BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference and Mizzou volleyball announced on Wednesday, April 22 the 2026 conference schedule. The Tigers' slate consists of eight home matches as part of their 15-match SEC schedule.

SEC conference volleyball will feature programs from all 16 member institutions for the second time. During the 2025 SEC volleyball season, each institution faced each of the other member institutions once, either home or away, for a 15-match conference schedule; that will continue for the 2026 season.

Conference play will begin on Sept. 27 and run through Nov. 15.

Led by fourth-year head coach Dawn Sullivan, Missouri will open SEC play at home, facing Vanderbilt in Columbia, Mo. in Hearnes Center.

Mizzou's home SEC slate also features matchups against Florida (Oct. 9), Auburn (Oct. 11), Mississippi State (Oct. 14), Alabama (Oct. 18), Tennessee (Nov. 1), Texas (Nov. 6) , and Texas A&M (Nov. 8) at Hearnes Center.

The Tigers' will also compete in SEC road matches at Ole Miss (Oct. 2), at LSU (Oct. 4), at South Carolina (Oct. 23), at Georgia (Oct. 25), at Kentucky (Oct. 3), at Oklahoma (Nov. 13) and at Arkansas (Nov. 15).

The return of the SEC Volleyball Tournament is scheduled for Nov. 21-25 at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia.

Match times and television assignments will be announced at a later date.

Mizzou went 17-11 (8-7 SEC) in the 2025 season. Head Coach, Dawn Sullivan, is 57-33 in three seasons at Mizzou and 166-71 overall as a head coach. On March 3, Mizzou Athletics added Lauren Cost to the coaching staff as an assistant coach, previously a founder of the Victory Volleyball Club in Austin. A former Kansas State Wildcat, Cost is one of the program's top-performers earning Big-12 Player of the Year in 2003 and helped lead K-State to their first and only Big 12 Conference title and an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.  

MU has picked up 1 transfer in the spring, Ainoah Cruz from Evansville. Cruz, senior libero, has earned 1384 digs, 337 assists and 60 service aces in her three-year career. 

2026 SEC Volleyball Conference Schedule

September 27

Vanderbilt at Missouri

October 2

Missouri at Ole Miss

October 4

Missouri at LSU

October 9

Florida at Missouri

October 11

Auburn at Missouri

October 14

Mississippi State at Missouri

October 18

Alabama at Missouri

October 23

Missouri at South Carolina

October 25

Missouri at Georgia

October 30

Missouri at Kentucky

November 1

Tennessee at Missouri

November 6

Texas at Missouri

November 8

Texas A&M at Missouri

November 13

Missouri at Oklahoma

November 15

Missouri at Arkansas

November 21-25

SEC Tournament (Savannah, Ga.)

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