LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Nine Sun Belt Conference home matches, including five-straight in November, highlight the 2010 UALR volleyball schedule released today.  The Trojans open with three tournaments before starting conference action at home against Middle Tennessee on Friday, September 24.

“Our preseason schedule is tougher this season,” said head coach Van Compton.  “Hopefully, we can beat these teams and prepare ourselves for our conference.”

Non-conference action for UALR begins on Friday, August 27 through Saturday, August 28 as the Trojans compete in the Mississippi State Maroon Classic in Starkville, Miss.  The next week the Trojans compete at the UT Arlington Hilton Invitational Friday, September 3 and Saturday, September 4 in Arlington, Texas, before closing out non-conference action Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11 at the Kansas Invitational in Lawrence, Kan.

Sun Belt Conference action begins on Friday, September 24 as the Trojans host the Blue Raiders at 7 p.m. at the Jack Stephens Center.  On Saturday, September 25, UALR hosts Western Kentucky at 2 p.m.

“Our conference has gotten so tough sending two and three teams to the NCAA tournament,” said Compton.  “You feel like you have to prepare yourself so much more for conference competition.”

The Trojans open the month of October with five-straight conference road matches starting with South Alabama on Friday, October 1 and ending with Arkansas State on Friday, October 15.  The only home contests in October for UALR is on Friday the 22^nd as the Trojans host FIU and Sunday the 24^th against Florida Atlantic. 

UALR wraps up October in Louisiana facing Louisiana-Lafayette on the 29^th and ULM on the 31^st.

To close out the 2010 conference season, the Trojans will host five-straight matches beginning with North Texas on Friday, November 5 and ending with Senior Day on Saturday, November 13 against ULM.

The 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championships will be held at Middle Tennessee starting on Thursday, November 18 and ending on Saturday, November 20.