GREAT FALLS, MONT. -- The University of Providence women's volleyball program will start their season on Aug. 18 versus The Evergreen State College in the Big Sky Challenge. They will play 25 regular season contests throughout 2023 before heading to the Frontier Conference Tournament starting Nov. 10. The Big Sky Challenge is followed by the Magic Island Hawai'i Classic, the CSM Labor Day Classic, and the Frontier Conference Preseason Tourney.
The Argos will play four games in the Big Sky Challenge in Butte, Mont. with the first two matches being played in the MAC Center and the following two in the HPER Complex. They will continue their tournament run in Honolulu playing three matches in Hawai'i Pacific's Shark Tank. They follow the Magic Island Hawai'i Classic with four contests at the CSM Labor Day Classic in Sioux City, Iowa. All four matches will take place at United Sports Academy.
The Argos wrap up with four matches in the Frontier Conference Preseason Tourney. The tournament is hosted by Montana Western in Straugh Gymnasium where they will play Rocky Mountain College, Carroll College, Montana Western, and MSU-Northern. The Argos finish their regular season with 10 conference games between Sept. 22 and Nov. 4 before heading to the Frontier Conference Tournament on Nov. 10.
Coach
Arunas Duda stated, "We wanted to play a lot of top 25 teams this season because we feel that it is the best way to challenge ourselves." The Argos have their first home contest on Sept. 22 when they host Montana Tech in the McLaughlin Center Gymnasium.