N CO-CSU Tourney-N Carolina, UCSB | 8/26-30 | ESPN+ MT West

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I'm still working on this. Sorry it's so early but there are a lot of matches on Aug 26-28

Thank you to exit237a for correcting a mistake in the schedule

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Northern Colorado/Colorado State Tournament

Bank of Colorado Arena,  Greeley, CO and Moby Arena,  Fort Collins, CO

Aug 26-30

Northern Colorado matches (except UNC @ CSU) are on ESPN+ (subscription) and CSU matches are on Mountain West Network (free)

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Northern Colorado Bears		Colorado State Rams
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos		North Carolina Tar Heels

All Northern Colorado matches (except UNC @ CSU) are on ESPN+ 

All Colorado State matches are on Mountain West Network

 
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Friday, Aug 26th

5 PM PT, 6 PM MT - UCSB @ Northern Colorado  

7M MT, 9 PM ET  -  North Carolina @ Colorado State

Saturday, Aug 27th

10 AM PT, 1 PM ET - UCSB vs North Carolina   stats

6 PM PT, 7 PM MT  - UCSB @ Colorado State

6 PM MT, 8 PM ET - North Carolina @ Northern Colorado

Tuesday, Aug 30th

7 PM MT -Northern Colorado @ Colorado State (on Mountain West)

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Nice preview article for CSU: csurams.com/news/2022/8/11/volleyball-mixing-and-matching-maximizes-rams-potential.aspx

CSU will have some options for hitters. I would expect Hilbert will tinker through the non-conference and possibly this weekend.

Another question not brought up in the article is who will fill in at libero - Roumeliotis left some big shoes to fill.

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I expect close matches and some great play, but I predict UNC wins their 3. They look really balanced and really good in preseason so far. Key will be consistency of their freshmen setters.

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Gonna give a shot at CSU's starting line-up. This is based off of a couple of interviews from Hilbert this week:

OH1: Malaya Jones (DS:?)
OH2: Kennedy Stanford
MB1: Karina Leber
MB2: Jacqi Van Liefde
OPP: Annie Sullivan (DS:?)
S: Ciera Pritchard
L: ?

The libero/backrow players look to be the last puzzle piece, but Hilbert indicated that the three main DS's are Ruby Kayser, Helena Perez, and Kate Yoshimoto. I'm going with Kate Yoshimoto to start with the libero jersey (pure guess on my part).

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UNC will probably roll with:

OH1: Mabrey Shaffmaster
OH2: Charly Niego
MB: Kaya Merkler
MB: Liv Mogridge
OPP: Sadie Swift DS: Maddy May
L: Karenna Wurl

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Northern Colorado might surprise some in this tournament.

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[Carlito]

CSU takes the first set over UNC 25-20

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Northern Colorado up 2-1 over UCSB -17, -23, 24-26

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CSU up 2-0 on UNC (25-20 and 25-16)

UCSB trying to force a fifth, up 18-17 in the fourth

[Carlito]

CSU takes the second 25-16 over UNC, now up 2-0

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Northern Colorado hangs on and wins over UCSB 3-1

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Wow, North Carolina with a meltdown so far. Was up 15-11 in the fourth, but CSU is now up 19-15