GRAND RAPIDS, MI – After an inaugural season that ended with a trip to the first Pro Volleyball Federation championship match, the Grand Rapids Rise are aiming for a successful second campaign.

The Rise opens its 2025 PVF season on Friday with a 10 p.m. match against the Vegas Thrill, then holds its home opener at Van Andel Arena 6 p.m. Sunday.

Grand Rapids’ 28-game regular season schedule runs until May 2 and includes two home and two away games against the seven other PVF teams. All home games will be played at Van Andel Arena.

Follow long for five more things to know heading into the Rise’s second season.

The Rise will play 14 home games beginning with Sunday’s contest against the Omaha Supernovas, which is a rematch of last year’s PVF Championship . Single ticket prices range from $19-36, but promotional rates and student discounts are available for select games. Single-game tickets can be purchased here , and ticket packages can be viewed here .

Sunday, Jan. 12: vs. Omaha Supernovas, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 30: vs. Orlando Valkyries, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 2: vs. San Diego Mojo, 4 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 13: vs. Atlanta Vibe, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20: vs. Columbus Fury, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 5: vs. San Diego Mojo, 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 13: vs Atlanta Vibe, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 15: vs. Indy Ignite, 12 p.m.

Thursday, March 20: vs. Vegas Thrill, 7 p.m.

Friday, March 28: vs. Columbus Fury, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 5: vs. Vegas Thrill, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 19: vs. Indy Ignite, 12 p.m.

Wednesday, April 30: vs. Orlando Valkyries, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 2: vs. Omaha Supernovas, 7 p.m.

Select Rise players will sign autographs in the north tunnel below Section 101 for 30 minutes following the conclusion of every home match.

There are also other promotions and giveaways for select home games, including Rise T-shirts, hats, flags and scarves. For a full promotional schedule, click here .

The Rise will look a little different from the team that reached last year’s PVF Championship match, with outside hitter Symone Abbott, middle blocker Marin Grote, middle blocker Alyssa Jensen and outside hitter Erika Pritchard serving as the only players back on the roster in 2025. MacKenzi Vazquez, who was the team’s director of volleyball operations, will also take the court as a setter this season.

Abbott, a Northville native, Jensen, a former Holland Christian and Michigan State All-American, and Vazquez, an All-American at the University of Michigan, are three of the Rise’s current players with Michigan ties, joining Ali Bastianelli, an All-American middle blocker at Marysville High School, Paige Briggs-Romine, a state champion outside hitter at Lake Orion, Carli Snyder, a state champ and Miss Volleyball winner at Macomb Dakota, and Jena Otec, a former assistant coach at Eastern Michigan.

The 2025 roster will also include four players selected in the 2025 Pro Volleyball Federation Draft: middle blocker Raven Colvin, opposite hitter Naya Shime, setter Camryn Turner and libero Elena Ogilvie.

Colvin, the daughter of former NFL linebacker and Super Bowl champion Rosevelt Colvin, comes to Grand Rapids following a stellar four-year career at Purdue, where she earned Second Team All-American honors in 2024.

Shime was a Third Team All-American at Southern Methodist University this past season, and Turner received the same recognition for her 2024 campaign at Kansas.

Ogilvie was part of a Stanford team that reached the national quarterfinals in the 2024 NCAA tournament.

With its fifth pick in the 2025 draft, the Rise selected Farmington Hills Mercy graduate and 2019 Michigan Miss Volleyball winner Jess Mruzik, and while the the Penn State All-American isn’t expected to join the team this year due to other contract obligations, the team retains her PVF player rights for two seasons.

Among Grand Rapids’ other offseason signees were opposite hitter and former Greek League MVP Sherridan Atkinson , setter August Raskie , libero Valeria Leon and opposite hitter Kaleigh Nelson, who returns to the professional ranks after a 6-year hiatus.

While head coach Cathy George is back on the bench, her staff features some new faces, including three assistants that come to Grand Rapids following stints as collegiate head coaches.

Mike Gawlik, who spent the last nine seasons atop Central Michigan’s women’s volleyball program, will serve as the Rise’s associate coach, while assistants Jason Oliver (seven seasons at Toledo) and Matt Jennings (13 seasons at Michigan Tech) are also moving up from the college ranks. Rounding out the Rise’s coaching staff is assistant Katie Gawlik, who spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at CMU.

Click here for the Rise’s full roster .

For those who can’t make it to Van Andel Arena or want to watch Rise road games, six matches will be aired on national television, including Sunday’s home opener against Omaha, which will be on FS1. Other Grand Rapids matches slated for a national broadcast are Jan. 19 at Atlanta (FS1), March 2 at Vegas (CBS Sports Network), April 5 vs. Vegas (CBSSN), April 26 at Atlanta (FS2) and May 2 vs. Omaha (FS2).

The Rise’s remaining games will be shown on the Pro Volleyball Federation’s YouTube channel .

After fielding seven teams in its inaugural season, the Pro Volleyball Federation has added an eighth squad, the Indy Ignite, for the upcoming campaign.

The league’s growth comes on the heels of a 2024 regular season that saw nearly 400,000 fans attend games for an average of 4,487 spectators per match. Additionally, the league received four million views of its matches on YouTube.

The Rise’s average attendance was 4,490, which ranked third in the league behind Omaha (9,656) and Columbus (4,518).

PVF’s second season will include an inaugural all-star match on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the newly opened Fishers Event Center, which home of the Indy Ignite.

The match will include players from all eight teams, and the league will announce the selection process, coaches and match format in the coming weeks.

CBS will air the match, which starts at 1:30 p.m.