What to expect over LOVB Pro's 14-week season
JANUARY
The season kicks off with first serve the week of January 6.
Season-Long
Each week, all six teams will play, with matches rotating format between cities.
FEBRUARY
Our mid-season, winner-take-all competition featuring all 6 teams. Location: Kansas City.
APRIL
The champion of the inaugural season will be crowned at the LOVB Finals. Location TBA.
November 11
Pre-Season Begins
November 27–December 1
Thanksgiving Break
Early December
Preseason Matches
December 22–29
Holiday Break
Week of January 6
First Serve
President’s Day Weekend
LOVB Classic in-season tournament
April
LOVB Finals
Kicking off with first serve the week of January 6, each week of the LOVB Pro season will include all six teams playing each week:
Weekday match
LOVB Atlanta at LOVB Madison
Weekend series
Host City — Salt Lake
Day 1
LOVB Houston vs LOVB Salt Lake
Day 2
LOVB Houston vs LOVB Austin
LOVB Omaha vs LOVB Salt Lake
LOVB Pro’s in-season tournament, the LOVB Classic will feature all six LOVB pro teams, competing in a winner-take-all competition. To take place in conjunction with Triple Crown NIT, the premier youth volleyball tournament in the country.
Dates
February 14-16, 2025
City
Kansas City, MO
Place
Municipal Arena
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League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is one holistic volleyball ecosystem, from club to pro. We champion every stage of an athlete’s journey: from introducing and developing young players, to creating opportunities for athletes to play in college and pro. Later this year, we are launching a pro league that will feature some of the very best players in the world, including several of the American gold medalists from the last Olympics.
LOVB was founded in 2020 and since that time, it has built the largest community of junior clubs in the U.S., with over 1,300 junior club teams across 57 locations in twenty-two states. We’ve planned our pro league’s inaugural season to launch after the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the US Women’s National team will be defending its gold medal.
To create better life outcomes for women through the sport of volleyball.
By putting our athletes at the center of every decision we make, and by creating real pathways for our country’s youth players to play professionally in the United States.
LOVB Pro features some of the best volleyball players in the world. This includes Olympic Gold Medalists, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, and record-setting players including our founding athletes Kelsey Robinson Cook, Justine Wong-Orantes, Haleigh Washington, Lauren Carlini, Jordan Thompson, Micha Hancock, Carli Lloyd, Logan Eggleston, Fabiana Claudino and Jordyn Poulter. Meet Our Athletes
Many of LOVB’s founding athletes have also been instrumental members of the LOVB Athletes Council since 2020, helping to ensure that the benefits and opportunities the league provides its athletes – both on-and-off the court – foster advancement and support LOVB pro athletes into their post-playing careers.
Internationally renowned coaches Massimo Barbolini, Marco Bonitta, Paulo Coco, Suzie Fritz, Matt Fuerbringer and Tama Miyashiro are our head coaches for our inaugural season. In addition, famed USA Volleyball and college coach Tom Hogan is LOVB’s director of sport. Meet Our Coaches
The inaugural season of LOVB Pro will feature teams in Austin, Atlanta, Houston, Madison (WI), Omaha, and Salt Lake. The venues are as follows:
In our team names, we wanted to reflect the communities they are rooted in. Each of the LOVB pro teams are named after their cities and these are their official names. They include LOVB Atlanta, LOVB Austin, LOVB Houston, LOVB Madison, LOVB Omaha and LOVB Salt Lake.
Kicking off with first serve the week of January 6, 2024, each week of the 14-week LOVB Pro season will include all 6 six pro teams playing each week:
The inaugural pro season schedule has been released!
First serve is the week of January 6, 2025.
Both season and single match tickets are now on sale! Visit lovb.com/seat-deposit for information on season tickets, or buy single match tickets through the Buy Tickets button associated with your preferred match on the schedule page.
Our in-season tournament, the LOVB Classic will feature all six pro teams, competing in a winner-take-all competition. To debut February 14-16, 2025 in Kansas City, the LOVB Classic will run alongside the premier youth tournament in the country, Triple Crown NIT.
LOVB Pro’s pre-season starts November 11, with a break at Thanksgiving November 27 - December 1, and pre-season matches the week of December 9.
LOVB Atlanta with A5 and GA Beach; LOVB Austin with Austin Juniors, Roots and Silver Beach; LOVB Houston with Houston Skyline; LOVB Madison with Chi-City Volleyball, FC Elite, Inferno, Madtown Juniors, One Wisconsin, Platform Elite and VC United; LOVB Omaha and Premier Nebraska; LOVB Salt Lake with Club V Sports and Club 801.
Our team logos directly reflect who we are at LOVB - a connected community of clubs, players and their families, and our pro league - all interwoven together to champion athletes throughout their entire volleyball journey. That’s why our logos feature interconnected letters of the shorthand of their respective cities. LOVB Atlanta (ATL), LOVB Austin (ATX), LOVB Houston (HTX), LOVB Madison (MAD), LOVB Omaha (OMA) and LOVB Salt Lake (SL).
