A good first day for the University of Northern Colorado volleyball team in its season-opening match Friday, despite a 3-0 loss to perennial power Stanford at Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley. While the No. 3-ranked Cardinal had their way with the Bears in the second set, the first and third sets were defined by back-and-forth play, and capped by an electric, all fans-standing final set eventually claimed by Stanford, 32-30. Stanford, winners of nine national titles — most recently in 2018-19 — and a blue blood in the sport, won the first two sets 25-22 and 25-16. “What a […]