PASADENA, Calif. — Caltech Athletics officially announced the 2023 Volleyball schedule on Monday.

This year will see the Beavers battle eight nonconference opponents before taking on teams in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The team — which has reached at least eight wins the past three seasons under head coach Tom Gardner — will compete in 24 total matches this fall.

The Beavers will kick off their 2023 campaign in a home contest as they host Providence Christian on Friday, Sep. 1 at 6 p.m. Caltech has won the past three meetings between the programs.

The squad will then host Antelope Valley the next morning at 11 a.m. as the Beavers try to make it three straight after topping the Pioneers in 2021 and 2022. The Institute will face West Coat Baptist later in the month as they try to make it eight straight wins going back to 2016.

The group will head across the country two weeks later as they compete at the 2023 Oberlin Invite. There, they will face three teams in a round-robin tournament.

Upon their return to California, the Beavers will begin conference play, though not in Pasadena as they travel to Redlands for a 7 p.m. battle on Sep. 22. Last year's team topped the Bulldogs in both matchups, collecting a 3-0 win in the first game and grabbing a 3-2 victory in the rematch.

The team will host its conference home opener on Saturday, Sep. 23 at 2 p.m. as the Beavers host the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer.

Caltech will face off against rival Occidental on Oct. 7 in an away matchup before serving host on Oct. 28. The Beavers topped the Tigers in both contests last fall as the team nabbed a 3-1 victory in the opener and a 3-0 sweep later in the season.

The program's final home game of the season will be a Senior Day matchup versus Redlands on Friday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. The team will look to replicate 2022's last home contest, which saw the Beavers down Whittier in an intense five-setter. Caltech will honor its seniors with a ceremony prior to the game.

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