LAS CRUCES, N.M. – NM State Volleyball released its 2025 schedule on Thursday, 28
th-year Head Coach
Mike Jordan announced. The Aggies will open with an exhibition on Aug. 23 before commencing the regular season on the road with a pair of Aug. 29 bouts. The slate includes 11 total home contests and 16 CUSA matches, concluding on Friday, Nov. 14 ahead of a potential trip to the CUSA Championship in Miami.
The Aggies will open with two preseason events at home in August. Spectators will have their first chance to witness the 2025 roster in action during the Crimson & White scrimmage on Saturday, August 16
th at 1:00 p.m. MT. One week later, Lubbock Christian is set to roll into town for the Aggies' lone exhibition of the campaign.
The 52
nd regular season in program history is set open from the Golden State, with three matches at the UC San Diego Invitational. NM State will battle Eastern Washington and Northwestern in neutral site bouts on August 29
th before taking on the hosting Tritons the following day. Among the trio of opponents, UCSD held the best record a season ago, finishing 17-13 with 11 victories in Big West play.
At the conclusion of three matches in California,
Mike Jordan's squad will trek to the Midwest for a weekend at the Saluki Bash. Southern Illinois, the host of the invitational, will be the Aggies' first opponent of the weekend. Later on Sept. 5, NM State will take on Eastern Illinois in the second half of its doubleheader. A day later, Kansas City will await in a rematch of foes that shared the WAC from 2013-19.
Following two weeks away, NM State will return for four matches in the Land of Enchantment. The Aggies' home opener will take place on Sept. 12-13 in a two-match series against New Haven. The Chargers are primed for their first season of Division I action after joining the Northeastern Conference (NEC) on July 1.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the Crimson & White will then take on their lone intrastate Division I opponent, making a trip north to battle New Mexico in Albuquerque. The next day (Sept. 17), the two sides will clash once more in the Pan American Center in the Aggies' final non-conference bout in the City of Crosses.
Following the week back in familiar territory, NM State will wrap up its non-conference slate with a trip to the Sooner State for the Tulsa Volleyball Invitational. After taking on the hosting Golden Hurricane (Sept. 19), the Aggies will turn around for a matchup with Little Rock later the same day. At the conclusion of their bout with Oral Roberts on the ensuing afternoon, the Aggies will officially head into their third season of CUSA play.
The squad will begin its conquest to a third-straight CUSA Championship match with a road series, welcoming Delaware to the league from the east coast. After two matchups with the Blue Hens, the Aggies will take on Sam Houston in their CUSA home opener. Last season, the Bearkats split the regular-season series before falling in four sets to NM State in the CUSA Championship Quarterfinals.
As was the case in the 2024 postseason,
Mike Jordan's bunch will turn its attention from Sam Houston to UTEP. In the last Battle of I-10 installment, NM State came back from a 2-1 deficit, taking each of the final two sets in the thrilling CUSA Championship semifinals over the hosting Miners. The Crimson & White will aim to have similar success against their rivals in two matches on Oct. 10-11 from the friendly confines of the Pan American Center.
Six days later, Missouri State will host a two-match set in the Show-Me State. The second of two additions to CUSA will serve as the site for the Aggies' Oct. 17-18 contests, as
Mike Jordan's bunch looks to topple the program with the ninth-most victories in Division I history (1,287).
In a rematch of last year's thrilling five-set regular-season finale, Middle Tennessee will be the next squad to visit Las Cruces. The Aggies will welcome the Blue Raiders in their penultimate home series of the season on Oct. 24-25, looking to improve on what currently stands as a 13-3 CUSA record in front of the Crimson & White faithful.
Following a two-day trip to LA Tech across Halloween Night and Nov. 1, the group will return home one final time, where they will close out the regular season. Kennesaw State is set to serve as the Aggie opposition for Senior Day, which will be held during the second match of the series on Nov. 14.
For the first time as members of Conference USA, NM State will not face each opponent in the regular season, due to the addition of Delaware and Missouri State to the league. The Aggies are not slated to match up against WKU, the six-time reigning league champion. FIU, the host of the CUSA Championship, is also not on the 2025 Crimson & White schedule, along with Liberty.
The Conference USA Championship will be held in FIU's Ocean Bank Convocation Center from Friday, Nov. 21 through Sunday, Nov. 23. The top eight teams from CUSA will qualify for the three-round, single-elimination tournament. The champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, which begins Thursday, Dec. 4.
2025 NM State Volleyball Schedule
Saturday, Aug. 16 – Crimson & White Scrimmage (1:00 PM)
Saturday, Aug. 23 - Lubbock Christian (12:00 PM) [EXHIBITION]
Friday, Aug. 29 - vs. Eastern Washington (12:00 PM MT)^
Friday, Aug. 29 - vs. Northwestern (4:00 PM MT)^
Saturday, Aug. 30 - at UC San Diego (4:00 PM MT)^
Friday, Sept. 5 - at Southern Illinois (9:00 AM MT)&
Friday, Sept. 5 - vs. Eastern Illinois (3:00 PM MT)&
Saturday, Sept. 6 - vs. Kansas City (10:00 AM MT)&
Friday, Sept. 12 - New Haven (6:00 PM)
Saturday, Sept. 13 - New Haven (6:00 PM)
Tuesday, Sept. 16 - at New Mexico (5:00 PM)
Wednesday, Sept. 17 - New Mexico (6:00 PM)
Friday, Sept. 19 - at Tulsa (10:00 AM MT)#
Friday, Sept. 19 - vs. Little Rock (3:00 PM MT)#
Saturday, Sept. 20 - vs. Oral Roberts (10:00 AM MT)#
Friday, Sept. 26 - at Delaware (4:00 PM MT)*
Saturday, Sept. 27 - at Delaware (10:00 AM MT)*
Friday, Oct. 3 - Sam Houston (6:00 PM)*
Saturday, Oct. 4 - Sam Houston (12:00 PM)*
Friday, Oct. 10 - UTEP (6:00 PM)*
Saturday, Oct. 11 - UTEP (1:00 PM)*
Friday, Oct. 17 - at Missouri State (5:00 PM MT)*
Saturday, Oct. 18 - at Missouri State (12:00 PM MT)*
Friday, Oct. 24 - Middle Tennessee (6:00 PM)*
Saturday, Oct. 25 - Middle Tennessee (1:00 PM)*
Friday, Oct. 31 - at LA Tech (1:00 PM MT)*
Saturday, Nov. 1 - at LA Tech (11:00 AM MT)*
Thursday, Nov. 6 - at Jacksonville State (5:00 PM MT)*
Friday, Nov. 7 - at Jacksonville State (1:00 PM MT)*
Thursday, Nov. 13 - Kennesaw State (6:00 PM)*
Friday, Nov. 14 - Kennesaw State (6:00 PM)*
Friday, Nov. 21 - Sunday, Nov. 23: Conference USA Championship (Miami, Fla.)
Thursday, Dec. 4 - Saturday, Dec. 21: NCAA Tournament (sites TBD)
* - Conference USA match
^ - UC San Diego Invitational (San Diego, Calif.)
& - Saluki Bash (Carbondale, Ill.)
# - Tulsa Volleyball Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)
Home matches in
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