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Amazing what a top notch facility and a top notch coach will do for a program. Volleyball was horrible for 25 years before the Sioux Center and then Ashlee Hardee came along. And this program is experiencing its greatest success in its history at a much more difficult level of play than it participated in for its first 25 years.................

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The ISU game showed me that we were an improved product that could finish in the top 3

The UNC game showed me that we have a team that can win the whole thing.

We need a transcript of what Hardee said between set 2 and 3, because whatever adjustment, encouragement, etc was said worked. It almost was like if they got the first set, they knew they would get to set 5 and then win.

UND made the plays (and got the lucky bounces, nothing was luckier than Ronnie's kill late in set 5) that a championship team usually gets. Also following the model of stealing one on the road against a conference favorite (yes, I know now 1-5 but picked 3rd in conference).

UNC must be besides themselves after dropping that one, while still a lot of time to turn things around you can pretty much kiss their chances of winning the regular season title good bye (they would need to win out, which is very unlikely considering they still need to play PSU x2, @ISU, NAU x2, and come here). They will be dangerous however should they make the post-season, no team wants to draw them. Things don't get easier as they get PSU in their house next Thurs.

Speaking of, 2 big weekends ahead to finish the first half of conference play. A first place battle looms with PSU on Saturday, provided we take care of business of a pesky EWU squad.

Conference Standings as of 10/8

UND 6-0

NAU 5-1

PSU 5-1

ISU 4-2

SAC 3-3

MON 3-3

EWU 3-3

UNC 1-5

WEB 1-5

MSU 1-5

SUU 1-5

Conference matchups for 10/10-12

10/10

EWU @ UND

PSU @ UNC

ISU @ WEB

10/11

SUU @ MON

SAC @ WEB

NAU @ MSU

10/12

PSU @ UND

EWU @ UNC

NAU @ MON

SUU @ MSU

SAC @ ISU

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The new rankings are out, and accordingly, UND has two upset wins (Tulane and Idaho St.) and one bad loss (Austin Peay). Here is a rundown of how we and our opponents stack up in the new rankings and how we fared against them:

1. Texas (Did Not Play)

46. Virginia Tech (loss)

49. Texas A&M (loss)

57. Iowa State (loss)

67. Middle Tenn. (loss)

73. South Dakota (loss)

86. Tulane (win)

89. Portland St. (Did Not Play)

116. Northern Arizona (Did Not Play)

121. Idaho St. (win)

129. UAB (loss)

150. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

170. Northern Colorado (win)

185. Austin Peay (loss)

198. Eastern Washington (Did Not Play)

201. NDSU (win)

219. Montana (win)

229. Florida A&M (win)

231. Sacramento St. (win)

277. Montana St. (win)

251. Texas Southern (win)

274. South Dakota St. (win)

299. Southern Utah (Did Not Play)

302. Weber St. (win)

LAST IN RANKINGS (332.) Alcorn St. (Did Not Play)

http://www.ncaa.com/...eyball-women/d1

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