Youngstown State's volleyball team will open the 2025 season hosting a tournament at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center as part of a 29-match regular-season slate, Head Coach Riley Jarrett announced on Tuesday.

The Penguins will host the YSU Invitational, presented by Mercy Health, to open Jarrett's second campaign on Aug. 29-30. The four-team event will bring Canisius, Duquesne and Mercyhurst to campus, and it will be the first of three non-conference tournaments over the first three weekends of the season. YSU will play in events at Saint Francis (Pa.) and the College of Charleston in September, and the Penguins will host Akron and Kent State on consecutive nights on Sept. 18-19 to close the non-conference portion of their schedule.

YSU's 24th Horizon League season will start with a pair of contests at Green Bay on Sept. 26-27, and the conference home opener will be Sept. 30 against Robert Morris. YSU will remain home to host Northern Kentucky the first weekend of October before playing back-to-back road series at Wright State and IU Indy the following two weeks.

Youngstown State will welcome Milwaukee on Oct. 24-25, and its final three road matches of the regular season will be the following week. The Penguins will complete their home-and-home with RMU on Oct. 28, and they'll play at Oakland on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

YSU will be home for the final two weekends of the regular season, and its schedule will shift to Thursday and Friday for those two series. The Penguins will take on Cleveland State on Nov. 6-7, and they'll host Purdue Fort Wayne on Nov. 13-14 in the final week.

Schedule Notes

• Home Tournament: YSU is hosting a tournament on the opening weekend for the fifth time in the last seven seasons.
• Horizon League Opener: Sept. 26 at Green Bay
• Horizon League Home Opener: Sept. 30 vs. Robert Morris
• First-Time Opponents: Lafayette, Stetson