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The 21^st-ranked Northern State volleyball team opens the 2014 season as the Wolves travel to Kearney, Neb., for the Nebraska-Kearney New Victorian Inn & Suites/Runza Fall Classic.

NSU will play four matches at the tournament beginning Friday as they face South Dakota Mines at 10 a.m. and Newman at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the Wolves will face Western State Colorado at 2:30 p.m. and will close the tournament with host and ninth-ranked Nebraska Kearney at 7 p.m.

NSU was picked fourth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll and are led by fourth-year Head Coach Brent Aldridge, as well as All-American and Preseason NSIC Player of the Year Kelsey Chambers. Chambers was a First Team All-NSIC selection in 2013. Northern also returns a pair of second team all-league performers in setter Drew Smith and middle Hitter Tori Biach.

Northern will play in a pair of pre-conference season tournaments in 2014. The Wolves host the NSU Dakotah Bank Vollebyall Classic Sept. 12 and 13 in Wachs Arena before beginning NSIC play Sept. 16. Live stats will be available this weekend. The match with UNK will be web streamed online and is available for $9.95.