Mike Brohard / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
FORT COLLINS — Right away, Tom Hilbert figured not much would carry over.
His Colorado State volleyball team will open the NCAA tournament on Friday (5:30 p.m.) with a match against a Michigan team it swept earlier in the year at Moby Arena.
The match will be played at Stanford, with the Cardinal hosting CSU Bakersfield immediately after. The winners of those two matches play Saturday (7 p.m.) for the right to reach the Sweet 16.
Right away, the venue changes. He also figured — correctly — the Wolverines are doing a few things different in terms of scheme and lineup, and that shows in the fact that they've won five straight entering the postseason, three in a row against top 25 teams.