For the first time in recent memory, the Linfield Wildcats volleyball team is hosting a multi-team tournament at home to start the 2020 season.
 
The first season under new coach Haley Doerfler begins with the Linfield Wildcat Classic at Ted Wilson Gym. The five-team tournament has Linfield facing Mills and Minnesota-Morris on Friday, September 4. Linfield closes out the tournament with matches against Johnson & Wales and Whitman on Saturday, September 5.
 
The following weekend Linfield heads to Colorado at the Spike It Up Classic, hosted by Colorado College. Nebraska Wesleyan and host Colorado College are on the card for Friday, September 11. McPherson (Kansas) and Howard Payne (Texas) are the opponents on Saturday, September 12.
 
Five of the Wildcats' first six Northwest Conference matches are at home. Linfield hosts Pacific on Wednesday, September 16, Puget Sound on Friday, September 25, Lewis & Clark on Saturday, September 26, Whitman on Friday, October 2 and Whitworth on Saturday, October 3. The lone road match through the first six matches is at Willamette on Friday, September 18.
 
The final two matches of the first half of conference play are at Pacific Lutheran on Friday, October 9 and home against George Fox on Saturday, October 10.
 
The second swing begins on the road at the Boxers on Wednesday, October 14 and home against the Bearcats on Friday, October 16. The Wildcats head on the road for the four straight matches at the Loggers on Friday, October 23, the Pioneers on Saturday, October 24 and the annual trip to eastern Washington taking on the Blues on Friday, October 30 and the Pirates on Halloween Day.
 
The final weekend of the season includes Senior Night against the Lutes on Friday, November 6. The regular season concludes across the county in Newberg against the Bruins on Saturday, November 7.
 
All times are tentative and the schedule is subject to change.