Chicago State Volleyball
September 9
at North Dakota State, 12 p.m., Fargo, North Dakota, Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse
September 10
vs. Central Michigan, 12:30 p.m., Fargo, North Dakota, Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse
Chicago State volleyball will travel to Fargo, North Dakota for the North Dakota State Volleyball Tournament on September 9-10 at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on the NDSU campus. The field includes Central Michigan, North Dakota State and Chicago State along with Montana State who will only play one match, Friday against NDSU. Chicago State will face North Dakota State in the tournament's opening match, Friday, September 9 at 12 p.m and then will then face Central Michigan Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Northern Arizona was originally scheduled to participate but had to withdraw.
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Cougars fans can catch the action against North Dakota State at the following
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Cougars fans can follow the action against Central Michigan with Live Stats
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About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioningm to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with
Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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