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Wilkes Men’s Volleyball Releases 2027 Schedule

10/12/2026 2:34:00 PM

Wilkes Men's Volleyball Releases 2027 Schedule

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's volleyball team has released its schedule for the upcoming 2027 season on Monday as the Colonels prepare to release the schedules for the spring sports season.

The 2027 season will be the first time the Landmark Conference will have men's volleyball, which the Colonels will join after being members of the Continental Volleyball Conference for the past two seasons.

Wilkes also brings in a new coach in former Colonel Zach Shay. Shay had a decorated career at Wilkes, being the Colonels' all-time assists leader with 2,442 in 95 games. Shay also serves as the women's volleyball coach, and currently has the Colonels at 13–8 in his first season, including 8–0 at the Marts Center. Shay replaces former head coach Joseph Czopek, who served as the team's coach since the program's inception in 2017.

To view the full schedule, click here.

The Colonels open the Shay era with a road tri-match on January 16 against Lehman and host Cairn. Wilkes then returns home for three straight home matches, facing off against Lancaster Bible (Jan. 20), Elmira (Jan. 22), and Widener (Jan. 26). The Colonels head down to Reading for a contest with Alvernia on January 28, before finishing the month at home against the SUNY Polytechnic Institute on January 30.

The navy and gold start February with four of their first five games away from the Marts Center. It starts at Neumann on Feb. 4 and Penn State Schuylkill on Feb. 6, before returning home to face local opponent Misericordia on Feb. 9. Wilkes closes out the span with a road tri-match on Feb. 13 in Altoona against Penn State Altoona and Penn State Behrend.

Following the tri-match, the Colonels play four home matches in a week, starting with a pair of mid-week matches against Arcadia (Feb. 16) and St. John Fisher (Feb. 19), followed by its lone home tri-match on Feb. 20 against Hartwick and Penn State Schuylkill. The Colonels conclude February on Feb. 27 with a tri-match at Rutgers-Newark and SUNY New Paltz.

Wilkes commences the month of March at home against Gwynedd-Mercy on March 2, before beginning Landmark play with two road matches against Juniata and Lycoming on Mar. 5 and 6 respectively. The Colonels remaining conference matches are at home against Elizabethtown (Mar. 10), the University of Scranton (Mar. 19), and Drew (Mar. 20). The season concludes with a trip to New Jersey for matchups at Ramapo (Mar. 26) and Kean (Mar. 27).

The inaugural Landmark Conference Tournament begins with the semifinals on April 7, with the final on April 10.

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