Head volleyball coachannounced her program's schedule for the upcoming 2017 season on Wednesday. The ledger features 11 non-conference matchups, including six against teams that reside in Power 5 conferences, and a half dozen contests against squads that earned NCAA Tournament berths a year ago.The 25-match slate for the upcoming season is split with 17 road contests and just eight home matches. The Roadrunners, who finished 20-8 one year ago for their seventh consecutive 20-win campaign, will open the home portion of the schedule on Sept. 19 against Texas, which reached the semifinals of the 2016 NCAA Tournament."We've always set up our schedule to play hard at the beginning of the season," Neugebauer-Groff said. "In the last couple of years, we've been fortunate to knock off some of these schools that are in Power 5 conferences, which in turn boosts our RPI."Receiving an invitation to play in these tournaments and compete against these high-caliber teams allows us to prepare for the teams we need to defeat in conference. Like we've seen recently, everyone in our league is very competitive. When you reach the NCAAs, they will face teams like these. It just sets a parameter for our young kids to see what is out there."For the 17th consecutive season, UTSA will open its season on the road when it heads up to Fort Worth for the Cowtown Classic hosted by TCU. The Roadrunners will open the season on Aug. 25 with Coastal Carolina, who finished the 2016 season with a 28-5 overall record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. UTSA will also face host TCU later in the day to wrap up the opening weekend.The Roadrunners then will compete in three more tournaments in non-conference action at the Diet Coke Classic (Sept. 1-2) hosted by Minnesota, the Creeds and Crests Classic (Sept. 7-8) hosted by Texas State and the Baylor Classic (Sept. 15-16).Minnesota's Diet Coke Classic will feature opponents from three Power 5 programs with the Roadrunners facing Tennessee (SEC), West Virginia (Big 12) and tournament host Minnesota (Big 10). The Golden Gophers boasted a 29-5 record in 2016 and concluded their campaign in the national semifinals to eventual National Champion Stanford."Minnesota was one of those opportunities that I felt we couldn't pass on, not only because of the caliber of teams playing in the tournament, but it allows the team to experience different atmospheres and conferences," Neugebauer-Groff said. "We definitely won't be taking anyone lightly while we are up there."UTSA opens Conference USA play at the end of September with a road swing at Southern Miss (Sept. 24) and North Texas (Sept. 29) before hosting UTEP on Oct. 1. The Roadrunners will face in-state foes UTEP and Rice twice this season with home-and-home matchups, including a regular-season finale at home against the Owls on Nov. 11.UTSA will play a total of seven league matches at home with Marshall (Oct. 8), Middle Tennessee (Oct. 13), UAB (Oct. 27), Louisiana Tech (Oct. 29), Charlotte (Nov. 9) and Rice. Its road contests include UTEP (Oct. 15), Rice (Oct. 20), WKU (Oct. 22), Florida Atlantic (Nov. 3) and FIU (Nov. 5).The C-USA Tournament is slated for Nov. 17-19 at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky.