The DII women’s volleyball season is quickly approaching. Several teams will get underway the weekend of August 27 with the bulk of DII commencing the following weekend.
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One of those tournaments is the Seaside Invitational in San Diego, CA, where defending DII national champion Cal State San Bernardino takes on Regis (CO) in a national semifinals rematch from the 2019 DII volleyball championship. That very same weekend, Nebraska-Kearney — the 2019 national runner-up —travels to the Molloy College Invite to go head-to-head with Gannon, the Lopers 2019 quarterfinals foe.
We have waited for what seems an eternity for a full season of NCAA DII championship women’s volleyball to be played and we aren’t wasting a single second getting right back into intense action. Here are a few storylines we will be following when the 2021 season opens.
1. Angelo State looks to build on impressive spring DII volleyball season
Now, to be fair, there was an AVCA spring national champion crowned. The 17-2 Rambelles first won the Lone Star Conference and then the national championship in the AVCA spring tournament. They did so by beating Tampa — a powerhouse program that won two national championships in the past decade.
Angelo State should be set up nicely for another successful season and a run at the DII title. A large reason is the return of Kailyn Gilbreath. Gilbreath has already been tabbed the LSC preseason offensive player of the year — just months after earning the regular season honors this past spring for the second-straight season. We’ll see the Belles back in action at their own invitational beginning Sept. 3.
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2. Welcome back, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Though we were treated to spring volleyball, the NSIC never returned to action. Concordia-St. Paul has won nine of the DII national championships played since 2007 and without the Golden Bears in action, it felt like something was missing.
Well, the wait is over: the NSIC is back, and Concordia-St. Paul is the preseason favorite to win the conference. It is the 16th time in the past 17 years the Golden Bears have earned the honor. They return nine key players from the 2019 season, including record-setting libero Tori Hanson and outside hitter Jasmine Mulvihill, the 2019 AVCA freshman of the year. As always, expect the likes of Minnesota…
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