BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - Head Coach Alex Hinsey and the Gardner-Webb University volleyball team have announced its 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 August 16th and a road scrimmage at ETSU on August 22nd, the Runnin' Bulldogs begin the main 2025 schedule at UNC Greensboro on August 29th and 30th in tournament action. GWU will face Sacred Heart and Queens in a Friday doubleheader on the 29th, before battling the hosts from UNC-Greensboro on Saturday, the 30th.

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

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

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

Finally on September 23rd, the Runnin' Bulldogs will take the court inside Paul Porter Arena for the first time in 2025, hosting Queens University of Charlotte. What follows are three more road games as Big South play begins, with Gardner-Webb visiting Winthrop on September 26th, Radford on October 3rd and High Point on October 4th.

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

Two more road games follow at Presbyterian on October 17th and Charleston Southern on October 18th, before the Runnin' Bulldogs return to Boiling Springs for a much-welcomed home-stand. GWU will take on NC Central in a quick non-conference tilt on October 21st, then High Point and Radford back-to-back on October 24th and 25th 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 October 31st, and Presbyterian at home on November 1st to begin the final month of the campaign.

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

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