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Colorado Advances To NCAA Tournament; Plays Colorado State

Colorado Advances To NCAA Tournament; Plays Colorado State
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BOULDER ?  Colorado has advanced to the 2005 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championships as the NCAA committee announced the field of 64 today.

 

Colorado (15-12) will face in-state rival Colorado State (20-8) on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at Moby Arena on the campus of Colorado State.  Third-ranked Washington (26-1) and Sienna (20-11) will constitute the other first round match up at Moby Arena. The winner of the four-team bracket will advance to the regional tournament in College Station, Texas, scheduled for Dec. 9-10.

 

Washington is the No. 3 overall seed in the tournament trailing only No. 1 Nebraska and No. 2 Penn State.

 

The Buffaloes were one of seven teams from the Big 12 Conference to advance to the tournament; the most out of any conference in 2005. CU finished in fifth-place in the league standings at 10-10. The Big 12 has had 63 NCAA Championship bids in its 10 years of existence, including a league record eight bids in 2001.

 

“I’m excited to be in the tournament,” CU head coach Pi'i Aiu said. “So who ever we play, I think we are ready to play them. It is a good match-up for us (to play CSU). We have three or four days of practice to get things back to where we were playing a couple of weeks ago. We just have to put a good match or two together for this weekend.”

 

The Buffaloes will be making their 15th overall NCAA Tournament appearance and the 14th in the past 15 seasons.

 

Tickets are available by calling the CSU ticket office at 970-491-RAMS.