SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Another season of Notre Dame volleyball is on the horizon as the 2026 schedule has officially been released.
Head Coach Salima Rockwell enters her fifth season leading the Irish and looks to build off of last season’s success. The Irish won nice ACC contests, the most conference wins under Rockwell in her tenure, nearly doubling their conference win totals from the past three seasons (five).
Notre Dame has 29 regular season matches on the schedule with 13 at home inside Purcell Pavilion and 16 matches on the road. The Irish will play home-and-home matchups against Eastern Illinois, Louisville, Cal and Syracuse.
Following a pair of exhibition matches at Indiana and against Michigan, Notre Dame will open up the 2026 regular season at home, facing off against Ball State on August 28th before a meeting against Xavier on August 30th. The Irish then hit the road for five games, including a matchup at Georgia for the 2026 Showdown at the Net, the second annual event where teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference square off against teams from the Southeastern Conference. It’ll be the first time Notre Dame has competed against the Bulldogs since 2013.
The Irish close out non-conference play with a home-and-home against Eastern Illinois, hosting the Panthers on Friday, September 18th before trekking to Charleston, Illinois on Sunday, September 20th. It’ll be the first time in program history that the two teams clash.
Notre Dame opens up conference play with three-straight games on the road, starting at Boston College on Friday, September 25th before heading to Syracuse Sunday, September 27th. The Irish will travel south for a midweek matchup at Louisville on Wednesday, September 30th before returning home on Saturday, October 3rd to host the Cardinals, marking the first of five-straight ACC matchups inside Purcell Pavilion.
Following the homestand, Notre Dame heads to the Sunshine State to face off against Miami on Friday, October 23rd and Florida State on Sunday, October 25th before returning to South Bend to host Georgia Tech on Friday, October 30th and Clemson on Sunday, November 1.
A four-game road trip kicks off the rest of November, starting with a trip to Virginia to face off at Virginia Tech on November 6th and at Virginia November 8th. The Irish then head to Pitt for a Wednesday night matchup on November 11th before heading to Dallas to take on SMU on Sunday, November 15th.
Notre Dame closes the regular season with three of its final four games at home. The Irish welcome NC State to town on Friday, November 20th before hosting Wake Forest on Sunday, November 22nd. A trip to Cal on Wednesday, November 25th wraps up road play for Notre Dame before hosting Syracuse on Saturday, November 28th to close out the regular season in Purcell Pavilion.
For the full 2026 Notre Dame volleyball schedule, click here. The television schedule will be released at a later date.