Dayton Invitational
To be honest, MARSHALL will be one of our easiest matches this year. But, we all know if we don’t come ready to play from the first serve you will struggle. The Herd finished 11-19 last year. They are projected 8th in CUSA this year. Plus their starting setter transferred to Creighton. Sadly, their schedule is also weak and will probably pull our rpi down. There are 2 projected NCAA qualifiers and both are from CUSA - Western KY and Rice. Marshal plays each once.
BALL STATE was 19-11 last year. They defeated D2 Indianapolis 3-0 in an exhibition match last week hittin .425 As a team. They have 7 seniors and won the MAC West Div last year. Their 6’6” Sr MB Starling was pre-season all conference. They have a good young coach who was Purdue’s Libero a few years ago. Their schedule has 3 projected NCAA qualifiers - MO St, N Iowa and Miami, OH.
SO ALABAMA - 17-10 LY. Projected to finish 2nd in East Div of Sun Belt. They will be looking to knock off the Flyers. We better be ready. Their coach scheduled their exhibition match with FL St to help her team get ready for a tough out-of-conference schedule starting at Dayton. Although they lost 0-3 it was a close match with set scores of 28-38, 20-25 and 20-25. FL St is projected to finish 2nd in the ACC behind Pitt. So Alabama will be ready to play. 3 projected NCAA teams on their schedule Wofford, TX St and Purdue. They have a Jr MB who was prea-season all conference.
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