The Gopher volleyball team is #7 in the Coach's Preseason Poll. We start with a tough schedule. We play #1 Texas, #6 Florida, #10 Baylor, #14 Baylor and #21 Stanford in our nonconference schedule. Then we play #2 Wisconsin, #5 Nebraska, #8 Purdue, #11 Ohio State and #12 Penn State in the Big Ten. The big question marks for the Gophers are 1) how the middle blockers develop (we lost our best middle blocker, Regan Pittman, to graduation) and 2) how fast Melanie Shaffmaster continues to improve as Setter. I also hope our serve receive and passing improve. In any event the Gophers should be a top 10 team. I just hope we make the final four again this year.