MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis volleyball team will open its 2016 fall schedule with back-to-back home tournaments, then will open conference play with four of its first six American Athletic Conference matches on the road, it was announced Wednesday.
Memphis will play in four non-conference tournaments in preparation for conference play, including back-to-back home events to start the season. At the season-opening Memphis Invitational, Memphis will host Chicago State, Central Arkansas and the first of three NCAA tournament teams from last season on the schedule – Belmont. That tournament will run Aug. 26-27.
Memphis' second home event, the Tiger Invitational, will be held Sept.