06/02/2026
FOREST CITY, Iowa – The Waldorf University Volleyball program announces their 2026 Varsity and JV schedules. Head Coach Matt Ebenhoe begins his first season as the team's head coach and 10th season with the Warriors. Along with Coach Bri Ebenhoe (10thseason) and Coach Xavier McMillan-Brown (1st season), the program is preparing for their upcoming season, including nine non-conference and 16 conference matchups.
"We are so excited for the 2026 Warrior Volleyball season!" Coach Matt Ebenhoe said. "We have a really strong group of returners who have contributed at a high level to this program and a great group of newcomers who will add a lot of talent and depth to the overall roster. They are definitely going to help push our team to keep improving every day in practice. We can't wait to get in the gym with everyone in August and see how this year's team starts to come together."
The Warriors will begin with two road tournaments: the first one at Mount Mary University on Aug. 21 and 22 and Clarke University on Aug. 28 and 29. They play their first Great Plains Athletic Conference match on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at Morningside University and then compete in one more road tournament at William Penn University on Sept. 5 before the rest of their conference matches. The team hosts their home opener versus Briar Cliff University on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Their remaining conference games are as follows:
- Sept. 16 at Northwestern College
- Sept. 19 vs Dordt University – First Responder & Military Appreciation Day
- Sept. 23 vs Dakota Wesleyan University
- Sept. 26 vs Mount Marty University
- Oct. 2 at Doane University
- Oct. 3 at Hastings College
- Oct. 9 vs Concordia University (NE)
- Oct. 10 vs Midland University – Homecoming
- Oct. 14 vs Northwestern College
- Oct. 21 at Briar Cliff University
- Oct. 24 vs Morningside University – Senior Night/Dig Pink
- Oct. 28 at Dordt University
- Oct. 31 at College of St. Mary
- Nov. 3 at Dakota Wesleyan University
The JV team will compete against the GPAC opponents before the varsity games.
As the team looks ahead to the season, Coach M. Ebenhoe said, "I can promise you, we will be an entertaining team to watch every night! We're looking forward to seeing a packed Hanson Fieldhouse for our eight home dates this fall. A couple matches to especially plan for are our Oct. 10 match vs Midland and Oct. 24 match vs Morningside. Oct. 10 is Homecoming Weekend, and this will also serve as our Alumni Day. Our match will start right after the Football game so fans can go right from one game to the other! Oct. 24 is our Senior Night, and this date is also setup for our Volleyball game to immediately follow home Football that day too!"