For a team with significant postseason aspirations, the young Oregon volleyball squad will have to grow up in a hurry. And there’s nothing like a long road trip to help a young team bond and mature.
The Ducks, ranked No. 13 in the preseason coaches’ poll, open their 2015 season Friday in Philadelphia against Temple. The match is the first of nine straight nonconference matches to open the season, all of which will be played during a two-week road trip for which the team departed Wednesday.
The trip will take them to play at LIU Brooklyn – like the Ducks an NCAA Tournament team last fall – and also to Texas for a tournament featuring No.