BATON ROUGE, LA -- The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced on friday the schedules for all 10 SWAC schools for the upcoming 2021 spring volleyball season.
Each SWAC volleyball team will play a 13-match conference schedule. The season is officially slated to start on January 24 with five league matches set to be played on opening day.
The schedule features 13 conference matches, with the postseason tournament set for March 26-28. Southern will play eight home matches during the spring schedule, with five matches on the road.
The Lady Jaguars will open up on the bluff for their first two matches during opening weekend, facing defending regular season champion Alabama A&M (January 24) and defending SWAC Tournament champion Alabama State (January 25). Following those matches, Southern will play their next four home matches of the season beginning with Arkansas-Pine Bluff (January 31) and in state rival Grambling State (February 1). Followed by home matches with Jackson State (February 7) and Mississippi Valley State (February 8).
Southern makes their first road trip of the season heading to West division opponents Prairie View A&M (February 14) and Texas Southern (February 15), before getting a six day break between matches. The Lady Jaguars return to the court at Alcorn State (February 21) before another seven day layoff as they finish two-game road swing that includes matches at Grambling State (February 28) and UAPB (March 1).
Following a 13-day break, Southern returns home with two-game homestand to conclude the regular season. They will face Texas Southern (March 14) and Prairie View (March 15), before taking on in-state rival Alabama A&M on the road March 15.
The winner of the conference tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, with the NCAA Selection Show set for April 4.
