PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania's head volleyball coach, Tyler Hagstrom, has announced his program's schedule for the 2026 season. The Quakers will celebrate 100 years of the Historic Palestra this season, the home of Penn Volleyball since 1990.
 
"We're excited to get back out there and compete against some outstanding opponents this season," said Hagstrom. "The preseason schedule will challenge us and prepare our group for league play and the level of competition we expect throughout the Ivy season. We're looking forward to the opportunity to grow together and compete at a high level every time we step on the court."
 
The 2026 campaign will begin Labor Day weekend at Navy's Kristen Dickmann Invitational, taking place on Friday, Sept. 4 and Saturday, Sept. 5. Penn will then visit Lafayette for another two-day tournament on Saturday, Sept. 12 and Sunday, Sept. 13.
 
The only non-conference home contest comes on Wednesday, Sept. 16 against Rider before closing out the non-conference slate at St. John's for the Jack Kaiser Volleyball Classic on September 18-19.
 
The Ivy League season begins Friday, Sept. 25 at Princeton. Penn is then back home for consecutive home weekends against Cornell and Columbia on October 2-3, and Brown and Yale on October 9-10. The Quakers hit the road again on October 16-17 to face Dartmouth and Harvard, followed by a home match up against Princeton on Friday, Oct. 23.
 
The regular season wraps up with contests at Columbia and Cornell on October 30-31 and Yale and Brown on November 13-14. In between, Penn hosts the final home series on November 6-7 against Harvard and Dartmouth.
 
This year's Ivy League Tournament will take place November 20-22 and will be hosted by the regular-season champion.
 
2026 Penn Volleyball Schedule
Sept. 5-6 – at Navy's Kristen Dickmann Invitational (Stony Brook, Coppin State)
Sept. 12-13 – at Lafayette Tournament (Quinnipiac, URI)
Wednesday, Sept. 16 – RIDER | 7 p.m.
Sept. 18-19 – at St. John's Jack Kaiser Volleyball Classic (Rutgers, Bryant)
Friday, Sept. 25 – at Princeton* | 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2 – CORNELL* | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3 – COLUMBIA* | 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9 – BROWN* | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10 – YALE* | 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 16 – at Dartmouth* | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17 – at Harvard* | 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23 – PRINCETON* | 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30 – at Columbia* | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31 – at Cornell* | 5 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6 – HARVARD* | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 7 – DARTMOUTH* | 5 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13 – at Yale* | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14 – at Brown* | 5 p.m.
 
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