The last time Western Kentucky played a volleyball match, it was in front of a record 5,023 fans at E.A. Diddle Arena.
The 2020-21 season will start with a much different feel.
The NCAA and Conference USA moved its volleyball tournaments, and majority of its seasons, to the spring in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Lady Toppers will host Mercer on Saturday at noon to open the year. The match will count toward the 2020-21 regular-season record and will not be open to the public.
"I've said several times that when I first started here, we had about 50 people in the stands, so I guess this is a return to my roots a little bit, if you will," WKU head coach Travis Hudson said Thursday.