Akron Announces 2016 Women’s Volleyball Schedule

AKRON, Ohio – Second-year head coach Tom Hanna announced the University of Akron's 2016 women's volleyball schedule, which includes eight Mid-American Conference home matches to be played at James A. Rhodes Arena, on Wednesday.

"The 2016 schedule will be challenging for us as we look to make a push into the MAC tournament for the first time in four years," Hanna said. "The non-conference portion of our schedule should do a great job of preparing us for conference play. The teams we'll see early on will replicate what we'll see across the MAC when conference play begins."

The Zips open the 2016 slate at the Pepsi Panther Invitational on August 26 where they'll face Western Illinois, host…