Volleyball Announces 2025 Big Ten Schedule

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State head volleyball coach Kristen Kelsay and the Big Ten Conference announced the 2025 league schedule on Wednesday. MSU will play a 20-match conference slate that features 10 matches at the Breslin Center.

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For the second-straight season, B1G teams will have 14 single-play opponents and three two-play opponents based on geography and competitive balance. The Spartans' two-play opponents (home and away) are Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska.

Nine of the conference's 18 teams played in last year's NCAA Tournament, with seven of those teams advancing to the second round, five reaching the Sweet 16 and three advancing to the Elite Eight before Nebraska and Penn State met in the national semifinals. Penn State went on to win that match and defeated Louisville in the NCAA Championship to win its eighth title in program history.

MSU opens the B1G season on the road on Sept. 25 against Minnesota, where Kelsay will make her return to the Twin Cities after serving as the Gophers' associate head coach for the last two seasons. The Spartans then return home to host in-state rival Michigan on Sept. 27 for the fourth annual Battle at Breslin.

The Spartans head back on the road for a pair of matches at Northwestern (Oct. 3) and Illinois (Oct. 5) before returning to the Breslin Center for four-straight home contests. Iowa and Indiana will visit East Lansing on Oct. 10 and Oct. 12, respectively, before MSU hosts defending B1G co-champion Nebraska on Oct. 17 and Maryland on Oct. 19. The Spartans' top two single-game attendance totals have come in their two most recent matches against the Cornhuskers – 8,789 fans in 2023 and 8,291 last season.

MSU meets Iowa for the second time on Oct. 24 in Iowa City and wraps its two-play with Nebraska in Lincoln on Oct. 25. The Spartans then close October action against Purdue at home on Oct. 31 and host Rutgers on Nov. 1.

After visiting UCLA and USC last season, the Spartans will travel to the West Coast to take on Washington and Oregon in 2025. MSU visits Washington on Nov. 7 for its second-ever match with the Huskies in Seattle and first since the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Spartans will also face Oregon on the road for the second time ever and first since 2014 on Nov. 9.

The Spartans return to Michigan the following weekend for a home contest against 2024 NCAA Final Four participant Wisconsin on Nov. 14 before traveling to Ann Arbor to face Michigan on Nov. 16 for the first of three-straight road contests. MSU visits defending NCAA champion and co-B1G champion Penn State on Nov. 21 and concludes the road portion of its B1G schedule on Nov. 23 at Ohio State.

The conference's California teams will visit East Lansing during the final week of the regular season, with USC making its first trip since 2009 on Nov. 26 before the Spartans close out conference action against UCLA on Nov. 28. MSU's match with the Bruins will be the first-ever between the two schools in East Lansing.

Match times and television designations, along with MSU's full 2025 schedule, will be announced at a later date.

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