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LOS ANGELES - The UCLA women's volleyball team announced its 2016 schedule on Monday. The 30-match slate, which begins on Friday, Aug. 26, features 10 home matches and 15 contests televised on Pac-12 Networks.

The season begins with 11 straight on the road, starting at the LMU Invitational, as UCLA faces Niagara (Aug. 26 - 4 p.m.), Illinois State (Aug. 27 - 9:30 a.m.) and host Loyola Marymount (Aug. 27 - 7 p.m.). From there, the Bruins make their annual trip to Honolulu, taking on Pacific (Sept. 1 - 7:45 p.m.), Missouri State (Sept. 2 - 7:45 p.m.) and host Hawai'i (Sept. 3 - 10 p.m.).

The next five road matches will be local, beginning with a two-game set in San Diego against UC Irvine (Sept. 9 - 4:30 p.m.) and host USD (Sept. 10 - 6 p.m.), and followed by road tilts at Pepperdine (Sept. 13 - 7 p.m.) and Long Beach State (Sept. 14 - 7 p.m.) to close out non-conference action. Then, the Pac-12 season starts, as the Bruins travel to Galen Center to take on USC on Sept. 21 (7 p.m.). That will be the first of 15 televised broadcasts on Pac-12 Networks.

The home opener is on Sept. 23 against Washington State at 7 p.m. All home matches this season will be played at Pauley Pavilion unless noted. Right after their home opener, the Bruins are back on the road for a two-match trip to the Mountain Time Zone, playing Utah (Sept. 30 - 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT) and Colorado (Oct. 2 - 11 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT), with both contests airing on Pac-12 Networks. The Utah match will mark the first of seven-straight, televised matches.

The Bruins return home to begin a four matches in eight-day stretch, starting against Arizona State (Oct. 7 - 7 p.m.) and Arizona (Oct. 9 - 11 a.m.), which will be followed by a road trip to the Beaver State versus Oregon (Oct. 12 - 7 p.m.) and Oregon State (Oct. 14 - 6 p.m.).

UCLA opens a four-match homestand against Stanford on Oct. 21 (8 p.m.), which will conclude the seven in a row on Pac-12 Networks. Then, after a non-televised home match against California (Oct. 23 - 12 p.m.), the Bruins host TV contests versus Colorado (Oct. 28 - 6 p.m.) and Utah (Oct. 29 - TBD). The Utah tilt will be played at either John Wooden Center or Pauley Pavilion.

Following the four-match homestand, the Bruins have four in a row on the road, starting at Arizona (Nov. 4 - 6 p.m. PT/MT) and Arizona State (Nov. 5 - TBD - Pac-12 Networks). UCLA then heads to the Bay Area for matches with California (Nov. 10 - 8 p.m. - Pac-12 Networks) and Stanford (Nov. 12 - 7 p.m.).

Three of the last four matches of the season will be at home and also on TV. The Bruins host Oregon State (Nov. 16 - TBD - Pac-12 Networks) and Oregon (Nov. 18 - 7 p.m. - No TV - John Wooden Center or Pauley Pavilion) before playing their final regular-season road contest at Washington on Nov. 23 (TBD - Pac-12 Networks). The final match of the regular season will be at Pauley against USC on Nov. 26 (Time TBA - Pac-12 Networks).

All dates and times are subject to change.

Each of the first four rounds of the NCAA Tournament will be played at campus sites (First Round - Dec. 2; Second Round - Dec. 3; Regionals - Dec. 9-10), with the final four teams traveling to Columbus, Ohio (Dec. 15 and 17) to crown a national champion.