NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State volleyball team will raise the curtain on the 2021 season just four months after the abbreviated 2020-21 spring campaign with a trio of matches at the JMU Invitational in Harrisonburg, Va. this weekend. The Redbirds will open against VCU on Friday at 12:30 p.m. CT, before matching up with spring NCAA Tournament participants High Point and tournament hosts JMU on Saturday.
Live stats for each match of the tournament are available with Saturday's 7 p.m. contest versus JMU streamed via FloSports ($).
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ISU's season-opening weekend at the JMU Invitational features two teams in which the Redbirds have never met before in competition (tournament hosts JMU and High Point) and VCU, who ISU has only played twice prior.