LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - With the addition of Grand Canyon becoming the 12th full-time member of the Mountain West Conference, the UNLV volleyball program will play a total of 28 regular-season matches during the 2025 campaign, with 14 of those taking place inside the friendly confines of the Cox Pavilion. The fall slate, the third under head coach Malia Shoji, will feature 18 contests against Mountain West foes as well as 10 more versus nonconference competition.

Breaking the schedule down further, UNLV will play a total of two matches against a pair of MW squads that competed in 2024 postseason competition, with one (Colorado State) that participated in the NCAA Tournament and one (Wyoming) that partook in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship.

UNLV will face three teams each from the Big West and WAC as well as two from the WCC. Furthermore, the Rebels will face one from the Big Sky and Big Ten over the first four weekends of the season.

The Scarlet & Gray will compete in their annual Scarlet & Gray Showcase August 16 with a date still to be determined. They will then play a neutral site exhibition match against Arizona State on August 23 at Lake Havasu High School in Lake Havasu, Ariz.

UNLV's first 10 contests will be played over the first four weekends with a pair of home tournaments and two more on the road. UNLV will open the season at home by hosting a three-day tournament in the Cox Pavilion against Iowa (Aug. 29), CSU Bakersfield (Aug. 30) and Utah Tech (Aug. 31). 

The next two weeks will see UNLV hit the road for a pair of tournaments, the first being in Santa Clara where the Scarlet & Gray will face California Baptist (Sept. 5) and the Broncos (Sept. 6). UNLV will then head to Corvallis, Oregon against UC Irvine (Sept. 11), Montana State (Sept. 12) and the host Beavers (Sept. 13). The final nonconference slate will see UC Riverside (Sept. 18) and Southern Utah (Sept. 20) come to town.

The Mountain West slate begins the final weekend of September with the Rebels heading to the Golden State to face San Jose State (Sept. 25) and Fresno State (Sept. 27). UNLV will wrap up its road trip against UNR - a Silver State Series contest (Oct. 2) and Air Force (Oct. 4). The Scarlet & Gray will open the home portion of their conference schedule with Grand Canyon (Oct. 9) before heading back on the road where they will face San Diego State (Oct. 11).

The Rebels return home on Oct. 16 to face New Mexico before they compete in a two-match homestand against San Diego State (Oct. 18). UNLV will play its fifth and sixth road conference matches against Boise State (Oct. 23) and Utah State (Oct. 25) before the Broncos and Aggies come to Las Vegas on October 30 and November 1, respectively.

UNLV's final road matches will take place against New Mexico (Nov. 6) and Grand Canyon (Nov. 8). The regular season concludes with a season-long four match homestand versus Wyoming (Nov. 13), Colorado State (Nov. 15), Fresno State (Nov. 20) and San Jose State (Nov. 22).

NONCONFERENCE NOTES: UNLV has squared off with UC Irvine (2019), Utah Tech (2022) and Southern Utah (2023) within the past five seasons; however, the Rebels have not faced UC Riverside (2014) CSU Bakersfield (2012), Oregon State (2010), Santa Clara (2007) and Montana State (1984) in over 10 or more years. Moreover, this will be the first meetings all-time against California Baptist and Iowa.

RETURNING REBELS: UNLV returns seven letterwinners from the 2024 squad: Alondra Alarcon, Rheanna Deen-Jackson, Jada Ingram, Caligh King, Isha Knight, Basia Latos and Kennedy Peery.

LOOKING AHEAD: The Scarlet & Gray is coming off of a 15-win campaign in 2024. The Rebels, who closed out the year 15-14 overall and 8-10 (7th), return MW Honorable Mention honoree Basia Latos, who joined the All-MW after just her first season with the program. The then-freshman, who was a two-time MW Freshman of the Week, led the team during the MW slate with 2.98 kills per set. Capping the season with a hitting percentage of .247 during conference matches, the outside hitter wrapped up each of the program's last six matches with a single-game hitting efficiency of .280 or higher, hitting over .340 in four of those aforementioned six matches. The Lazy, Poland native also found defensive success in both the front and back rows during the season, notching three double-doubles in kills & digs along with three or more block assists in four of the previously mentioned six matches.
 

Junior libero Caleigh King headed the lineup with 112 sets played as a sophomore last season, stepping on the court in every set the Rebels played. The Southlake, Texas native led the team with 3.13 digs per set, eclipsing 600 career digs. She broke into the Mountain West top-10 rankings in digs per set during conference matches, rounding out the list with 3.03 digs per set and ninth for all matches during the 2024 campaign.

UNLV SEASON TICKETS: Season tickets for the 2025 home schedule can be purchased here. Season tickets for active alumni, faculty & staff as well as senior Rebels (62+) are available for purchase at $40, regular season ticket pricing being marked at only $50. Single-game tickets will be available at a later date.