DES MOINES, Iowa — The Drake volleyball program has finalized its schedule for the 2025 season. The Bulldogs' slate features four non-conference tournaments, a Blue and White Scrimmage, one exhibition, and eight tilts from the Knapp Center.
The Bulldogs will hold the Blue and White Scrimmage on August 20 with a time still to be determined. Drake will then take to the court on August 23 for an exhibition from Ames, Iowa against in-state foe Iowa State.
The regular season officially begins on August 29 with the WKU Invitational hosted by Western Kentucky. Other institutions partaking in the tournament include Wright State, and Loyola-Chicago.
The following week the Bulldogs head to Florida for the 305 Challenge, hosted by Miami (FL), which begins on September 4.
The third non-conference tournament the Bulldogs will play in is the Husker Invitational from Lincoln, Nebraska beginning on Sept. 12. Drake will then close out the non-conference slate with the South Dakota Classic starting on Sept. 18.
Missouri Valley Conference play begins with a pair of road contests for Drake. The Bulldogs first head to Valparaiso (9/26) and then travel to Chicago the following day to challenge UIC (9/27).
The month of September closes with the home opener from the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs will look forward to hosting in-state rival UNI on September 30.
October begins with three consecutive contests from Des Moines with the Bulldogs set to host Murray State (10/3), Bradley (10/10), and Evansville (10/11).
Following road tilts at Illinois State on Oct. 17 and Bradley on Oct. 18, Drake returns to Des Moines for back-to-back home matches versus Indiana State (10/24) and a rematch with the Redbirds (10/25).
Drake closes out the month of October with road trip to Southern Illinois (10/30) and starts November with a home match versus the Belmont Bruins (11/1). Drake then will make the trek to the eastern part of the state for a rematch with UNI (11/4) before returning home for the final home contest versus UIC (11/8).
The regular season concludes with the Bulldogs going on a road trip to Evansville on November 14 and Indiana State on November 15.
The entire schedule for the Drake volleyball program can be found at the link provided.
