Lexington, Ky. Noon
Nov. 9 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 8 p.m.
Nov. 13 Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 18 LSU Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m.
Nov. 20 Texas A&M Lexington, Ky. 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 23 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. 9 p.m.

For the latest on the Kentucky volleyball team, follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and on the web at UKathletics.com.
 
 
‑ GO CATS –
For more information contact:
Steve Sommer (steve.sommer@uky.edu) – (859) 257-3250
or Deb Moore (djmoor4@email.uky.edu) – (859) 257-8506
 
 
 

Steven Sommer
Media Relations Assistant

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