SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The 2023 Cal State San Marcos volleyball season will get underway on Sept. 1 as Head Coach Andrea Leonard announced the Cougars' 26-match schedule on Monday.
 
CSUSM's schedule includes two home tournaments that features a shared tournament with Point Loma and the sixth annual Cougar Classic at The Sports Center before beginning its 18-match CCAA schedule.

"We are very excited and anxious to get the 2023 season rolling," said Leonard. "We have scheduled a demanding preseason to boost our RPI as a team and help us prepare for the competitive CCAA conference play.  The 2023 schedule presents two big time opportunities for this program. First, a chance to show the hard work in the spring and summer this team has put in for the opportunity to be tested early in the non-conference, then the highly competitive conference play for a chance to make the postseason. We are anxious to get in the gym and get going!"
 
The Cougars will kickoff the new season by sharing hosting duties with Point Loma at the Point Loma/San Marcos Challenge on Sept. 1-2. CSUSM will face Biola at 10 a.m. and Lewis at 5 p.m. on Sept. 1 in The Sports Center before heading to the campus of Point Loma the next day to face Seattle Pacific at 2 p.m. and Point Loma at 7 p.m.
 
The Sixth-Annual Cougar Classic will feature teams from Washington, Colorado and Texas. The Cougars will open the tournament against Southern California foe Concordia University Irvine on Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. before facing St. Edward's (Sept. 8 ­– 1 p.m.), Seattle Pacific (Sept. 8 – 6 p.m.) and Colorado School of Mines (Sept. 9 ­– 5 p.m.) the following day.
 
The Cougars will begin CCAA play on the road at Cal State East Bay (Sept. 15 – 5 p.m.) and Cal State Monterey Bay (Sept. 16 – 1 p.m.) before their first home CCAA contests that consists of four consecutive matches in The Sports Center against Cal State Dominguez Hills (Sept. 22 – 5 p.m.), Cal State LA (Sept. 17 – 3 p.m.), Chico State (Sept. 29 – 5 p.m.) and Stanislaus State (Sept. 30 – 3 p.m.).
 
CSUSM will take to the road the following weekend, traveling to Cal State San Bernardino (Oct. 5 – 7 p.m.) and San Francisco State (Oct. 7 – 1 p.m.)
 
CSUSM will mark the halfway point in its schedule with a home-and-home weekend against its travel partner Cal Poly Pomona. The Cougars and Broncos will first face each other in Pomona (Oct. 13 – 5 p.m.) before returning home the next day (Oct. 14 – 3 p.m.).
 
The Cougars will remain home the following weekend to host Sonoma State (Oct. 20 – 5 p.m.) and Cal Poly Humboldt (Oct. 21 – 5 p.m.)
 
CSUSM will then embark on its final road trip of the regular season of four matches beginning at Stanislaus State (Oct. 27 – 5 p.m.) followed by trips to Chico State (Oct. 28 – 3 p.m.), Cal State LA (Nov. 3 – 5 p.m.) and Cal State Dominguez Hills (Nov. 4 – 3 p.m.)
 
The Cougars will conclude the regular season at home against Cal State Monterey Bay (Nov. 10 – 5 p.m.) and Cal State East Bay (Nov. 11 – 3 p.m.)
 
Cal State LA will host the six-team CCAA Tournament on Nov. 16-18 at Cal State LA Gymnasium. 

Chairback season tickets for the upcoming season will be on sale Aug. 2 and include all home games as well as the Cougar Classic for $100. If interested, please call the CSUSM Athletics Front Desk at 760-750-7100.