Florida State 2020 fall sports schedule announced

The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its fall sports schedules, with Florida State Seminoles soccer, volleyball and track and field all learning who they’ll be facing off against this season.

While football has opted for a conference plus one model, other sports will solely compete against other ACC schools.

Here are the relevant rules for Florida State sports:

Women’s soccer

• Eight league matches (four home, four away) from Sept. 17-Nov. 1
• Schools will have no more than two weekends with flights, and all schools will have at least one flight
• ACC Tournament format: top eight teams; quarterfinals Nov. 10, semifinals Nov. 13 and championship Nov. 15, all at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina

Women’s volleyball

• Regular season runs Sept. 17-Oct. 25
• Eight league games over five weeks in the fall, starting Sept. 24
• All 15 teams will be split among three regions:
• Boston College, Syracuse, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt
• Duke, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
• Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, Wake Forest
• Each team will play its four region opponents twice

Cross Country

• Regular season runs Sept. 11-Oct. 24
• Seven weeks of competition
• ACC Championships: Friday, Oct. 30, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, featuring all 15 men’s teams and all 15 women’s teams

“I think that we all knew that this was going to be a different type of season and the schedule certainty reflects that but we are thrilled to go out and compete against eight top-level teams,” FSU soccer head coach Mark Krikorian said in a press release. “We are excited to have some competitions here in Tallahassee and get on the road to play some quality opponents as well. All things considered, we are all pretty pleased that we have gotten this far and we hope that a lot continues to go in our favor and we are able to have all of these games.”

Volleyball will face off against Clemson on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, Georgia Tech on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, Miami on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16 and Wake Forest on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24, with the matches against Clemson and Wake Forest taking place at Tully Gym in Tallahassee.

Here’s the soccer schedule, with home games in italics:

September 17: Notre Dame

September 20: Louisville

October 1: at Virginia Tech

October 4: at Wake Forest

October 15: at Pitt

October 18: at Virginia

October 29: Duke

November 1: Clemson

November 10-15: 2020 ACC Tournament