The Winfield Mt. Union volleyball team is looking at a tough first part of their schedule for this season.

WMU will face L-M, Mediapolis, Pekin and IMS all in the first half of their season. All of these teams, other than L-M, finished in the top half of the conference last year.

WMU head coach Dave Pieart says it is more than just the conference opponents that make the schedule tough.

“What stands out in our schedule initially is how tough it is very early on,” Pieart said. “We’re going to have two road tournaments, a triangle and two tough conference opponents inside the first two weeks or so.”

WMU will play their own tournament on September 20th before going into the final games of the season where they will play three straight conference opponents, including last years second place team Wapello.

WMU finished in third place in the Southeast Iowa Superconference last year with a 7-2 record.