NORMAL, Ill. – The Leah Johnson era will officially begin when the Illinois State volleyball team heads to Waco, Texas, to begin the 2017 season Friday at the Hampton Inn & Suites Waco North Baylor Invitational at Baylor's Ferrell Center.
Illinois State will take on UC Santa Barbara at 4 p.m. Friday in both teams' season opener, before tests against No. 15 Florida State and host Baylor (receiving votes) on Saturday, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.
The matches will be the first under the direction of Johnson, who was hired June 21 as the seventh head coach in program history.