South Florida Volleyball Begins Conference Play on the Road Against Tulsa and Wichita State

Friday, September 25

Tulsa, Okla.

7 p.m. ET

University of South Florida

Tulsa

Volleyball huddle against No. 16 Tennessee at Penn State Classic

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South Florida Volleyball Begins Conference Play on the Road Against Tulsa and Wichita State

September 23, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

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The Bulls have opened conference play with a win in each of the last three seasons

By: Chad Smith

TAMPA, Fla. (September 23, 2026) – The University of South Florida volleyball team begins American Conference play on the road for two matches. South Florida (1-9) faces Tulsa (8-3) on Friday, September 25, followed by Wichita State on Sunday, September 27, at 1 p.m. ET. Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.

South Florida concluded the nation's seventh-toughest non-conference schedule last weekend. The Bulls have opened conference play with a win in each of the past three seasons. Four American Conference schools finished in the top 60 of the 2025 RPI. Rice ranked highest at 28, followed by Tulsa at 37, South Florida at 46, and Wichita State at 59.

Stout Blocking
South Florida ranks among the NCAA's best in blocks. The Bulls are tied for 34th with 2.62 blocks per set. Amelia Wass de Czege is tied for 38th in the country with 1.38 blocks per set.

Yaya Killing It
Iyanna Garvin leads the team with a .250 hitting percentage. Against Penn State, she surpassed 200 career blocks.

Know the Foes
South Florida and Tulsa will meet for the 17th time on Friday. The Golden Hurricane hold a 10-6 series lead. South Florida is 4-4 on the road against Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane won the last meeting, 3-1, in Tampa on November 22, 2025.

The Bulls and Shockers will meet for the 13th time on Sunday. Wichita State leads the series 11-1. The Shockers have won the past two meetings, including a 3-0 win on November 2, 2025. The Bulls are 1-6 against the Shockers in Wichita.

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About South Florida Volleyball
Head coach Jolene Shepardson enters her seventh season at the helm of her alma mater in 2026. Named head coach on January 8, 2020, as a player she helped lead the Bulls to two conference championships and a pair of NCAA tournament appearances. As head coach, she led the Bulls back to the NCAA Tournament in 2025 for the first time since she was a player in 2002 and guided USF to the 2024 AAC regular-season championship, earning her first Coach of the Year Honor. In 2023, the Bulls won the American Conference East Division, made a postseason appearance in the NIVC, and advanced to the Fab Four to mark the longest postseason run in program history.

South Florida Volleyball has won nine Player of the Year honors, most recently with Maria Clara Andrade winning American Conference honors in back-to-back years in 2024 and 2025. The Bulls have also earned four Setter of the Year honors, most recently with Caroline Dykes being recognized in 2024.

South Florida volleyball has made eight NCAA Tournament appearances and won 13 conference titles since the program's inception in 1972. The Bulls play in The Corral (1,000), located adjacent to the Yuengling Center on the USF campus in Tampa.