Cougars Face Five Tourney Teams in 2022

HOUSTON – The University of Houston revealed its 2022 volleyball schedule on Friday featuring 31 total matches over 28 contest dates, six matches against five teams that made the 2021 NCAA Tournament field and the 11th Annual Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup.

Texas, Mississippi State, Rice, South Alabama and two matches against conference foe UCF make up the five 2021 NCAA Tournament teams the Cougars will match up against in 2022. 2022 Volleyball Schedule

Houston will open the 2022 season on the road against Rice at the LSU Tiger Classic August 26-27. The Cougars will also face LSU and Samford, a 2020 NCAA Tournament team, in Baton Rouge, La.

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup will feature two Power 5 teams in Alabama and Oregon State as well as Central Arkansas Sept. 2-3.

The Cougars will then go on the road to another SEC school to again play two 2021 NCAA Tournament teams in Mississippi State's Maroon and White Invite Sept. 9-10. Houston will open the four-team tournament against South Alabama, a 2021 NCAA Tournament team, before playing Mississippi State, a team the Cougars beat in 2021 and made the NCAA Tournament, and then wrap up the weekend with Kennesaw State.

A singular road match at perennial power Texas on Sept. 15 features the first meeting between the two teams since 2010, a matchup that will be played yearly for at least three years beginning in 2022 as the Cougars join the Longhorns in the Big 12 in 2023.

Houston will return home for a singular match against High Point Sept. 18 in Fertitta Center.

American Athletic Conference play will begin on the road for the Cougars as they will play at Tulane Sept. 21 before opening The American home slate against Cincinnati Sept. 25.

Houston will host two-time defending The American champions UCF Oct. 7 in Fertitta Center, a match that will pit the winner and runner up of The American 2021 regular season early in conference play. The Cougars will make the return trip to Orlando in the final regular season match of the year Nov. 25.

A five-match home stand will take place Oct. 21 through Nov. 2, beginning with Wichita State and featuring Tulsa, Temple, East Carolina and Tulane, a six-team grouping the Cougars went 10-2 against in 2021.

The 31-match slate features seven teams that won 20-plus matches in 2021, and four that won 25-plus. UCF and Texas each won 27 matches in 2021.

For the full schedule, click here.

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