Florida will play 14 contests in Exactech Arena during the 2021 campaign
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With Florida volleyball’s 38th season on the horizon, the 2021 schedule<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_sports_womens-2Dvolleyball_schedule_2021&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=f9VPaTenkxo76oUvpNnshEprJ_kqBEHJsIWLlkiPWMw&s=hJbBFRJpiFaOUxaaEw6dSRpyX9ZhwpUfcMnz46y-cYs&e= > has been announced by head coach Mary Wise.
The Gators have 28 regular season contests scheduled during the 2021 campaign – including 14 matches in Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
UF is coming off a 21-4 season in 2020-21, including a 19-3 record in conference play. The Gators made the program’s 17th Regional Final and finished second in the Southeastern Conference.
Florida kicks off the 2021 campaign with a California road trip – playing four matches in five days. The Gators’ season opener is against San Francisco on Aug. 27 to kick off the Sacramento State tournament. Florida follows that with two matches on Aug. 28, facing UC Davis at 1 p.m. ET and the host Hornets at 10 p.m. ET to conclude the opening weekend.
The Gators then travel to take on the 2019 national champions in Stanford on Aug. 31, before returning home for a marquee matchup against Minnesota on Sept. 5.
Florida remains home the following weekend, welcoming the Baylor Bears to Gainesville for a two-match series on Sept. 10/11.
UF will head to in-state rival Florida State for a midweek matchup on Sept. 15, then is set to close out the non-conference slate with a two-match series against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 18/19).
The regular season conference schedule consists of 18 matches in which each member institution will play each other at least once. The order of opponents for each team are determined by a random computer draw. Two-match series may be played Wednesday/Thursday, Thursday/Friday, Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday.
Conference play kicks off at Exactech Arena on Sept. 23/24, when the Mississippi State Bulldogs come to town.
The Gators then hit the road to face off against Georgia in a single-match on Sept. 29.
Florida begins the month of October at home, with the squad taking on Ole Miss on Oct. 2/3. UF then visits Baton Rouge, La. to face LSU at the Maravich Center on Oct. 10/11.
The Gators head back to the O’Dome to compete against Texas A&M on Oct. 16, before hitting the road for two matches – one against Alabama on Oct. 20 and the other against Missouri on Oct. 30.
Florida is slated to face Tennessee on Nov. 3 in Exactech Arena, then the team heads to Fayetteville, Ark. for a two-match series against the Razorbacks on Nov. 12/13.
The final stretch of regular season home matches for the Gators starts with a contest against Auburn on Nov. 17 and wraps up with two matches against the South Carolina Gamecocks on Nov. 20/21.
For the final series of the regular season, the Gators are slated to take on defending national champion Kentucky on Nov. 26/27 in Memorial Coliseum.
Date
Opponent
Time
Series Record
Aug. 27
vs. San Francisco (at Sac State)
7 p.m. ET
1-0
Aug. 28
vs. UC Davis (at Sac State)
1 p.m. ET
0-0
Aug. 28
at Sacramento State
10 p.m. ET
0-0
Aug. 31
at Stanford
8 p.m. ET
5-7
Sept. 5
MINNESOTA
2 p.m.
1-5
Sept. 10
BAYLOR
8 p.m.
2-0
Sept. 11
BAYLOR
7 p.m.
2-0
Sept. 15
at Florida State
6 p.m.
43-20
Sept. 18
COASTAL CAROLINA
12 p.m.
0-0
Sept. 19
COASTAL CAROLINA
1 p.m.
0-0
Sept. 23
MISSISSIPPI STATE
TBD
52-0
Sept. 24
MISSISSIPPI STATE
TBD
52-0
Sept. 29
at Georgia
TBD
67-10
Oct. 2
OLE MISS
TBD
54-3
Oct. 3
OLE MISS
TBD
54-3
Oct. 9
at LSU
TBD
48-13
Oct. 10
at LSU
TBD
48-13
Oct. 16
TEXAS A&M
TBD
19-1
Oct. 20
at Alabama
TBD
49-0
Oct. 30
at Missouri
TBD
10-5
Nov. 3
TENNESSEE
TBD
53-13
Nov. 12
at Arkansas
TBD
46-3
Nov. 13
at Arkansas
TBD
46-3
Nov. 17
AUBURN
TBD
51-2
Nov. 20
SOUTH CAROLINA
TBD
59-8
Nov. 21
SOUTH CAROLINA
TBD
59-8
Nov. 26
at Kentucky
TBD
52-17
Nov. 27
at Kentucky
TBD
52-17
*all times subject to change
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