Roanoke College will become the 10th member of the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) beginning in the 2022-23 academic year. 

"I am pleased by the addition of Roanoke College to the CVC membership," explained CVC Commissioner J.J. Nekoloff. "It is an exciting time for Division III men's volleyball, with the sport continuing to grow in general and expand into new areas of the country. Roanoke is the latest example of that. The Maroons' strong athletic tradition and leadership will quickly help their new program develop and add to the already great competition we experience every day in the CVC."

Roanoke, located in Salem, Virginia, is an NCAA Division III institution and announced in July 2021 that they would be adding men's volleyball as a school-sponsored sport, bringing their total athletic programs to 23. Matt Reinsel was named the program's first-ever head coach. Roanoke is a full-time member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, joining current CVC member schools Eastern Mennonite University and Randolph-Macon College. 

"We're excited to be adding men's volleyball to our list of intercollegiate athletics offerings. At the high school and club level, boy's/men's volleyball is growing swiftly. In the state of Virginia, there are program hotbeds in both Richmond and the Virginia Beach area." said Roanoke Athletic Director Scott Allison. "Boy's/Men's Volleyball thrives in several metropolitan areas all across the East Coast and Midwest and these areas are important to our enrollment efforts."

Roanoke is the first school accepted into the CVC since Elizabethtown College, Immaculata University, and Randolph-Macon joined in 2019. Other members of the league include Eastern Mennonite, Juniata College, Kean University, Marymount University, Rutgers University-Newark, and Southern Virginia University.

Release courtesy of the CVC