Beach Volleyball Announces 2023 Schedule
2/20/2023 1:50:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss beach volleyball unveils schedule for its fifth season of competition. Head coach Shawn Taylor and the beach volleyball staff look to enter a new era in as members of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2023 season.
The schedule features 11 home matches spread over two tournaments and wraps up with at the Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championships in Huntsville, Ala.
"Any coach would always prefer more time to prepare given the option," said Shawn Taylor, fourth-year beach volleyball head coach. "With that being said, we've put in a lot of work over the fall and early spring and I think we're ready to face off against someone else to see how we stack up. It's also great to see differing tactics that other teams will present as we work to grow our game."
The Slate
Southern Miss begins their 2023 season in the Hub City with five games at the 2023 Hub City Beach Bash. The Golden Eagles play host to Chattanooga, Spring Hill, Southeastern and William Carey.
Southern Miss plays Chattanooga, Spring Hill and Southeastern on Saturday, Feb. 25 in pool play. The next day, Feb. 26, the first and second seeds will play and the third and fourth seeds will play, earning the Golden Eagles another game against one of the three.
The Golden Eagles close the tourney with a game against cross-town foe William Carey.
The Black & Gold hit the road for the next four weeks, beginning in Boca Raton, Fla. at Florida Atlantic's FAU March Invitational. While in the Sunshine State, Southern Miss faces Palm Beach Atlantic and Saint Leo on Friday, March 3, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Florida Atlantic on Saturday, March 4.
Taylor's crew heads west for their next two appointments, first from March 10-11 in Fort Worth, Texas and then from March 17-18 in Tucson, Ariz.
In Fort Worth, Southern Miss takes on TCU's Horned Frogs Challenge featuring LSU, Texas A&M-Kingsville and host TCU. The Golden Eagles face LSU and TAMU-K on Friday, March 10 with another game against the Javelinas and against TCU on Saturday, March 11.
The following weekend, Southern Miss makes its second appearance in as many years at Arizona's Arizona Invitational. While in Tucson, the sandy Golden Eagles faced Arizona Christian and Arizona on Friday, March 17. The next day, Cal Poly and Texas A&M-Corpus stand across from the Golden Eagles on Saturday, March 18.
The road swing ends in Baton Rouge, La. at the two-day LSU Beach Invitational. The Golden Eagles open on Saturday, March 25 against New Orleans and close with Spring Hill and Florida State. Southern Miss returns home after taking on Washington and LSU on Sunday, March 26.
Southern Miss hosts its second home tourney of the year, the Beach Burg Invitational from Friday, March 31 to Saturday, April 1. Central Arkansas, New Orleans and Nicholls head to Hattiesburg for the two-day event as Southern Miss plays all three twice.
2023 Golden Eagles Senior Night will be after the 5 p.m. match against Nicholls on Saturday, April 1.
The Golden Eagles head to Tallahassee, Fla. next for their second Sunshine State tournament of the year. Southern Miss takes on Florida State and Florida Atlantic on Friday, April 7, and finishes the trip against Loyola Marymount and LSU on Saturday, April 8.
Saturday, April 15, features a trip to Birmingham, Ala. for a three-game jaunt at UAB's Blazer Beach Bash. Southern Miss plays Central Arkansas, Tulane and UAB in the trip.
Southern Miss closes out the season with a doubleheader against Tulane in the Green Wave's NOLA Classic on Saturday, April 22.
The 2023 Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championships are to be played at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala. in conjunction with the CCSA. Play in the tourney begins on Thursday, April 27, with the title game on Saturday, April 29.
In total, Southern Miss plays 11 games against teams ranked in the AVCA Preseason Poll against seven individual programs.
"It will be interesting as the scheduling was done prior to our departure from Conference USA, so we will end up having a large amount of C-USA schools on our schedule," said Taylor. "We also will square off against a large part of the schools in the AVCA Preseason Top 20 and we get some of those programs multiple times.
The schedule features 11 home matches spread over two tournaments and wraps up with at the Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championships in Huntsville, Ala.
"Any coach would always prefer more time to prepare given the option," said Shawn Taylor, fourth-year beach volleyball head coach. "With that being said, we've put in a lot of work over the fall and early spring and I think we're ready to face off against someone else to see how we stack up. It's also great to see differing tactics that other teams will present as we work to grow our game."
The Slate
Southern Miss begins their 2023 season in the Hub City with five games at the 2023 Hub City Beach Bash. The Golden Eagles play host to Chattanooga, Spring Hill, Southeastern and William Carey.
Southern Miss plays Chattanooga, Spring Hill and Southeastern on Saturday, Feb. 25 in pool play. The next day, Feb. 26, the first and second seeds will play and the third and fourth seeds will play, earning the Golden Eagles another game against one of the three.
The Golden Eagles close the tourney with a game against cross-town foe William Carey.
The Black & Gold hit the road for the next four weeks, beginning in Boca Raton, Fla. at Florida Atlantic's FAU March Invitational. While in the Sunshine State, Southern Miss faces Palm Beach Atlantic and Saint Leo on Friday, March 3, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Florida Atlantic on Saturday, March 4.
Taylor's crew heads west for their next two appointments, first from March 10-11 in Fort Worth, Texas and then from March 17-18 in Tucson, Ariz.
In Fort Worth, Southern Miss takes on TCU's Horned Frogs Challenge featuring LSU, Texas A&M-Kingsville and host TCU. The Golden Eagles face LSU and TAMU-K on Friday, March 10 with another game against the Javelinas and against TCU on Saturday, March 11.
The following weekend, Southern Miss makes its second appearance in as many years at Arizona's Arizona Invitational. While in Tucson, the sandy Golden Eagles faced Arizona Christian and Arizona on Friday, March 17. The next day, Cal Poly and Texas A&M-Corpus stand across from the Golden Eagles on Saturday, March 18.
The road swing ends in Baton Rouge, La. at the two-day LSU Beach Invitational. The Golden Eagles open on Saturday, March 25 against New Orleans and close with Spring Hill and Florida State. Southern Miss returns home after taking on Washington and LSU on Sunday, March 26.
Southern Miss hosts its second home tourney of the year, the Beach Burg Invitational from Friday, March 31 to Saturday, April 1. Central Arkansas, New Orleans and Nicholls head to Hattiesburg for the two-day event as Southern Miss plays all three twice.
2023 Golden Eagles Senior Night will be after the 5 p.m. match against Nicholls on Saturday, April 1.
The Golden Eagles head to Tallahassee, Fla. next for their second Sunshine State tournament of the year. Southern Miss takes on Florida State and Florida Atlantic on Friday, April 7, and finishes the trip against Loyola Marymount and LSU on Saturday, April 8.
Saturday, April 15, features a trip to Birmingham, Ala. for a three-game jaunt at UAB's Blazer Beach Bash. Southern Miss plays Central Arkansas, Tulane and UAB in the trip.
Southern Miss closes out the season with a doubleheader against Tulane in the Green Wave's NOLA Classic on Saturday, April 22.
The 2023 Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championships are to be played at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala. in conjunction with the CCSA. Play in the tourney begins on Thursday, April 27, with the title game on Saturday, April 29.
In total, Southern Miss plays 11 games against teams ranked in the AVCA Preseason Poll against seven individual programs.
"It will be interesting as the scheduling was done prior to our departure from Conference USA, so we will end up having a large amount of C-USA schools on our schedule," said Taylor. "We also will square off against a large part of the schools in the AVCA Preseason Top 20 and we get some of those programs multiple times.
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