DENVER - The University of Denver Volleyball team hosts the 2025 Denver Invitational this weekend in Hamilton Gymnasium. The Pioneers face off against Memphis, Texas Southern and Idaho State as well as hosting a trio of neutral-site matches.
DENVER VS. MEMPHIS SERIES HISTORY:
Thursday marks the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
DENVER VS. TEXAS SOUTHERN SERIES HISTORY:
Friday marks the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
DENVER VS. IDAHO STATE SERIES HISTORY:
The Pioneers own a 3-2 record against the Bengals. In their most recent meeting, Denver swept Idaho State in its home opener on Sept. 14 2023.
THE LAST TIME OUT
• The Pioneers went 1-1 in the opening weekend of the 2025 season, falling 0-3 to the No. 21 USC Trojans and completing the reverse sweep against Loyola Marymount to win the match 3-2.
•
Genevieve Lewis recorded 25 kills and a 0.279 hitting percentage in the opening weekend.
SCHEDULE NOTABLES
• Denver opens the season with a trip to the west coast for a pair of matches against USC and Loyola Marymount.
• The Crimson and Gold host the Denver Classic, Sept. 4-6, with matches against Memphis, Texas Southern and Idaho State.
• The Pioneers then head up I-25 for the Buffs Invitational on Sept. 12-14 (vs. Toledo, Arkansas, Colorado).
• DU will close out its nonconference schedule at the Into the Blue Invitational against Air Force, Utah Tech and Northern Colorado on Sept. 18-20.
• The Pioneers open Summit League play on Sept. 25 at Oral Roberts.
• Longest road trip: 3 games (2x - Buffalo Invitational, Into the Blue Invitational)
• Longest homestand: 3 games (2x - Denver Invitational, Sept. 27-Oct. 4 Kansas City, South Dakota State, South Dakota).
FRESH FACES
• Megan Pendergast signed five freshmen and one graduate transfer to the 2025 roster who are joined by redshirt freshman
Izabela Molina.
• The true freshman class is made up of players from Texas, Kentucky, California, Wisconsin and Quebec.
THE PENDERGAST ERA
•Three Pios earned All-Summit League honors in 2024:
Cassie Davis,
Molly Mirabelli and All-Freshman selection
Jamia Johnson.
• In her first season at the helm, Pendergast led the Pioneers to a 12-4 record in conference play, earning a share of the Summit League regular season title, the first since 2020.
•DU was a perfect 9-0 in Hamilton Gymnasium, Denver's first perfect record at home since the 2015 season (18-0).
• Megan Pendergast was named the eighth head coach of the DU Volleyball program on June 12, 2023.
• Spent eight seasons as an assistant coach with UCLA (3), Oklahoma (1) and Tulsa (4).
TICKETS:
Tickets are on sale now for the 2025 Denver volleyball season. Purchase tickets for the Denver Invitational and the rest of the 2025 campaign
here.
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