The player panel of Alexis Austin, Nicole Edelman and Cierra Simpson on Saturday simply lit up when getting to talk about how they were recruited by Liz Kritza to the University of Colorado women's volleyball team.
At the heart of each of their answers to that question during media day at the Dal Ward Athletic Center was one idea: helping rebuild the program into a powerhouse like that of the mid 1990's era Buffaloes.
As seniors, Austin and Edelman can view the past two seasons as evidence that mission of simply rebuilding and re-establishing a healthy future for the program is complete.