Gardner-Webb Volleyball Announces 2025 Schedule

Season Features Nine Games Inside Paul Porter Arena

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Head Coach Alex Hinsey and the Gardner-Webb University volleyball team have announced the 2025 fall schedule, featuring nine games inside Paul Porter Arena and 14 Big South Conference contests.

After a home pre-season intra-squad scrimmage on Aug. 16 and a road scrimmage at ETSU in Johnson City, Tenn., on Aug. 22, the Runnin’ Bulldogs begin the main 2025 schedule at UNC-Greensboro on Aug. 29 and 30 in tournament action. GWU will face Sacred Heart and Queens in a Friday doubleheader on the 29, before battling the hosts from UNC-Greensboro on Saturday, the 30.

September begins with more road games, starting with a trip on Sept. 2 to Division II Lees-McRae in Banner Elk, N.C., followed by another tournament weekend at Campbell in Buies Creek, N.C. GWU will face the hosts on Friday night, Sept. 5, before a doubleheader against UNC-Greensboro and Norfolk State on Saturday, Sept. 6.

The next weekend rolls on with more tournament action, as the Runnin’ Bulldogs travel to Navy. While in Annapolis, Md., Gardner-Webb will face LeMoyne and hosts Navy on Friday afternoon and evening, Sept. 12, before taking on former Big South Conference foes Hampton on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 13.

After spending much of September several hours from home, the ‘Dawgs are back a little closer to campus between Sept. 18 and 20, for more tournament action at Wofford in Spartanburg, S.C. GWU will take on Wofford in a true road game on Thursday night, Sept. 18, and Northern Arizona in a single-game on Friday, Sept. 19. On the busiest day of the weekend, Saturday, Sept. 20, the Runnin’ Bulldogs face The Citadel and Marshall back-to-back.

Finally on Sept. 23, the Runnin’ Bulldogs will take the court inside Paul Porter Arena for the first time in 2025, hosting Queens University of Charlotte, N.C. What follows are three more road games as Big South play begins, with Gardner-Webb visiting Winthrop in Rock Hill, S.C., on Sept. 26, Radford in Virginia on Oct. 3, and High Point, N.C., on Oct. 4.

From there, it’s back-to-back home games for the first time in 2025 as Gardner-Webb takes on UNC-Asheville on Oct. 10 and USC-Upstate on Oct. 11.

Two more road games follow at Presbyterian in Clinton, S.C., on Oct. 17 and Charleston Southern on Oct. 18, before the Runnin’ Bulldogs return to Boiling Springs for a much-welcomed home stand. GWU will take on N.C. Central in a quick non-conference tilt on Oct. 21, then High Point and Radford back-to-back on Oct. 24 and 25 as Big South play resumes.

October wraps up with the ‘Dawgs final non-conference road game, a second visit to Division II Lees-McRae. Gardner-Webb then faces Charleston Southern at home on Oct. 31, and Presbyterian at home on Nov. 1 to begin the final month of the campaign.

Following in November are a visit to USC-Upstate on Nov. 7, another to UNC-Asheville on Nov. 8, then Winthrop at home inside Paul Porter Arena on Nov. 14.

After the conclusion of the regular season, the 2025 Big South Volleyball Tournament is set to begin on Nov. 21.

For up-to-date schedule changes and team news, please visit gwusports.com

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Gardner-Webb University is North Carolina’s recognized leader in private, Christian higher education. A Carnegie-Classified Doctoral/Professional University, GWU is home to nine colleges and schools, more than 80 undergraduate and graduate majors, and a world-class faculty. Located on a beautiful 225-acre campus in Boiling Springs, N.C., Gardner-Webb prepares graduates to impact their chosen professions, equips them with the skills to advance the frontiers of knowledge, and inspires them to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others. Ignite your future at Gardner-Webb.edu.