The Lady Raider volleyball team travels to San Marcos to play in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. The trip marks the first time ever for the team to play in the NIVC and the first appearance in postseason play since 2001. The first match is set to serve Thursday at 4 p.m. local time as the Lady Raiders play SMU at the Strahan Coliseum.
Along with Texas Tech (15-14, 4-12) and SMU (21-10, 15-5 AAC), the first round regional site will also feature Texas State (24-9, 14-2 Sun Belt) playing host to Rice (21-8, 11-3 C-USA) Thursday evening in the other first round match at 6:30 p.