ORANGEBURG, SC—South Carolina State University volleyball team announces the 2019 schedule that features twenty-six matches under third-year head coach Monique Lee.
 
The Lady Bulldogs will play 12 non-conference matches and 14 league Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) contests during the 2019 campaign.
 
SCSU kicks off the season on the road in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Montgomery, Alabama against Alabama State (Aug. 30^th), Texas Southern (Aug.30^th ) and Jackson State and Alabama A&M on Aug. 31^st , followed by a return trip to the Palmetto State in a showdown with Charleston Southern on Sept. 3^rd in Charleston, SC.
 
South Carolina State will then embark on its second tournament in the Coastal Carolina Tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC with a first matchup with host Coastal Carolina and East Carolina on Sept. 6^th, followed by a wrap up against Southern Methodist University on Sept 7^th.
 
The Lady Bulldogs remain on the road for a battle with UNC-Asheville in Asheville, NC on Sept. 10^th, before returning home in their home-opener on Sept. 17^th versus Charleston Southern at Dukes Gymnasium.
 
SCSU opens up MEAC play on the road in the tobacco state, beginning with N.C. A&T State in Greensboro, NC on Sept. 27^th and N.C. Central in Durham, NC on Sept. 29^th.
 
Coach Lee's team return to Orangeburg for a six-game homestand beginning with Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 4^th, Florida A&M on Oct. 6^th, USC-Upstate on Oct. 8^th, Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) on Oct. 11^th, Delaware State on Oct.14^th followed by UNC-Asheville on Oct. 22^nd.
 
A four-game MEAC road swing starts in Baltimore, MD with league matches versus Morgan State on Oct. 25 and Coppin State on Oct. 27^th, before heading down to the sunshine state for a rumble in  Daytona Beach, FL against Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 1^st and Florida A&M in Tallahassee, FL on Nov. 3^rd .
 
South Carolina State close out their last two contest at home on Nov.8^th against rival N.C. A&T State and NC Central on Nov. 10^th, before wrapping up the season on the road with Howard on Nov.15^th in Washington, DC and regular season finale in Norfolk, VA against the Lady Spartans of Norfolk State on Nov. 17^th.
 
 The MEAC Championship will be held in Washington, D.C., from Nov. 22-24.

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