2023 Season

[El_Chapo]

Schedule is finalized.

will they be improved this year?

https://twitter.com/NDSUvolleyball/s...579807754?s=20

[Big Bird]

Schedule is finalized.

will they be improved this year?

https://twitter.com/NDSUvolleyball/s...579807754?s=20

The conference should be weaker, but they lost some big contributors with Tanchin and Glover. If the youngsters up front improve, they could do as well or better this year. Boling and Ally Barth combined with Hinze offers a chance to have a really good attack, but Boling will need to be more consistent.

Everything will rely on Kelley Johnson to perform well and stay healthy. Eke Deneson had a severe health issue when the team took their trip to Europe. She was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and has a long road to recover and get back on the court.

[Big Bird]

NDSU opens their season with UC Riverside tonight at 8pm on ESPN+ https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player...b-48c9527c6f68

NDSU was picked to finish 2nd in the conference behind the defending champs, USD. Reigning conference setter of the year Kelley Johnson returns as does all conference OH Ali Hinze. They return standout libero Logan O'Brien and all freshman team member Ally Barth.

I'll be curious to see how they adjust for the loss of Syra Tanchin, who was a focal point of the offense, but I'm hopeful the team will be on par or better than last year's squad.

[Big Bird]

Disregard, the stream is broken and now there is no video, which is frustrating.

From the starting lineups and early stats, Freshman Ariana Blohm started and is being featured offensively early.

[Elephants Dream?]

Bison win the first set over UCRiverside 25-19.

[Elephants Dream?]

Bison up 2 sets to 1, as they play in set #4.

[Elephants Dream?]

Bison Win tonight 3-1.

[Big Bird]

Taking on Seattle now and the stream is broken again

[Elephants Dream?]

Seattle wins the first set 25-21.
Bison win the second 26-24.
Bison get the third, 25-17.

[Elephants Dream?]

NDSU wins the fourth set 25-10.
Bison WIN the match 3 sets to 1!