MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Thanks to a boatload of recent success, Middle Tennessee's volleyball team is entering waters it hasn't waded in some time.
It might have been hard to imagine before the season that a major piece taking them there would be a freshman who came from across the Atlantic.
With a 3-1 drubbing of Conference USA foe LA Tech on Nov. 3, the Blue Raiders notched their fifth win in a row for the first time since 2011 and now sit in good position to make the C-USA Championships for the first time since 2013.